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Birthday Word Search

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Birthday word search puzzles with calm adult party English — cake, candle, wish and gift words. Easy to hard plus large print. No brand characters.

Birthday puzzles

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

Birthday: Candle Wish

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

Birthday: Quiet Card

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

Birthday: Quiet Hour

Hard · 15×15 · 18 words

Hard Birthday: Full Celebration

Large print · 9×9 · 8 words

Large Print Birthday: Soft Cake

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

Birthday: Party Table

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

Birthday: Gift Wrap

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

Birthday: Long Afternoon

What words are in the birthday word search?

Calm adult party English — cake, candle, wish — no licensed characters.

The full birthday word bank has 47 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:

AGE · BALLOON · BIRTHDAY · BOW · BOX · CAKE · CANDLE · CARD · CHEER · COFFEE · CONFETTI · DATE · FAMILY · FORK · FRIEND · FROST · GIFT · GUEST · HOME · HUG · ICING · JOY · KIND · LAUGH · MEMORY · MONTH · NAPKIN · NOTE · PARTY · PEACE · PHOTO · PLATE · PRESENT · RIBBON · SLICE · SMILE · SONG · STREAMER · SURPRISE · TABLE · TEA · THANKS · TOAST · WARM · WISH · WRAP · YEAR

Who is this theme good for?

A gentle celebration theme year-round.

A solving tip

Long words such as BIRTHDAY and SURPRISE stand out; leave CAKE for edges.

How these puzzles work

Every puzzle is free and plays in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter. Easy grids are 10×10 with words across and down; medium grids are 12×12 and add diagonals; hard grids are 15×15 with words in all eight directions. Press Large print above any grid for bigger letters. Progress is saved on your device, and there is never a timer. New to word searches? Read how to play.

Sources & notes

Word lists on Words at Rest use American English spelling (for example color, not colour). Merriam-Webster records colour as chiefly the British spelling of color. Merriam-Webster: colour.

“chiefly British spelling of color”

— Merriam-Webster

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