Countries Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
Countries word search puzzles with familiar nation names in everyday English — free online for adults. Easy to hard plus large print. No political campaign brands.
Countries puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Countries: Map Desk
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Countries: Quiet Border
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Countries: Soft Path
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard Countries: Full Globe
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Countries: Soft Nation
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Countries: Coast Nations
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Countries: Atlas Tour
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Countries: Side Shelf
What words are in the countries word search?
Familiar nation names in everyday English — no campaign brands.
The full countries word bank has 47 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
AUSTRALIA · AUSTRIA · BELGIUM · BORDER · BRAZIL · CANADA · CHILE · CHINA · COAST · CUBA · DUTCH · EGYPT · ENGLAND · FRANCE · GERMANY · GHANA · GREECE · HAITI · INDIA · IRAN · IRAQ · IRELAND · ISLAND · ISRAEL · ITALY · JAPAN · JORDAN · KENYA · KOREA · MEXICO · NATION · NIGERIA · NORWAY · PERU · POLAND · PORTUGAL · RUSSIA · SCOTLAND · SPAIN · SWEDEN · SWISS · THAILAND · TURKEY · UKRAINE · VALLEY · VIETNAM · WALES
Who is this theme good for?
Adults who like calm world geography.
A solving tip
Long names such as AUSTRALIA and THAILAND stand out; leave short ones like PERU 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”
