Herbs & Spices Word Search
By Reggie J·Published ·Updated
Herbs and spices word search puzzles for cooks who like a quiet pantry browse — basil, thyme, cumin, saffron and more. Free online for adults; no spice-brand names. Easy to hard plus large print. No timer, no account.
Herbs & Spices puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Herbs: Kitchen Garden
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Herbs: Fresh Leaves
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Herbs & Spices: Evening Rest
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard Herbs & Spices: Full Rack
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Herbs: Soft Pinch
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Spices: Warm Pantry
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Spices: World Shelf
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Herbs & Spices: Slow Pace
Explore herbs & spices themes
More focused word lists under herbs & spices — same calm adult style, no licensed names.
Part of our Food word search collection.
What words are in the herbs & spices word search?
Herbs and spices lists name kitchen plants and pantry spices — basil, thyme, cumin, saffron — with no brand jars.
The full herbs & spices word bank has 40 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
ALLSPICE · ANISE · BASIL · BAY · BLEND · CARDAMOM · CAYENNE · CHILI · CHIVES · CILANTRO · CINNAMON · CLOVE · CORIANDER · CUMIN · DILL · FENNEL · GARLIC · GINGER · HERB · MINT · MUSTARD · NUTMEG · ONION · OREGANO · PAPRIKA · PARSLEY · PEPPER · ROSEMARY · SAFFRON · SAGE · SALT · SHALLOT · SPICE · STARANISE · SUMAC · TARRAGON · THYME · TURMERIC · VANILLA · ZATAR
Who is this theme good for?
Cooks, gardeners and anyone refreshing herb vocabulary.
A solving tip
Unusual letters help: the FF in SAFFRON, the Z in ZEST when it appears, the double M in CINNAMON.
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”
