Mythology Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
Mythology word search puzzles with generic story English — myth, hero, oracle and ancient tale words. Free online for adults; no film or game franchise names. Easy to hard plus large print.
Mythology puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Mythology: Quiet Myth
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Mythology: Temple Tale
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Mythology: Soft Path
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard Mythology: Full Legend
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Mythology: Soft Myth
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Mythology: Hero Quest
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Mythology: Epic Verse
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Mythology: Side Shelf
What words are in the mythology word search?
Generic myth and tale English — hero, oracle, epic — no film franchises.
The full mythology word bank has 50 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
ALTAR · APOLLO · ARES · ARTEMIS · ATHENA · CHORUS · CROWN · DAY · DEMETER · DESTINY · DRAGON · EPIC · FABLE · FATE · GIANT · GOD · GODDESS · HADES · HERA · HERMES · HERO · HYDRA · ILIAD · JOY · LABYRINTH · LEGEND · MAZE · MUSE · MYTH · NYMPH · ODYSSEY · OFFERING · OLYMPUS · OMEN · ORACLE · PERSEPHONE · PHOENIX · POSEIDON · QUEST · RITUAL · SHIELD · SIREN · SPEAR · SPHINX · TALE · TEMPLE · THRONE · TITAN · VERSE · ZEUS
Who is this theme good for?
Readers of classic stories who want calm vocabulary.
A solving tip
Long words like LABYRINTH and POSEIDON stand out first.
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”
