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School Word Search

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School word search puzzles with classroom English for adults — books, desks and quiet study words, not kids' cartoon themes. Easy to hard plus large print. No school-brand names.

School puzzles

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

School: Desk & Book

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

School: Quiet Study

Easy · 10×10 · 10 words

School: Open Window

Hard · 15×15 · 18 words

Hard School: Full Term

Large print · 9×9 · 8 words

Large Print School: Soft Page

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

School: Lesson Bell

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

School: Library Shelf

Medium · 12×12 · 14 words

School: Nested Calm

What words are in the school word search?

Classroom English for adults — books and study words, not cartoon kids themes.

The full school word bank has 48 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:

BAG · BELL · BINDER · BOARD · BOOK · CHAIR · CHALK · CLASS · CLOCK · DESK · ERASER · ESSAY · FOLDER · GLOBE · GRADE · HALL · HISTORY · HOMEWORK · LESSON · LIBRARY · LOCKER · LUNCH · MAP · MARKER · MATH · NOTES · PAGE · PEN · PENCIL · PUPIL · QUIZ · READING · RECESS · ROOM · RULER · SCHOOL · SCIENCE · SCORE · SEMESTER · SHELF · STUDENT · STUDY · SUBJECT · TEACHER · TERM · TEST · WRITING · YEAR

Who is this theme good for?

A gentle evergreen for lifelong learners and quiet desk mornings.

A solving tip

Long words such as SEMESTER and HOMEWORK anchor harder grids.

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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