Summer Word Search
By Reggie J·Updated
Summer word search puzzles for long afternoons — free online grids of shade, lemonade, beaches, lawns, fans and slow vacation vocabulary. Written for adults and seniors. Easy to hard plus large print. No timer, no account, no resort brands.
Summer puzzles
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Summer: Shade & Lawn
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Summer: Lake Day
Easy · 10×10 · 10 words
Summer: Open Window
Hard · 15×15 · 18 words
Hard Summer: Full Afternoon
Large print · 9×9 · 8 words
Large Print Summer: Soft Heat
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Summer: Porch Breeze
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Summer: Long Light
Medium · 12×12 · 14 words
Summer: Nested Calm
What words are in the summer word search?
Summer lists gather shade, lemonade, beaches, lawns, fireflies and slow vacation English — no resort or sunscreen brands.
The full summer word bank has 60 words. Each puzzle picks a set from this list, so no two grids are quite the same:
AUGUST · BASKET · BEACH · BERRY · BREEZE · CANOE · CHAIR · CICADA · COOLER · CORN · CRICKET · DAYLIGHT · DIVE · DOCK · EVENING · FAN · FIREFLY · FLOAT · GARDEN · GOLDEN · GRILL · HAMMOCK · HEAT · HUM · ICE · ICED · JULY · JUNE · LAKE · LAWN · LAZY · LEMONADE · MELON · NIGHT · PARK · PATIO · PEACH · PICNIC · PORCH · QUIET · REST · SAND · SHADE · SHELL · SHORE · SLOW · SMOKE · SOLSTICE · SPLASH · STAR · SUMMER · SUNHAT · SUNSCREEN · SWIM · TOMATOES · TOWEL · TWILIGHT · VACATION · WARM · WAVE
Who is this theme good for?
Long afternoons, porch solving and seniors who like familiar warm-weather words.
A solving tip
Compound words such as SUNHAT, SUNSCREEN and FIREFLY jump out; hunt short ones like FAN and HEAT last.
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”
