Hard Christmas word search for adults

What’s included

• A 16 × 16 letter grid hiding 18 words
• A word list with tick boxes
• An answer key on page 2
• Name and words-found boxes
• 2 A4 pages, designed to print well in colour or black and white

How to play

1. Print page 1 for each player and keep page 2, the answer key, for checking.
2. Find each word in the grid. Words can run across, down or diagonally, and some run backwards or upwards.
3. Circle each word as you find it and tick it off the list.
4. First to find them all wins, or race the clock as a team.

Tips

• Hand it to the person who says word searches are too easy.
• Run a highlighter along each row looking for double letters: they’re easier to spot.
• Children can play too, in a team with an adult.

Printing tips

• Print at 100% or “Actual size” rather than “Fit to page”, so nothing gets trimmed.
• Everything is A4. If your printer only takes US Letter, choose “Fit to page” instead.
• Thicker paper (120–160gsm) feels nicer to write on and survives a night out; plain 80gsm is fine too.
• Black and white works: the designs are made to stay clear without colour.