Word search worksheet maker
Create a word search from your own vocabulary. Choose grid size and directions, try it with clicks or keyboard, and export a printable worksheet with a separate answer page.
Make a vocabulary activity with a printable answer key.
1. Your words
Uppercase, without spaces, hyphens or apostrophes. Spanish accents stay.
Import replaces this list. Undo restores it.
2. Layout settings
Save or reopen settings
JSON saves the word list, layout number and settings. Reopen and generate to rebuild; play progress is not saved.
How to use
- Enter words or import TXT, then review their normalized spelling.
- Set the grid, directions and filler, then generate or try a new layout.
- Try the puzzle, inspect the key, and download worksheet/answers or save settings.
Before you start
1–30 words, one per line; 2–24 cells per normalized word, grid 8–24 square. English A–Z, Spanish ÁÉÍÓÚÜÑ and Chinese Han characters. Uppercase and Unicode NFC are applied; spaces, hyphens and straight/curly apostrophes are removed. Other symbols are rejected, not silently deleted. Exact normalized duplicates are rejected. Example: ice cream becomes ICECREAM; montaña becomes MONTAÑA. Easy places right/down; medium adds both downward diagonals; hard allows all eight directions. Sharing identical letters is optional. Filler uses English, Spanish or the supplied words’ character set. Random filler can create extra occurrences or unintended words; no dictionary filter or unique-solution guarantee. The key marks one generated placement per word. A seeded heuristic tries up to 40 layouts; missing words stay visible and block worksheet export. Increase size or reduce words if incomplete. The layout number reproduces this implementation; save JSON to reopen settings, then generate. TXT input UTF-8 up to 20 KB, JSON up to 40 KB; no automatic storage or uploads. Student SVG contains the grid and word bank, with no embedded solution paths. Printable HTML includes a separate answer page, A4/Letter; use your browser to print. Paper and fonts may vary. Online play uses two endpoints on a straight horizontal, vertical or diagonal line, in either selection order. Any occurrence matching a listed word is accepted; progress stays only in this tab.