Christmas word search word list

50 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell.

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The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Angel
• Bells
• Blizzard
• Candle
• Candycane
• Carol
• Chimney
• Cocoa
• Cookies
• Eggnog
• Elf
• Evergreen
• Family
• Fireplace
• Frost
• Garland
• Gift
• Gingerbread
• Holly
• Icicle
• Ivy
• Jingle
• Joy
• Lights
• Mistletoe
• Nativity
• Noel
• Nutcracker
• Ornament
• Parade
• Peace
• Pine
• Poinsettia
• Presents
• Reindeer
• Ribbon
• Santa
• Scarf
• Sled
• Sleigh
• Snowflake
• Snowman
• Star
• Stocking
• Tinsel
• Tradition
• Tree
• Turkey
• Wreath
• Yule

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Angel — Winged figure atop the tree
• Bells — They jingle on a sleigh
• Blizzard — Severe snowstorm
• Candle — Wax stick with a wick
• Candycane — Striped hooked sweet
• Carol — Festive song sung door to door
• Chimney — Santa's way in
• Cocoa — Hot chocolate drink
• Cookies — Sweet baked rounds, American style
• Eggnog — Creamy festive drink
• Elf — Santa's small helper
• Evergreen — Tree that keeps its leaves all year
• Family — Relatives gathered together
• Fireplace — Where the stockings hang
• Frost — Icy coating on a winter morning
• Garland — Decorative chain of greenery
• Gift — Wrapped present
• Gingerbread — Spiced biscuit shaped like a person
• Holly — Prickly leaves and red berries
• Icicle — Hanging spike of ice
• Ivy — Evergreen that climbs walls
• Jingle — Sound of small bells
• Joy — Great happiness
• Lights — Strings that twinkle on the tree
• Mistletoe — Kiss beneath it
• Nativity — Scene of the birth in the stable
• Noel — Christmas, in a carol
• Nutcracker — Toy soldier of a famous ballet
• Ornament — Bauble hung on the tree
• Parade — Procession down the main street
• Peace — What the carol wishes on earth
• Pine — Evergreen with needles
• Poinsettia — Red-leaved festive plant
• Presents — What is under the tree on the morning
• Reindeer — Antlered animal that pulls a famous sleigh
• Ribbon — Strip tied in a bow on a gift
• Santa — Bearded man in red
• Scarf — Wrapped around the neck in winter
• Sled — Runner-borne vehicle for snowy hills
• Sleigh — Reindeer-drawn vehicle
• Snowflake — Six-sided ice crystal
• Snowman — Figure built in the garden with a carrot nose
• Star — Ball of burning gas in the night sky
• Stocking — Hung by the fire to be filled
• Tinsel — Glittery strands on the tree
• Tradition — Custom passed down the years
• Tree — Decorated centrepiece of the season
• Turkey — Bird roasted for Thanksgiving
• Wreath — Ring of greenery on the door
• Yule — Old word for the festive season

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.

On sale by 25 December

To be on sale for Black Friday, 27 November, submit a puzzle book by about Thursday 19 November; a book that goes through low-content review needs submitting by Friday 30 October. KDP's Timelines help page says "it takes 3 business days for your book (or update) to be live on Amazon", and that publishing "may take up to 6 days" for an account that has never published a book. It says low-content book reviews are taking longer than usual right now, three to four weeks. KDP's low-content page says that category "does not typically include activity books, such as puzzle books or coloring books". KDP also takes only 2 new paperbacks a week from each account for publication, counted when first submitted and reset every Sunday at 12:00 AM UTC (Create a Book help), so a seasonal book takes one of that week’s two. Leave a few days' margin, and check the Timelines page on the day you publish.

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