Teaching word search word list

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

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

• Alphabet
• Assembly
• Assignment
• Attendance
• Backpack
• Blackboard
• Bookshelf
• Calculator
• Chalk
• Classmate
• Classroom
• Crayon
• Curriculum
• Desk
• Dictionary
• Diploma
• Eraser
• Essay
• Exam
• Faculty
• Gradebook
• Grades
• Gymnasium
• Hallway
• Highlighter
• Homework
• Kindergarten
• Lecture
• Lesson
• Library
• Literacy
• Locker
• Lunchbox
• Marker
• Notebook
• Pencil
• Playground
• Principal
• Quiz
• Recess
• Report
• Ruler
• Schedule
• Scholarship
• Semester
• Spelling
• Stapler
• Student
• Syllabus
• Textbook
• Transcript
• Tutor
• Uniform
• Vocabulary
• Whiteboard
• Worksheet
• Yearbook

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.

• Alphabet — The 26 letters in order
• Assembly — Whole-school gathering
• Assignment — Set piece of work
• Attendance — Record of who showed up to class
• Backpack — Bag carried on the shoulders
• Blackboard — Dark surface written on with chalk
• Bookshelf — Furniture that holds many volumes in a row
• Calculator — Device for sums
• Chalk — Soft stick used to write on a dark board
• Classmate — Fellow student in the same course
• Classroom — Where pupils sit for lessons
• Crayon — Waxy stick used for coloring
• Curriculum — Planned course of study for a school year
• Desk — Table a student sits and writes at
• Dictionary — Book that defines every word
• Diploma — Certificate at graduation
• Eraser — Rubs out pencil marks
• Essay — Piece of writing on a set topic
• Exam — Formal test
• Faculty — All the teachers at a school, together
• Gradebook — Record where a teacher logs marks
• Grades — Marks awarded for work
• Gymnasium — Hall for PE
• Hallway — Corridor connecting classrooms
• Highlighter — Bright marker pen
• Homework — Assignment done after school
• Kindergarten — First year of school for young children
• Lecture — Talk given to teach a subject
• Lesson — One period of instruction
• Library — Room of borrowed books
• Literacy — Ability to read and write
• Locker — Small storage space for a student's things
• Lunchbox — Container for a packed meal
• Marker — Felt-tipped pen for a whiteboard
• Notebook — Bound pages for jottings
• Pencil — Wooden writing tool with graphite inside
• Playground — Outdoor area for recess
• Principal — Head of the school
• Quiz — Short test
• Recess — Break between lessons
• Report — End-of-term account of progress
• Ruler — Straight edge marked in inches
• Schedule — Timetable of classes through the day
• Scholarship — Money awarded to help pay for study
• Semester — Half of the school year
• Spelling — Test of how words are written
• Stapler — Fastens pages together
• Student — Someone enrolled to learn
• Syllabus — Outline of what a course will cover
• Textbook — Set volume for a subject
• Transcript — Official record of a student's grades
• Tutor — Someone who teaches one-on-one
• Uniform — Clothes all pupils wear
• Vocabulary — The words a person knows and uses
• Whiteboard — Glossy surface written on with markers
• Worksheet — Page of exercises to complete
• Yearbook — Annual with everyone's photo

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.