April Word Puzzles

Press New scramble for a fresh April word scramble, then print it with its answer key.

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Hint: Wet through, like a lawn after days of rain

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April Word Puzzles

Unscramble each word and write it on the line.

  1. G G O Y S.Hint: Wet through, like a lawn after days of rain
  2. C L R C E E Y.Hint: Turn old cans and paper into something new
  3. K I T C R.Hint: Something done to fool someone
  4. E I P H W N E L.Hint: A toy with paper blades that spin in the wind
  5. P S N R E K I L.Hint: A very light rain
  6. T Y R P O E.Hint: April is its month: rhymes, lines and verses
  7. P T O O M S C.Hint: Food scraps and leaves that rot into rich soil
  8. A R T I N A O C.Hint: A jacket that keeps you dry in a shower
  9. R C G I P N I H.Hint: The short, high sounds baby birds make
  10. E E R U S.Hint: Use a jar or bag again instead of throwing it away

Sheet 598770

10 of 12 words from the Medium list.

Answer key: April Word Puzzles

  1. GGOYSSOGGY
  2. CLRCEEYRECYCLE
  3. KITCRTRICK
  4. EIPHWNELPINWHEEL
  5. PSNREKILSPRINKLE
  6. TYRPOEPOETRY
  7. PTOOMSCCOMPOST
  8. ARTINAOCRAINCOAT
  9. RCGIPNIHCHIRPING
  10. EERUSREUSE

Sheet 598770

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All 30 words

Easy: short words 8

  • Fool A silly person: April 1 is named after one
  • Grass Green blades that need mowing again in spring
  • Hunt Children search for hidden painted eggs on an egg ___
  • Joke Something funny said to make people laugh
  • Mulch Wood chips spread round plants to keep the soil damp
  • Prank A harmless trick played on April 1
  • Spade A digging tool with a flat blade
  • Tree Arbor Day, in late April, is a day to plant one

Medium 12

  • Chirping The short, high sounds baby birds make
  • Compost Food scraps and leaves that rot into rich soil
  • Daisy A white flower with a yellow center
  • Giggle A small, silly laugh
  • Pinwheel A toy with paper blades that spin in the wind
  • Poetry April is its month: rhymes, lines and verses
  • Raincoat A jacket that keeps you dry in a shower
  • Recycle Turn old cans and paper into something new
  • Reuse Use a jar or bag again instead of throwing it away
  • Soggy Wet through, like a lawn after days of rain
  • Sprinkle A very light rain
  • Trick Something done to fool someone

Hard: long words 10

  • Birdhouse A small wooden box put up for birds to nest in
  • Environment The land, water and air around us that Earth Day asks us to care for
  • Galoshes Rubber shoes pulled on over your shoes in wet weather
  • Hopscotch A playground game of hopping through numbered squares
  • Mischief Naughty but harmless fun
  • Rain gauge A tube that measures how much rain fell
  • Rainwater What a barrel under a drainpipe collects
  • Springtime The season that April falls in
  • Thundercloud A tall, dark cloud that brings a storm
  • Wildflower A flower that grows by itself in a field

How it works

These April word puzzles are word scrambles built on the month itself: April Fools' Day, Earth Day, Arbor Day, poetry month and rain. Each word prints jumbled with a hint, and the answer key prints on its own page.

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From Joke to Thundercloud

The easy list opens the month with Joke, Prank and Fool. Medium, the sheet the page opens on, holds Recycle, Compost, Poetry and Raincoat. The hard list runs from Galoshes to Thundercloud, at 12 letters.

A sheet for each week

Use Prank and Trick on April 1, the recycling words near Earth Day and Arbor Day words such as Tree and Birdhouse later in the month. Each press of New scramble mixes the letters again.

  • On April 1, hand out the sheet with the hints off and tell the class the joke is on them: turn the hints on halfway.

Questions and answers

Are these April word puzzles different from the spring ones?

Yes. The spring word puzzles cover the whole season, with Robin, Tadpole and Daffodil. This page keeps to April: April Fools', Earth Day, Arbor Day and poetry month words, and no word appears on both pages.

What grades are they for?

The easy list of 4- and 5-letter words suits kindergarten to grade 1 with hints on. Medium suits grades 2 and 3, and the hard list of 8- to 12-letter words suits grade 4 and up.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. The key prints on a page of its own after the puzzle. No scramble on the list has a second common answer, so the key is the only right answer.

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