February Crossword Puzzle Printable

Print a criss-cross vocabulary crossword for February: the groundhog, leap day, valentines, two presidents and dates of the month.

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Answer key: February Crossword

1LEA2PR3SPRIN4GERS5SHADOWIU6WD7V8ALENTINEMDNN9VIOLETHTTTOESHGR10PENNY11SECOND12HEART

Across 1 LEAP · 3 SPRING · 5 SHADOW · 7 VALENTINE · 9 VIOLET · 10 PENNY · 11 SECOND · 12 HEART

Down 2 PRESIDENTS · 4 GROUNDHOG · 6 WINTER · 8 AMETHYST

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Calendar, Sky and Birthstone 20

  • Amethyst Lilac to deep purple gem in a February ring
  • Aquarius Star sign of anyone born from February 1 to 18
  • August Northern month whose season matches February's in the far south
  • Common Kind of year with 365 days, when February stops at the 28th
  • Crystal February's gem forms six-sided ones in the ideal case, tipped with points
  • Iris It names a February bloom and the ring around your pupil
  • January Month that comes just before February
  • March Month that follows February
  • Moon February can pass with no full one
  • Orion Its three-star belt shows best on evenings from New Year to April
  • Pisces Star sign that takes over on February 19
  • Primrose One of three flowers tied to February; a botanist calls it Primula
  • Quartz February's gem is a purple variety of this mineral
  • Second February's place in the line of months
  • Siberia Russian region that gives its name to the ideal grade of February's gem
  • Summer Hot season that ends with February south of the equator
  • Twenty-eight February's length in days, except when the year has 366
  • Violet Tiny wildflower in a purple shade named after it
  • Winter Season that ends when February does, forecasters say
  • Zodiac Ring of a dozen star signs; February straddles two of them

Leap Day and the Roman Month 20

  • Bissextile Old word for a 366-day year
  • Caesar Roman who proposed, in 46 BC, the calendar that gave February its 29th day
  • Century 1700, 1800 and 1900 each closed one, and each went without a February 29
  • Drift What a calendar with no February 29 would slowly do against the seasons
  • Fourth Under the calendar of 46 BC, every ___ year ran to 366 days
  • Gregorian Calendar reform made public in a decree dated February 24, 1582
  • Hundred A year this number divides gets no February 29, unless 400 divides it too
  • Intercalary Word for a day or month slipped into a calendar to keep it in step with the seasons
  • Julian Calendar proposed in 46 BC that first gave February a 29th day
  • Last February's place in the Roman year until about 450 BC
  • Leap "___ day": February 29
  • Lupercalia Roman festival held each February 15
  • Monthless What the cold season was in the earliest Roman calendar, before February existed
  • Orbit One trip around the Sun; ours runs almost six hours past 365 days
  • Purification What the Roman word behind February's name means: a making clean
  • Ritual The Roman one called Februa, a cleansing held in mid-February, named the month
  • Rome City whose first calendar had no February at all
  • Sweden Country whose calendar had a February 30 in 1712
  • Tropical "___ year": about 365.2422 days, the span a calendar tries to match
  • Twenty-nine Length in days of February once every four years or so

Groundhog Day and Late Winter 21

  • Burrow Tunnel home with fresh dirt at the entrance
  • Clover Every variety of this pasture crop is food for the animal of February 2
  • Cocoa What the tin beside the kettle holds on a snow day
  • Earmuffs Two fuzzy pads on a band, worn over a hat or instead of one
  • Flurry Snow shower so short it barely whitens the grass
  • Groundhog Furry forecaster of February 2
  • Hibernate Sleep away the frozen season with body heat turned way down
  • Icicle It lengthens drip by drip under the eaves
  • Incisors The animal of February 2 has four of them, growing a millimeter and a half every seven days
  • Knob "Gobbler's ___": place outside Punxsutawney where the crowd gathers on February 2
  • Marmot Kind of large squirrel that lives in a hole; the forecaster of February 2 is one
  • Scarf Knitted wrap tucked into a coat collar
  • Shadow Dark shape the sun gives you on a bright day
  • Shovel Tool that clears the walk after a storm
  • Sled It needs a hill and a few inches of snow
  • Slush It soaks your socks at the crosswalk in a thaw
  • Snowdrop Drooping bell of a bloom; most kinds open while it is still the cold season
  • Spring Season a cloudy February 2 is said to hurry along
  • Weeks "Six more ___": what a sunny February 2 is said to bring
  • Whistle Alarm call that earned the animal of February 2 a nickname ending in "pig"
  • Woodchuck Tongue-twister animal, also the one watched on February 2

Valentines and Presidents 21

  • Arrow What the love god of old pictures shoots
  • Birthday "Washington's ___": official title of a February day off
  • Cabin "Log ___": one-room home where Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809
  • Cherry Tree in a story, first told by a bookseller, about a boy with a hatchet who would not lie
  • Chocolate Boxed treat tied with ribbon for February 14
  • Cupid Roman love god whose Greek counterpart is Eros
  • Dollar Washington has looked out from this paper bill since 1869
  • Eleventh Washington was born on the ___ of February by the calendar then in use
  • Envelope A February 14 card is sealed inside one
  • Fourteen Date of the February day for cards and candy
  • Heart Shape cut from folded red paper
  • Honest "___ Abe": Lincoln's folk name
  • Lace Frilly trim, real or made of paper, on showy February cards of the 1800s
  • Lawyer Courtroom job Lincoln held before the White House
  • Penny Coin with Lincoln's face on it
  • Presidents "___' Day": mid-February holiday on most wall calendars
  • Quarter 25-cent piece first struck in 1932 with Washington on it
  • Roses Red flowers sold by the dozen in mid-February
  • Surveyor Job that took the young Washington to the Shenandoah Valley in 1748
  • Valentine Card dropped into a classmate's decorated box
  • Virginia Colony where Washington was born in February 1732

Dates in February 20

  • Arizona Statehood came to it on February 14, 1912, after the other 47 states that touch one another
  • Canyon "Grand ___": national park created on February 26, 1919
  • Count "Great Backyard Bird ___": four days of tallying each mid-February
  • Court The Supreme one of the United States opened its first session on February 2, 1790
  • Dictionary The first part of the Oxford English one came out on February 1, 1884
  • Dot "Pale Blue ___": photo of Earth taken from six billion kilometers on February 14, 1990
  • Friendship "___ 7": capsule that carried John Glenn three times around Earth on February 20, 1962
  • Golf Game an astronaut tried on the lunar surface in February 1971
  • Inventors "National ___' Day", February 11, falls on the day Thomas Edison was born
  • Language "Mother ___": the tongue a child learns first, honored worldwide on February 21
  • Massachusetts It became the sixth state on February 6, 1788
  • Monument The tall memorial to the first U.S. leader was dedicated on February 21, 1885
  • Oregon It became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859
  • Pluto Far-off icy world first spotted on photographs on February 18, 1930
  • Pulses Food crops such as chickpeas and lupins; their world day is February 10
  • Radio Its world day, February 13, recalls the founding of United Nations broadcasting in 1946
  • Science February 11 is the international day of women and girls in this field
  • Treaty The one of February 2, 1848, closed the war between Mexico and the United States
  • Weather The United States founded its national service for this on February 9, 1870
  • Wetlands Marshes, swamps and bogs; their world day is February 2

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for grades 3 to 8. Calendar, leap year, Roman, holiday and date clues were checked against English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); the Groundhog Day clues also against NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, and Washington's birthday against the National Archives, in October 2026. Seasons and the evening sky are those of the Northern Hemisphere unless a clue says otherwise. Licence: own work

How it works

This February crossword puzzle is printable on Letter or A4, answer key included. The first puzzle has 12 words, among them Groundhog, Valentine, Leap, Amethyst, Violet, Presidents and Winter. It is about the month itself, not one holiday.

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Five sets after the first words

Calendar, Sky and Birthstone has Aquarius, Primrose, Quartz and Orion. Leap Day and the Roman Month has Century, Julian, Bissextile and Lupercalia. Groundhog Day and Late Winter has Woodchuck, Marmot, Whistle and Snowdrop. Valentines and Presidents has Cupid, Lace, Quarter and Surveyor. Dates in February has Arizona, Pluto, Friendship and Wetlands.

Facts to look up

Older classes can check the dates set against an almanac: Arizona became a state on February 14, 1912, and Pluto was first spotted on February 18, 1930. Washington was born on February 11, 1731, by the calendar then in use.

  • Valentine's Day has a handful of words here, among them Valentine, Heart, Cupid and Lace. The Valentine's Day crossword, a separate page, has the rest.

Questions and answers

Is there a printable crossword puzzle for February with an answer key?

Yes. Press Print: the grid and clues come first and the answer key is the last sheet. Nothing to pay and no account.

What grade are the February crossword puzzles for?

First February Words suits grades 3 to 5. The five themed sets suit grades 4 to 8, and the leap day and dates sets ask the most. These bands are our judgment, not a published standard.

Why is it called February?

The name comes from the Roman month Februarius, named for a purification ritual held in the middle of the month. Purification, Ritual and Lupercalia are answers in the leap day set.

How often is there a February 29?

In each year that 4 divides, except a year that 100 divides and 400 does not: 1900 had none and 2000 had one. Leap, Century and Hundred are answers.

What are the birthstone and birth flowers for February?

The birthstone is amethyst, a purple quartz. The birth flowers are the violet, the primrose and the iris. All five words are answers.

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