February Word Search Free Printable

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February Word Search

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0 of 16 words found

LNNIAHFTNURCESV

NILNWORPBHTLNLA

KCARDINALEODOHL

LINCOLNNEABETDE

YCTNAORCARCNSQN

MLEOIWOAPTLTYET

UERAGAMKGWRIEGI

OQNMTSNETTOSEEN

YTOOTHBRUSHTSTE

LHGOWIUCPURPLEC

KXONANDFPYJEITE

KSYYQGNOYYERYIU

VIOLETISSDCUPID

ESHADOWIAAMOCES

TEIOHNYVKMMMOJV

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LeapLEAP
MoonMOON
ShadowSHADOW
ValentineVALENTINE
HeartHEART
CupidCUPID
WashingtonWASHINGTON
LincolnLINCOLN
PancakePANCAKE
LanternLANTERN
ToothbrushTOOTHBRUSH
DentistDENTIST
PurplePURPLE
VioletVIOLET
CardinalCARDINAL
IcicleICICLE

16 of 24 words from the February Favorites list.

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Answer key: February Word Search

LNNIAHFTNURCESV

NILNWORPBHTLNLA

KCARDINALEODOHL

LINCOLNNEABETDE

YCTNAORCARCNSQN

MLEOIWOAPTLTYET

UERAGAMKGWRIEGI

OQNMTSNETTOSEEN

YTOOTHBRUSHTSTE

LHGOWIUCPURPLEC

KXONANDFPYJEITE

KSYYQGNOYYERYIU

VIOLETISSDCUPID

ESHADOWIAAMOCES

TEIOHNYVKMMMOJV

LEAP, MOON, SHADOW, VALENTINE, HEART, CUPID, WASHINGTON, LINCOLN, PANCAKE, LANTERN, TOOTHBRUSH, DENTIST, PURPLE, VIOLET, CARDINAL, ICICLE

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February Calendar 14

Aquarius The water carrier, the zodiac sign of the month up to the 18th.
Century A span of 100 years. A year that ends one, such as 1900, gets no 29th day unless it divides by 400.
Extra The kind of day added as the 29th about every fourth year.
February The second month and the shortest. Its name comes from Februa, a Roman festival of cleansing held on the 15th.
Latin The language of old Rome. Its word februum, meaning purification, gave the month its name.
Leap The kind of year that has 366 days. Most years that divide by 4 are one, but 2100 will not be.
Monday The weekday of the federal holiday since 1971. It is always the third one of the month.
Moon This is the only month that can pass without a full one. It happened in 2018 and is due again in 2037.
Numa The Roman king said to have added January and this month to the calendar about 713 BC. His full name is ___ Pompilius.
Pisces The two fish, the zodiac sign that begins on the 19th.
Purify To make clean. The Roman ritual that named the month was held to do this.
Quarter One fourth. A year of 365 days runs almost this much of a day short, so a day is added every fourth year.
Shortest What this month is, with 28 days in most years and 29 in the rest.
Winter The season that holds this whole month north of the equator. The Romans once left it without months at all.

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February Holidays 19

Carnival The season of parades that ends on Mardi Gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday.
Cupid The Roman god of love, drawn with wings and a bow.
Douglass Frederick, the writer and speaker whose birthday on the 14th helped fix the week chosen in 1926.
Dragon A long costume on poles that dancers carry through Chinese New Year parades.
Forecast A prediction of the weather. On the 2nd a rodent is said to give one at Gobbler's Knob.
Friendship The bond between pals, which a class card swap on the 14th is all about.
Groundhog A large rodent, also called a woodchuck. On the 2nd, one in Pennsylvania is watched for its shadow.
Heart The shape on cards for the 14th. It is also the muscle that American health campaigns focus on all month.
History The study of the past. The United States and Canada keep Black ___ Month in February.
Lantern A light carried or hung. A festival of them ends the Chinese New Year on its 15th day.
Lincoln The president born on the 12th. His birthday was never a federal holiday.
Lunar Having to do with the Moon. A new year counted this way starts between January 21 and February 20.
Pancake A flat cake from a pan, eaten on Shrove Tuesday to use up eggs, milk and sugar before Lent.
Presidents The popular name of the third Monday is a day for them. By law the holiday is still Washington's Birthday.
Punxsutawney The Pennsylvania town that has held its official Groundhog Day since 1887.
Shadow If the animal sees this on the 2nd, the saying promises six more weeks of winter. If not, an early spring.
Valentine A card given on the 14th, or the friend who gets it.
Washington The first president, born February 22, 1732. The Monday holiday falls from the 15th to the 21st, never on his birthday.
Woodson Carter G., the historian who began Negro History Week in 1926. It became a month in 1976.

Healthy Hearts and Teeth 20

Artery A tube that carries blood away from the heart.
Atrium One of the two upper rooms of the heart, where blood arrives. The plural is atria.
Canine A pointed tooth for tearing. The same word means a dog.
Cavity A hole that decay makes in a tooth.
Chamber One of the four rooms of the heart: two on top that take blood in and two ventricles below that pump it out.
Dentist The doctor for teeth. Children's Dental Health Month grew from one day in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 3, 1941.
Enamel The white coat of a tooth. It is the hardest substance in the body.
Exercise Running, swimming, dancing: moving your body so the heart muscle grows stronger.
Fist A closed hand. Your heart is about this size.
Floss Thread for cleaning between the teeth, a job for every day.
Fluoride The ingredient in toothpaste that dentists recommend for guarding teeth against decay.
Gums The pink tissue that holds the teeth.
Incisor A flat front tooth, made for cutting.
Molar A wide back tooth that crushes food.
Muscle What the heart is made of. It squeezes all day without being told.
Primary The proper name for the 20 baby teeth. The 32 that follow are called permanent.
Pulp The soft middle of a tooth, where the nerves and blood vessels are.
Pulse The beat you can feel at your wrist. At rest an adult's is about 60 to 100 beats a minute, and a young child's is faster.
Toothbrush Dentists say to use a soft one twice a day and to get a new one every three or four months.
Vein A tube that carries blood back to the heart.

February Birthstone and Flowers 12

Amethyst The February birthstone, a violet kind of quartz.
Brazil The country whose state of Rio Grande do Sul is known for big amethyst geodes.
Gemstone A mineral that is cut and polished to be worn.
Geode A hollow rock lined with crystals. Very large ones full of amethyst come from the far south of Brazil.
Iris A birth flower of the month with sword-shaped leaves, named from the Greek word for rainbow.
Iron The metal that, with natural radiation, gives amethyst its color.
Pansy A garden flower that belongs to the same plant group as violets.
Primrose A pale yellow birth flower of the month. Its name comes from the Latin for first rose.
Purple The color of the month's birthstone and of many violets.
Quartz A common mineral that scores 7 for hardness. Its violet kind is this month's birthstone.
Uruguay A South American country. Its Artigas region is a large producer of amethyst.
Violet A February birth flower with heart-shaped leaves. It is the state flower of four states.

Winter Birds and Weather 11

Binoculars Two small telescopes joined side by side, for watching birds from far away.
Birdseed Sunflower, millet and other food poured out for wild visitors in one of their hardest months to find a meal.
Cardinal A songbird whose male is bright red and whose female is reddish olive. Seven states chose it as state bird.
Chickadee A small bird with a black cap and bib, named for its own call. It hides seeds to eat later.
Feeder A seed holder hung outdoors. February has been National Bird-Feeding Month since 1994.
Finch A small songbird with a short, strong beak for cracking seeds.
Icicle A spike of ice that grows where dripping water freezes.
Junco A gray bird with a white belly, in many places the most common visitor at winter feeders.
Mittens Warm hand covers with one space for the thumb and one for all four fingers.
Suet Hard fat set out in a wire cage for birds in cold weather.
Tally A count kept with marks. Bird watchers keep one for four days in the middle of the month.

How it works

This February word search is a free printable for a short, crowded month: a groundhog on the 2nd, cards on the 14th, a Monday off. The first grid hides 16 words, Shadow, Cupid and Lincoln among them.

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Eight lists for one short month

New puzzle draws 16 words from whichever of the 8 lists you pick under Start from a list. February Holidays has 19 words, Healthy Hearts and Teeth 20, from Enamel to Floss, and Winter Birds and Weather 11 for National Bird-Feeding Month.

A February word search for kids, or a hard one

Easy February is the February word search for kids in first grade: Leap, Moon, Gums and 20 more words of 3 to 5 letters. They read it best with Large print ticked, inside More options. Punxsutawney leads the 22 Hard February words. Press Hard, and it may run backwards.

Tick Show clues, not words for a quiz: "the only month that can pass without a full one" is Moon.
After Healthy Hearts and Teeth, quiz the same 20 words on Friday with the spelling test generator.

Questions and answers

Which February holidays are in the word search?

February Holidays has 19 words. Groundhog and Punxsutawney cover the 2nd, Valentine and Cupid the 14th, and Washington and Lincoln the third Monday. Woodson and Douglass stand for Black History Month. Pancake, Carnival, Lantern and Dragon mark Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras and Chinese New Year.

Why does February have a leap day?

A year of 365 days runs almost a quarter day short, so about every fourth year gets a 29th of February. A year that ends a century, such as 1900, gets none unless it divides by 400: 2100 will not be a leap year.

What is the hardest substance in the human body?

Tooth enamel. Enamel is one of 20 words on Healthy Hearts and Teeth, made for National Children's Dental Health Month. The month grew from one day in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 3, 1941. Your heart, another clue says, is about the size of your fist.

All 76 words

February Calendar 14

February Holidays 19

Healthy Hearts and Teeth 20

February Birthstone and Flowers 12

Winter Birds and Weather 11

How it works

Eight lists for one short month

A February word search for kids, or a hard one

Questions and answers

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