Halloween Crossword Puzzle to Print or Solve Online

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Easy Halloween Words 20

  • Bag Sack you carry from house to house
  • Bat It flies at night and hangs upside down to sleep
  • Bone A dog likes to chew one, and your leg has some too
  • Boo What a spook shouts to make you jump
  • Broom You sweep the floor with it
  • Candy Sweets you collect from door to door
  • Cat Pet that purrs and says meow; a black one is a Halloween sign
  • Fang Long, sharp tooth, like a snake's
  • Ghost A see-through spirit in spooky stories
  • Hat You wear it on your head; some are tall and pointy
  • Mask You wear it over your face to hide who you are
  • Moon It glows in the night sky and is sometimes full
  • Mummy Body wrapped in strips of cloth, from ancient Egypt
  • Orange The color you get when you mix red and yellow
  • Owl Night bird that hoots
  • Scary Making you feel afraid
  • Spider It has eight legs and spins silk
  • Toad Bumpy-skinned cousin of a frog
  • Treat Trick or ___?
  • Witch In stories she stirs a big pot and casts spells

Classic Halloween 20

  • Candle Wax stick with a wick that you light
  • Cauldron Big black pot on three legs in a spooky kitchen
  • Cobweb Dusty strands hanging in a corner of an old attic
  • Costume Outfit you put on to dress up as someone else
  • Flashlight Battery lamp you hold to see your way after dark
  • Goblin Small, mischievous creature of folk tales
  • Graveyard Place with rows of headstones
  • Haunted Said of a house that spooks are said to visit
  • Hayride Autumn trip on a farm wagon piled with straw
  • Lantern Lamp with a handle that you can carry
  • Monster Big, frightening creature said to hide under the bed
  • October The month that ends with Halloween
  • Potion Magic drink stirred up in a fairy tale
  • Pumpkin Round squash that grows on a vine and gets a carved face
  • Scarecrow Straw figure in old clothes that keeps birds off the crops
  • Skeleton The frame inside your body that holds you up
  • Tombstone Stone marker with a name carved on it
  • Vampire Caped creature of stories that sleeps in a coffin
  • Werewolf Person in stories who turns into a wolf
  • Wizard Man in stories who does magic with a wand

Hard, for Teens and Adults 20

  • Apparition Ghostly figure that seems to appear from nowhere
  • Banshee Wailing female spirit of Irish folklore
  • Bonfire Large open-air fire, one of the old Halloween customs
  • Crypt Underground room beneath a church
  • Divination Fortune-telling, as in old Halloween games with apples and nuts
  • Eerie Strange in a way that makes you uneasy
  • Ghoul Grave-haunting fiend that began in old Arabian belief
  • Guising Scottish and Irish custom of calling from house to house in disguise
  • Macabre Grim and gruesome, dwelling on death
  • Masquerade Party where the guests hide their faces
  • Mausoleum Stone building put up to hold a tomb
  • Nocturnal Active at night and asleep by day
  • Omen Sign that something good or bad is coming
  • Phantom Spirit that can be seen but not touched
  • Poltergeist Spirit said to bang and throw things about; its name is German
  • Samhain Gaelic festival on 1 November that marks the end of the harvest
  • Sinister Seeming evil or threatening
  • Souling Old custom of calling from house to house for soul cakes
  • Superstition Belief such as "a broken mirror brings seven years of bad luck"
  • Turnip Root vegetable carved with faces for Halloween in 19th-century Ireland and Scotland

How this list was compiled: 60 clues written for this site in three levels: short words for grades 1 and 2, classic Halloween words, and harder words for teens and adults. Customs and folklore clues (Samhain, guising, souling, turnip lanterns, the banshee) were checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) in September 2026. No film, character or candy brand is an answer, and no clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

This Halloween crossword puzzle, printable on Letter or A4, comes in three levels, from Bat and Mummy for first graders to Samhain and Banshee for adults. It is a vocabulary crossword with no film, character or candy brand names.

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Pick a level

Easy Halloween Words has answers of 3 to 6 letters, such as Owl, Fang and Broom. Classic Halloween has Cauldron, Scarecrow and Hayride. Hard, for Teens and Adults has old customs and rare words: Guising, Souling, Poltergeist.

Halloween crossword puzzles to print

Print gives Letter or A4 with the answer key last. New puzzle draws another grid from the same level, so each table at a party can get its own.

  • For grades 1 and 2, choose Easy Halloween Words and tick Word bank under the clues in More options.

Questions and answers

Is the Halloween crossword printable with the answers?

Yes. Every print ends with the answer key on a sheet of its own. Show all clues and answers, under the puzzle, lists all 60 clues with their answers, so keep it closed on a board the class can see.

Can I play Halloween crossword puzzle games online?

Yes. Tap a square and type; Check word and Reveal letter help when you are stuck.

Which level suits my class?

Easy Halloween Words suits grades 1 and 2. Classic Halloween suits grades 3 to 6. Hard, for Teens and Adults suits middle school up and adult parties. These bands are our judgement, not a published standard.