June Word Search Printable

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June Word Search

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NGTTVAFLAGNWNAW

RYARSDONUTLGLCN

HSNWLZHGYWFSWFY

IRIIJLUAWIIWARG

LVSGUSTSINNMDOE

IAGRNOJPKSGLOWR

GCEIELCDIARYTAH

HAPGTSMUTCAXSLA

TTDRETANEFSNJRE

NIFAEIFDRIPRUKW

IOYDNCOORRBVNZF

NNAUTETFREEDOMO

GQYAHSKVGFRSSXD

EKRTLAFGOLRSNRT

ROSENTNTMYYSNRG

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JuneteenthJUNETEENTH
FreedomFREEDOM
FlagFLAG
DonutDONUT
GraduateGRADUATE
VacationVACATION
JunoJUNO
RoseROSE
TwinsTWINS
SolsticeSOLSTICE
FireflyFIREFLY
GlowGLOW
RaspberryRASPBERRY
KiteKITE
LightningLIGHTNING
DiaryDIARY

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NGTTVAFLAGNWNAW

RYARSDONUTLGLCN

HSNWLZHGYWFSWFY

IRIIJLUAWIIWARG

LVSGUSTSINNMDOE

IAGRNOJPKSGLOWR

GCEIELCDIARYTAH

HAPGTSMUTCAXSLA

TTDRETANEFSNJRE

NIFAEIFDRIPRUKW

IOYDNCOORRBVNZF

NNAUTETFREEDOMO

GQYAHSKVGFRSSXD

EKRTLAFGOLRSNRT

ROSENTNTMYYSNRG

JUNETEENTH, FREEDOM, FLAG, DONUT, GRADUATE, VACATION, JUNO, ROSE, TWINS, SOLSTICE, FIREFLY, GLOW, RASPBERRY, KITE, LIGHTNING, DIARY

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June Days 20

Caribbean A sea of many islands. June honors the heritage of Americans whose families came from there.
Dad A short, warm name for the parent honored on the third Sunday.
Donut A ring of fried dough. Its national day is the first Friday of the month, begun in Chicago in 1938.
Environment The natural world around us. Its world day is June 5, first held in 1973.
Father The third Sunday of the month is his Day in the United States.
Flag June 14 is its Day. On that date in 1777 Congress chose a design of 13 stripes and 13 stars.
Freedom What the holiday on the 19th celebrates: slavery's end in the United States.
Galveston The island city where General Gordon Granger's order was read on June 19, 1865.
Graduate A student who has finished a school. Many cross the stage in a cap and gown in late May or June.
Juneteenth The federal holiday on the 19th. Its name joins the month and the date.
Music Its world day is June 21. The first one was held in Paris in 1982, on the day of the solstice.

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June Days, continued

Ocean The United Nations keeps a world day for it on June 8. Salt water like this covers most of the planet.
Pride A feeling of self-respect. June is the month named for it, with parades that recall June 1969 in New York City.
Stripes The 1777 national banner had 13 of these, alternate red and white.
Texas The state where a Union general ordered that enslaved people were free on June 19, 1865.
Thirteen How many stars, white in a blue field, Congress put on the national banner on June 14, 1777.
Vacation The long break from school that starts for many pupils this month.
Wedding Two people marry at one. The Greek writer Plutarch thought this month a better time for it than May.
Yearbook A book of photos from the school year, passed around for signatures in the last days of class.
Yoga Stretching and breathing exercise that began in ancient India. Its international day is June 21.

June Calendar 16

Alexandrite A rare June birthstone that looks green in daylight and red under a lamp.
Crab The animal of the zodiac sign that begins on June 22.
Daylight The hours when the Sun is up. North of the equator, June has more of it than any other month.
Honeysuckle A climbing birth flower of the month, named for the sweet nectar in its blooms.
Juno The Roman goddess the month is named for, queen of the gods and wife of Jupiter.
Midnight Twelve at night. North of the Arctic Circle the Sun is still up at this hour in June.
Mollusk A soft animal with a shell, such as an oyster or mussel. A June birthstone grows inside it.
Moonstone A June birthstone, a kind of feldspar with a soft, pearly shine.
Peacock A bird with a fan of shimmering tail feathers, sacred to the goddess the month is named for.
Pearl A birthstone of the month that is not a stone. It forms inside the shell of a living animal.
Rose A birth flower of the month, known for its thorny stems and sweet smell.
Sixth The place of this month in the year, after fifth and before seventh.
Solstice The day between June 20 and 22 when the Northern Hemisphere has its longest daylight of the year.
Tropic An imaginary line around the Earth. On June's longest day the noon Sun stands straight above the northern one.
Twins The zodiac sign Gemini, which runs until June 21, is drawn as these two.
Winter The season that June begins south of the equator, where the solstice brings the shortest day.

Outdoors in June 12

Apricot A small orange fruit with a hard stone inside, at its best in June north of the equator.
Blackberry A dark purple fruit that grows on thorny canes, in season in June in much of the north.
Cucumber A long green vegetable for salads and pickles, in season from June.
Dawn The first light of morning. It comes earliest in the weeks around the solstice.
Fawn A baby deer with white spots. White-tailed mothers usually give birth in May or June.
Firefly A beetle that flashes a light to find a mate on warm evenings. Some people call it a lightning bug.
Glow To give off a soft light without any flame.
Hummingbird A tiny bird that hovers at blooms such as honeysuckle to drink their nectar.
Noon Twelve in the day. Around June 21 the Sun at this hour climbs as high as it gets all year in the north.
Peas Small round green seeds in a pod, a vegetable in season in June.
Raspberry A soft red fruit made of tiny juicy beads, ripe for picking this month.
Twilight The dim light just after sunset, the time when lightning bugs start to flash.

June in History 12

Bunker The Hill that names a Revolutionary War battle fought on the Charlestown Peninsula, by Boston, on June 17, 1775.
Charter Magna Carta is Latin for the Great one. King John sealed it on June 15, 1215.
Cosmonaut A Soviet or Russian space traveler. The first woman in space was one, and she flew on June 16, 1963.
Diary A book for writing about your days. Anne Frank was given hers on June 12, 1942, her 13th birthday.
Franklin Benjamin, the Philadelphia printer whose famous storm experiment is dated to June 1752.
Kite Benjamin Franklin is said to have flown one in a storm in June 1752.
Lightning A giant electric spark in a storm. A famous experiment of June 1752 set out to show what it is.
Napoleon The French emperor who lost his final battle on June 18, 1815.
Normandy The coast of France where Allied soldiers landed from the sea on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Runnymede The meadow near Windsor, England, where King John sealed Magna Carta on June 15, 1215.
Shuttle Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983, aboard the Space one named Challenger.
Waterloo The battle of June 18, 1815, fought in what is now Belgium. It was Napoleon's last.

How this list was compiled: 60 June words with plain meanings written for this site: the month's observances, its calendar and birthstones, the outdoors in June and dated events in history. Every date and name in the clues was checked on 2026-09-19 against English Wikipedia, chiefly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_%28mythology%29, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstone_%28gemstone%29, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_solstice, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day_%28United_States%29 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day_%28United_States%29. No living person is named in a clue. Licence: own work

How it works

This June word search printable covers Flag Day on the 14th, Juneteenth on the 19th, Father's Day on the third Sunday and the longest day. It opens on 16 of 60 words, with Donut, Kite and Firefly across or down.

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All 20 June Days words on one sheet

Pick June Days under Start from a list and press Add another until the list holds 20: one sheet carries them all, Flag to Yearbook. Each of the 7 lists names its sheet, so Outdoors in June prints as Outdoors in June Word Search. June in History runs from Runnymede in 1215 to a Shuttle launch in 1983.

The last weeks of school, kindergarten to grade 5

For kindergarten and first grade, choose Easy June, 21 words of 3 to 5 letters such as Dad, Yoga and Fawn, then open More options and tick Large print. Fifth graders can take Hard June: 26 words of 8 to 11 letters with Hard pressed, where Honeysuckle may read backwards.

Tick Show clues, not words in More options: "A birthstone of the month that is not a stone" means Pearl.
Yearbook, Graduate and Vacation are June Days words: a last-week sheet before the last day of school word search.

Questions and answers

What holidays are in a June word search?

June Days has 20 words. Flag, Stripes and Thirteen belong to Flag Day, June 14; Juneteenth, Freedom and Galveston to the 19th; Father and Dad to the third Sunday. Donut marks the first Friday, Ocean June 8, and Yoga and Music share June 21.

Why is Juneteenth on June 19?

On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger's order was read in Galveston, Texas, telling enslaved people there that they were free. The name joins the month and the date. Juneteenth, Freedom, Galveston and Texas are June Days words; the Juneteenth word search has more.

When is the longest day of the year?

Between June 20 and 22 north of the equator: the Solstice. At noon that day the Sun stands straight above the northern Tropic, and north of the Arctic Circle it is still up at Midnight. South of the equator, June begins Winter.

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June Days, continued

June Calendar 16

Outdoors in June 12

June in History 12

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All 20 June Days words on one sheet

The last weeks of school, kindergarten to grade 5

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