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Spring Word Search

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0 of 16 words found

YOGHDYFLOWERSDN

TRAKHERAINBOWOH

PBCELUSLAHBSHSE

LMBTDCHICKMOSEE

HONEYBEEAJBERWK

IAMNAUCATALFYEZ

XOHSTTLEESOCCER

SPROUTVHRNSYTFV

HNVSEEDSPSSOYAA

MEKELRSOIMOQKVX

OSIIIFWWLAMBVRO

RTTELLHALYDRRCS

ESEVFYSMAFODODR

PUDDLESPRINGURD

LWYRRGQCXROBINT

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BlossomBLOSSOM
FlowersFLOWERS
SeedsSEEDS
SpringSPRING
RainbowRAINBOW
PuddlePUDDLE
NestNEST
RobinROBIN
ChickCHICK
LambLAMB
ButterflyBUTTERFLY
CaterpillarCATERPILLAR
SproutSPROUT
HoneybeeHONEYBEE
KiteKITE
SoccerSOCCER

16 of 24 words from the Spring Favorites list.

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YOGHDYFLOWERSDN

TRAKHERAINBOWOH

PBCELUSLAHBSHSE

LMBTDCHICKMOSEE

HONEYBEEAJBERWK

IAMNAUCATALFYEZ

XOHSTTLEESOCCER

SPROUTVHRNSYTFV

HNVSEEDSPSSOYAA

MEKELRSOIMOQKVX

OSIIIFWWLAMBVRO

RTTELLHALYDRRCS

ESEVFYSMAFODODR

PUDDLESPRINGURD

LWYRRGQCXROBINT

BLOSSOM, FLOWERS, SEEDS, SPRING, RAINBOW, PUDDLE, NEST, ROBIN, CHICK, LAMB, BUTTERFLY, CATERPILLAR, SPROUT, HONEYBEE, KITE, SOCCER

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All 137 words

Flowers and Garden 24

Arbor The name of a tree-planting day that began in Nebraska in 1872. The United States keeps it on April's last Friday.
Bloom To open into flower.
Blossom Flowers on a fruit tree. Washington, D.C. has a festival for its cherry ones, a gift from Tokyo in 1912.
Bulb A round underground store of food that tulips and daffodils grow from.
Clover A small plant with leaves in threes. Finding one with four is said to be lucky.
Compost Rotted leaves and kitchen scraps that feed the soil.
Crocus A low white, yellow or purple flower that grows from a corm and blooms in late winter and early spring.
Daffodil A yellow flower with a trumpet ringed by six petal-like parts. It grows from a bulb and is the national flower of Wales.
Daisy A flower with white petals around a yellow center.
Dandelion A yellow weed named from the French for lion's tooth. Its seeds glide away on fluffy white parachutes.
Earthworm A soft, legless digger that breathes through its skin. Its tunnels let air and water into the soil.
Flowers The old rhyme says April showers bring these in May.

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Flowers and Garden, continued

Garden Ground set aside for growing flowers, herbs and vegetables.
Greenhouse A glass building that keeps young plants warm.
Hyacinth A bulb with a spike of sweet-smelling flowers, often bought for the Persian new year.
Lilac A shrub with sweet-smelling clusters of pale purple flowers.
Pansy A garden flower whose markings look like a little face.
Petal One of the colored parts of a flower.
Planting Putting seeds or young plants into the ground.
Seeds Plant them, water them and wait.
Soil The dark, crumbly earth that plants grow in.
Trowel A small hand tool for digging holes for plants.
Tulip A cup-shaped flower grown from a bulb. In the 1630s, buyers in the Netherlands paid fortunes for rare ones.
Violet A small purple flower, and the last of the seven colors of the rainbow.

Spring Weather 23

April The month known for its showers.
Damp Slightly wet, like the grass in the early morning.
Daylight There is more of it every day in spring. Most of the United States moves clocks ahead an hour on the second Sunday in March.
Drizzle Light rain made of very fine drops.
Equinox A day when light and dark are almost equal all over Earth. The March one falls on the 19th, 20th or 21st.
Forecast A prediction of tomorrow's weather.
Galoshes Waterproof overshoes for wet, muddy days.
March The month when spring begins in the north.
Melt What snow and ice do when warm days come.
Mist A thin fog of tiny water drops near the ground.
Muddy How boots and paws get after a wet week.
Petrichor The earthy smell of rain falling on dry ground. Two Australian scientists gave it this name in 1964.
Puddle A small pool of water left on the ground by a shower.
Rainbow An arc of colors seen when sunlight bends through water drops. It always appears in the part of the sky opposite the Sun.
Raincoat A waterproof jacket.
Showers Brief falls of rain that start and stop quickly.
Spring The season between winter and summer: March to May in the north, September to November in the south.
Sunny Bright and clear, with no clouds in the way.
Thunder The rumble that follows a flash of lightning.
Tornado A spinning funnel of wind. The United States has more than any other country. They are most common in spring, and May is the peak month.
Umbrella A folding cover that keeps you dry. Its name comes from the Latin for shade.
Vernal A word that means of the spring. In the north, the March equinox also goes by this name.
Windy A word for the kind of day when kites fly well.

Baby Animals and Birds 22

Birdsong The music of the early morning in spring.
Bluebird A small songbird with a bright blue back.
Bunny A young rabbit.
Calf A young cow.
Chick A fluffy yellow bird just out of its shell.
Cygnet A young swan.
Duckling A young duck.
Egg What a bird lays in its nest.
Fawn A young deer.
Foal A young horse.
Gosling A young goose.
Hatch To break out of a shell.
Kid A young goat.
Lamb A young sheep.
Leveret A young hare.
Migrate To travel a long way as the seasons change, as many birds do.
Nest A bird's home of twigs and grass, built to hold eggs.
Owlet A young owl.
Peeper A tiny frog of eastern North America. Hundreds calling together on a March night can sound like jingling bells.
Piglet A young pig.
Robin A North American songbird with an orange breast and blue eggs. Its song is one of the first you hear before sunrise.
Sparrow A small brown bird that chirps in hedges and gardens.

Life Cycles 20

Bud A small swelling on a twig that opens into a leaf or a flower.
Butterfly An insect with four bright wings. It begins as an egg, then a caterpillar, then a chrysalis.
Caterpillar The larva of a butterfly or moth. It eats and grows until it is ready to become a pupa.
Chrysalis The pupa of a butterfly. The word comes from the Greek for gold, after the metallic shine of many of them.
Cocoon A silk case that many moth caterpillars spin around themselves before they change.
Cycle A set of changes that comes back around to where it began, like egg to hen to egg.
Frog What a tadpole becomes once its legs have grown and its tail is gone.
Germinate To begin to grow from a seed. It takes water, air and the right temperature, and the root comes out first.
Honeybee An insect that tells its hive where the flowers are with a figure-eight waggle dance.
Larva The young form of an insect, after the egg and before the pupa.
Molt To shed old skin or feathers and grow new.
Pollen Yellow dust made by flowers. It must travel from flower to flower before seeds can form.
Pollinate To carry pollen from one flower to another, as bees, butterflies, birds, bats and the wind all do.
Pupa The stage between larva and adult. The word is Latin for doll.
Roots The parts of a plant that grow down and drink water from the soil.
Seedling A very young plant grown from a seed.
Spawn A jelly-like mass of frog eggs floating in a pond.
Sprout The first shoot of a seed, just out of the ground.
Stem The stalk that holds a plant up.
Tadpole A young frog or toad, with gills and a tail. Its back legs grow first, and its name means toad head.

Outdoors and Play 17

Cartwheel A sideways flip on your hands with arms and legs spread like spokes.
Hiking Taking a long walk on a trail.
Kite A light frame on a long string, flown in the wind. It is said to have been invented in China about 2,500 years ago.
Marbles Small glass balls flicked with the thumb in a circle game.
Meadow A field of grass and wildflowers.
Playground Swings, slides and climbing bars, all in one place.
Pond A small, still body of water where frogs and ducks live.
Recess The part of the school day for playing outside.
Sandbox A low box of sand for digging and building.
Scooter A board on two wheels with a handlebar. You push it along with one foot.
Seesaw A long board balanced in the middle. One rider goes up as the other goes down.
Sidewalk The paved path beside a street, good for chalk drawings.
Skipping Moving along with a hop on each step.
Slide Climb the ladder, sit down and whoosh.
Soccer A game played with a round ball and two goals, mostly with the feet.
Softball A game like baseball with a bigger ball, pitched underhand.
Swing A seat on chains that carries you back and forth.

Spring Cleaning 16

Attic The space under the roof, often full of old boxes.
Broom A brush on a long handle for clearing floors.
Bucket A pail with a handle for carrying soapy water.
Closet A small room or cupboard for clothes.
Declutter To clear out the things that crowd a room.
Donate To give away things you no longer need.
Dust Fine gray powder that settles on shelves.
Mop A sponge or a bundle of strings on a stick for washing floors.
Nowruz The Persian new year, kept at the March equinox for over 3,000 years. Families get ready by cleaning, called shaking the house.
Scrub To rub hard with a brush and soap.
Sort To put things into groups: keep, give away, recycle.
Sponge A soft block full of holes that soaks up water.
Sweep To clear a floor with a broom.
Tidy Neat, with everything in its place.
Vacuum A machine that sucks dirt out of rugs.
Windows Glass panes that let in light, washed inside and out at this time of year.

Spring Break 15

Airport Where planes take off and land.
Aquarium A building of big tanks where you can watch fish and sharks swim.
Arcade A room full of coin games.
Bowling Rolling a heavy ball down a lane to knock over ten pins.
Break Time off from school, often a week in March or April.
Cousins The children of your aunts and uncles.
Hotel A place where travelers pay to stay the night.
Library A place to borrow a stack of books for a week of reading.
Museum A building where art, fossils or history are on show.
Pajamas What you can stay in all morning when school is out.
Relax To rest and take it easy.
Sleepover A night spent at a friend's house.
Staycation Time off spent at home, seeing the sights nearby.
Trip A journey away from home and back.
Zoo A park where you can see animals from around the world.

How this list was compiled: 137 spring words with plain meanings written for this site: flowers and the garden, spring weather, baby animals and birds, life cycles, outdoor play, spring cleaning and spring break. The facts in the clues were checked on 2026-09-18 against English Wikipedia, chiefly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_%28season%29, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadpole, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_dance, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28plant%29. Licence: own work

How it works

This free spring word search PDF is made fresh on each press, where a fixed printable gives every child the same grid. It opens on 16 words, Puddle, Robin and Butterfly among them, from a bank of 137.

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From an easy spring word search for kids to a difficult one

New puzzle draws from the list picked under Start from a list, below the puzzle. Easy Spring has 56 words of 3 to 5 letters, Lamb, Kite and Nest among them. For kindergarten, open More options and tick Large print, and leave the list at 16 words. Hard Spring is 31 long words, from Daffodil to Caterpillar. For a grade 5 word find, press Hard, where Petrichor can run backwards.

Seven themes, from gardens to the week off

Seven lists follow a theme, from Flowers and Garden to Life Cycles and Spring Cleaning. The last, Spring Break, holds 15 words; the spring break word search has 100 of its own.

For a butterfly unit, pick Life Cycles and tick Show clues, not words: "The pupa of a butterfly" is Chrysalis.
Spring Cleaning suits desk clean-out day. It includes Nowruz, the Persian new year, when families clean by shaking the house.
Springtime on the sheet instead? Type Springtime Word Search over the title above the grid.

Questions and answers

When is the first day of spring?

By the sky, spring in the north starts at the March equinox, which falls on the 19th, 20th or 21st, when light and dark are almost equal all over Earth. Weather records count from March 1. Equinox and Vernal are both Spring Weather words.

What is the smell of rain called?

Petrichor, the earthy smell of rain on dry ground, named by two Australian scientists in 1964. It is one of the 31 Hard Spring words. Other clues say a tadpole's back legs grow first and that its name means toad head.

How do bees tell each other where the flowers are?

With a figure-eight waggle dance, says the clue for Honeybee, one of the 16 opening words. The Life Cycles list has 20 words for a butterfly or frog unit, from Tadpole to Chrysalis, a word that comes from the Greek for gold.

All 137 words

Flowers and Garden 24

Flowers and Garden, continued

Spring Weather 23

Baby Animals and Birds 22

Life Cycles 20

Outdoors and Play 17

Spring Cleaning 16

Spring Break 15

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