Tic Tac Toe Printable Free Sheets

Pick a board and print it: classic, ultimate, holiday pieces to cut out, or multiplication facts.

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Tic tac toe boards, 6 to a page 6 boards on Letter and on A4, in 2 columns of 3, with 1 inch squares. Enough for a best of five with a board to spare. Cut the page into three strips and each pair of players gets two boards.

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Classic 3 by 3 boards 7

Tic tac toe board, 1 large to a page 1 board on Letter and on A4, with 2 1/4 inch squares. Big enough for buttons, coins or counters as markers, so one print lasts many games.
Tic tac toe boards, 2 to a page 2 boards on Letter and on A4, one above the other, with 1 1/2 inch squares. Cut the sheet in half and two pairs of players each get a board with room for large marks.
Tic tac toe boards, 4 to a page 4 boards on Letter and on A4, in 2 columns of 2, with 1 1/8 inch squares. Keep the page whole for a best of three with a board to spare, or cut it into quarters for four pairs.
Tic tac toe boards, 6 to a page 6 boards on Letter and on A4, in 2 columns of 3, with 1 inch squares. Enough for a best of five with a board to spare. Cut the page into three strips and each pair of players gets two boards.

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Classic 3 by 3 boards, continued

Tic tac toe boards, 12 to a page 12 boards on Letter and on A4, in 3 columns of 4, with 5/8 inch squares. A full page for a long car ride or a rainy recess. With best play from both sides every game is a draw, so keep count of who slips first.
Tic tac toe boards, 20 to a page 20 boards on Letter and on A4, in 4 columns of 5, with 1/2 inch squares. Use it to test the three openings: play 5 games that start in a corner, 5 on an edge and 5 in the center, and keep the last 5 boards for a playoff.
Tic tac toe boards, 30 to a page 30 boards on Letter and on A4, in 5 columns of 6, with 3/8 inch squares. One sheet runs a class tournament. Cut it into 6 strips of 5 boards and each strip is a best of five.

Ultimate boards, nine in one 3

Ultimate tic tac toe board, 1 to a page 1 board on Letter and on A4: nine small boards in a 3 by 3 grid, 81 squares of 5/8 inch. The square you mark sends your opponent to the small board in the matching position. Win three small boards in a row to win the game.
Ultimate tic tac toe boards, 2 to a page 2 boards on Letter and on A4, one above the other, each with 81 squares of 3/8 inch. A small board you win counts as your mark on the large board. With 81 squares in play, one game can fill a whole break, so two boards are plenty.
Ultimate tic tac toe boards, 4 to a page 4 boards on Letter and on A4, in 2 columns of 2, each with 81 squares of 5/16 inch. For older students with sharp pencils. If you are sent to a small board that is already won or full, you may play in any other open board.

Boards with pieces to cut out 5

Christmas tic tac toe board with tree and star pieces 1 board and 10 pieces on Letter and on A4: 2 inch squares, with five tree tiles and five star tiles of 1 3/8 inch to cut out. Color the pieces first, then play trees against stars. A quiet game for the last week before the winter break.
Halloween tic tac toe board with pumpkin and ghost pieces 1 board and 10 pieces on Letter and on A4: 2 inch squares, with five pumpkin tiles and five ghost tiles of 1 3/8 inch to cut out. Plain, friendly outlines with nothing scary, so it suits the youngest classes. Color the pumpkins orange and leave the ghosts white.
Spring tic tac toe board with egg and flower pieces 1 board and 10 pieces on Letter and on A4: 2 inch squares, with five egg tiles and five flower tiles of 1 3/8 inch to cut out. Decorate each egg with a different pattern before cutting. Eggs go first, flowers second, then swap.
Tic tac toe board with X and O pieces to cut out 1 board and 10 pieces on Letter and on A4: 2 inch squares, with five X tiles and five O tiles of 1 3/8 inch to cut out. Five and five is all a game can use: the board has 9 squares, so the first player places at most 5 marks and the second at most 4. Print on card to reuse it.
Valentine tic tac toe board with heart and flower pieces 1 board and 10 pieces on Letter and on A4: 2 inch squares, with five heart tiles and five flower tiles of 1 3/8 inch to cut out. Color, cut and play hearts against flowers. Fold the board around the pieces to take the set home.

Multiplication and number boards 5

Multiplication tic tac toe with two dice 1 board of 36 squares on Letter and on A4, 6 by 6, with 1 1/8 inch squares. Roll two dice, multiply them and mark one square that shows the product. Each of the 18 products two dice can make appears twice. Four in a row wins.
Multiplication tic tac toe, 2 to 5 times tables 4 boards on Letter and on A4, one each for the 2, 3, 4 and 5 times tables. Every square holds a fact from × 2 to × 10, such as 4 × 7. Say the product before you mark the square, and a wrong answer loses the turn.
Multiplication tic tac toe, 6 to 9 times tables 4 boards on Letter and on A4, one each for the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables. Each board has × 2 to × 10 in a different order, so 7 × 8 and 8 × 7 both turn up.
Multiplication tic tac toe, 10 to 12 times tables and mixed 4 boards on Letter and on A4: the 10, 11 and 12 times tables from × 4 to × 12, and a mixed board of nine facts from 6 × 7 to 9 × 9. Let a partner check each answer on a multiplication chart.
Numerical tic tac toe boards, 4 to a page 4 boards on Letter and on A4, each with the numbers 1 to 9 underneath to cross off as they are used. One player writes the odd numbers and goes first, the other writes the even numbers, and each number is used once. Whoever completes a line that adds to 15 wins. The mathematician Ronald Graham invented it.

4 by 4 and 5 by 5 boards 4

4 by 4 tic tac toe board, 1 large to a page 1 board on Letter and on A4, with 1 5/8 inch squares. Large enough for counters. Four in a row wins along any of 10 lines, and with best play from both sides the game is a draw, the same as on the 3 by 3 board.
4 by 4 tic tac toe boards, 6 to a page 6 boards on Letter and on A4, in 2 columns of 3, with 3/4 inch squares. Play to four in a row. Three in a row is too easy on a board this size: the player who goes first can always force it.
5 by 5 tic tac toe board, 1 large to a page 1 board on Letter and on A4, with 1 1/4 inch squares. Four in a row wins. A step up for two players who know the classic game so well that every round is a draw.
5 by 5 tic tac toe boards, 4 to a page 4 boards on Letter and on A4, in 2 columns of 2, with 5/8 inch squares. Four in a row wins. There are 28 winning lines to watch, against 8 on the classic board, and best play still ends in a draw.

How this list was compiled: Own work. Every layout was checked twice to fit Letter and A4. The rules of tic tac toe and its variants were checked against Wikipedia in September 2026. Licence: own work

How it works

This free tic tac toe printable set has 24 sheets: classic boards from 1 to 30 to a page, ultimate boards, holiday boards with pieces to cut out, multiplication boards, and 4 by 4 and 5 by 5 grids.

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The rules, and why good players draw

Two players take turns marking X and O on a 3 by 3 grid. Three in a row, column or diagonal wins. With best play the game is a draw every time. If X opens in a corner, O must take the center. If X opens in the center, O must take a corner.

How the ultimate tic tac toe printable works

The ultimate board is nine small boards in a 3 by 3 grid. The square you mark sends your opponent to the matching small board. A small board you win counts as your mark on the large board. Sent to a board that is won or full? Play in any open board.

The Christmas tic tac toe printable has five trees and five stars to color and cut out. No game uses more than five of either.
On a multiplication tic tac toe printable, say the product before you mark the square. A wrong answer loses the turn.
When every game is a draw, flip the rule so three in a row loses, or play four in a row on a bigger board.

Questions and answers

Is there a tic tac toe printable PDF free download?

There is no file to download. Press Print tic tac toe boards, then choose Save as PDF in place of a printer. Set the scale to 100 percent and the paper to Letter or A4.

Is the Halloween tic tac toe printable free as well?

Yes, every sheet here is free. The Halloween board prints with five pumpkins and five ghosts to color and cut out. The outlines are plain and friendly, with nothing scary, so the board suits a kindergarten party.

Can the second player win?

Only if the first player slips: best play always ends in a draw. Counting turned and mirrored boards as one, there are 138 finished boards: 91 wins for the first player, 44 for the second and 3 draws. Swap who starts after each game.