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UTQODSPELHVHAAA

ANUMERALARMOSST

SHALFPASTIDUCUX

YBRFEENOADIRAZX

DDTZSCONSYGOGAM

AREDCLOCKWISESZ

OARNRRMINUTEEOH

OYTINSLGBBAINFT

NOONNMOROCLOCKI

DIAVTNJWTDWHLNJ

RXOGHHATUOSDCOC

URNLOJWWSECONDE

EAUMRDPOTUAIZIE

BZUDXRNHPHBNLAR

WEEVLUFREIDDELI

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60 minutes. A day has 24 of these.
60 seconds. The long hand counts these.
A very short time. 60 of these make one minute.
3:00 is three ___.
3:30 is ___ three.
2:45 is ___ three.
12:00 in the middle of the day.
This kind of clock shows the time in digits, such as 7:45.
The way the hands turn: from 12 to 3 to 6 to 9.
Another name for the front of a clock, behind the pointers.
A symbol for a number, such as 12 or XII on a clock.
It rings at the time you set, such as 6:30, to wake you.

12 of 19 words from the Telling Time list.

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Answer key: Time Word Search

UTQODSPELHVHAAA

ANUMERALARMOSST

SHALFPASTIDUCUX

YBRFEENOADIRAZX

DDTZSCONSYGOGAM

AREDCLOCKWISESZ

OARNRRMINUTEEOH

OYTINSLGBBAINFT

NOONNMOROCLOCKI

DIAVTNJWTDWHLNJ

RXOGHHATUOSDCOC

URNLOJWWSECONDE

EAUMRDPOTUAIZIE

BZUDXRNHPHBNLAR

WEEVLUFREIDDELI

HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, O'CLOCK, HALF PAST, QUARTER TO, NOON, DIGITAL, CLOCKWISE, DIAL, NUMERAL, ALARM

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All 188 words

Telling Time 19

Alarm It rings at the time you set, such as 6:30, to wake you.
Analog This kind of clock has a face and moving hands.
Clockwise The way the hands turn: from 12 to 3 to 6 to 9.
Dial Another name for the front of a clock, behind the pointers.
Digital This kind of clock shows the time in digits, such as 7:45.
Face The front of a clock, where the numbers 1 to 12 sit.
Half past 3:30 is ___ three.
Hand A pointer on a clock. The short one shows the hour.
Hour 60 minutes. A day has 24 of these.
Midnight 12:00 in the middle of the night.
Minute 60 seconds. The long hand counts these.
Noon 12:00 in the middle of the day.
Numeral A symbol for a number, such as 12 or XII on a clock.
O'clock 3:00 is three ___.
Quarter past 3:15 is ___ three.
Quarter to 2:45 is ___ three.
Second A very short time. 60 of these make one minute.
Tick The short click a clock makes again and again.
Watch A small clock worn on the wrist or kept in a pocket.

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Times in Words 38

Eight o'clock 8:00 in words: ___
Eleven o'clock 11:00 in words: ___
Five o'clock 5:00 in words: ___
Four o'clock 4:00 in words: ___
Half past eight 8:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past eleven 11:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past five 5:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past four 4:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past nine 9:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past one 1:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past seven 7:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past six 6:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past ten 10:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past three 3:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past twelve 12:30 in words (half past): ___
Half past two 2:30 in words (half past): ___
Nine o'clock 9:00 in words: ___
One o'clock 1:00 in words: ___
Quarter past one 1:15 in words (quarter past): ___
Quarter past six 6:15 in words (quarter past): ___
Quarter past ten 10:15 in words (quarter past): ___
Quarter past two 2:15 in words (quarter past): ___
Quarter to eight 7:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to five 4:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to four 3:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to nine 8:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to one 12:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to seven 6:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to six 5:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to ten 9:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to three 2:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Quarter to two 1:45 in words (quarter to): ___
Seven o'clock 7:00 in words: ___
Six o'clock 6:00 in words: ___
Ten o'clock 10:00 in words: ___
Three o'clock 3:00 in words: ___
Twelve o'clock 12:00 in words: ___
Two o'clock 2:00 in words: ___

Clocks and Timers 13

Bell In a clock tower it rings out the hours.
Chime The ringing of a clock, often once for each hour.
Clock It shows the time on a wall, a desk or a tower.
Hour hand The short pointer on a clock face.
Hourglass Sand trickles from its top bulb to the bottom one in a set time.
Metronome It ticks a steady beat so a musician can keep time.
Minute hand The long pointer on a clock face.
Pendulum A weight that swings back and forth to keep some clocks in step.
Second hand The thin, fast pointer that goes around the clock face once a minute.
Stopwatch Press its button to start and stop it. It times a race exactly.
Sundial It tells the time by where the sun casts a shadow.
Timepiece Any tool that measures or shows the time, such as a watch.
Timer Set it for 5 minutes and it signals when the time is up.

Parts of the Day 16

Afternoon The part of the day from 12:00 until sunset.
Bedtime The time you go to sleep, such as 8:30 p.m.
Dawn The time each morning when light first shows in the sky.
Daybreak Another word for dawn: the start of the day.
Daylight The light of the sun during the day.
Daytime The hours of light between sunrise and sunset.
Dusk The darker part of twilight, as evening turns to night.
Evening The end of the day, between sunset and bedtime.
Lunchtime The time of the midday meal, such as 12:15.
Midday The middle of the day: 12:00.
Morning The early part of the day, from sunrise to 12:00.
Night The dark hours between sunset and sunrise.
Sundown Another word for sunset.
Sunrise The time the sun comes up over the horizon.
Sunset The time the sun goes down below the horizon.
Twilight The dim light in the sky when the sun is just below the horizon.

Units of Time 14

Century 100 years.
Day 24 hours.
Decade 10 years.
Era A long stretch of history known for certain events or people.
Fortnight 14 days, or 2 weeks.
Instant A time so short you can hardly notice it.
Millennium 1,000 years.
Moment A very short time, with no set length.
Month About 30 days. A year has 12 of these.
Quarter 15 minutes of an hour, or 3 months of a year.
Season One of the 4 parts of the year, such as winter.
Semester One of the 2 parts of a school year.
Week 7 days.
Year 12 months, or 365 days.

Calendar Words 24

Anniversary The date each year that marks a past event, such as a wedding.
Annual Happening once every year.
Autumn The season between summer and winter, when leaves drop.
Birthday The date you were born, marked once every year.
Calendar A chart of the days, weeks and months of a year.
Centennial A 100th anniversary.
Daily Happening every day.
Date The day, month and year, such as 19 September 2026.
Fall Another name for autumn.
Holiday A day off from school or work to mark a special event.
Hourly Happening once every 60 minutes.
Leap year It has 366 days, with 29 days in February.
Monthly Happening about once every 30 days.
Spring The season between winter and summer.
Summer The warmest season, between spring and autumn.
Today This day: the one between yesterday and tomorrow.
Tomorrow The day after today.
Tonight The night of this day.
Weekday Any day from Monday to Friday.
Weekend Saturday and Sunday.
Weekly Happening once every 7 days.
Winter The coldest season, between autumn and spring.
Yearly Happening once every 12 months.
Yesterday The day before today.

Before and After 20

After Later than: 4:00 comes ___ 3:00.
Ago Back in the past: 10 minutes ___ it was 2:50.
Already By this time, sooner than expected.
Before Earlier than: 2:00 comes ___ 3:00.
Chronological Arranged in order of time, from earliest to latest.
During All through a stretch of time: no talking ___ the test.
Finally At the end, after a long wait.
First Coming ahead of all the others in time or order.
Future The time that is still to come.
Last Coming at the end, after all the others.
Meanwhile At the same time as something else is going on.
Next Coming right after this one.
Now At this very moment.
Past The time that has gone by.
Present The time that is happening right now.
Since From a past time up to now: I have been up ___ 6:00.
Soon In a short time from now.
Then At that time, or right after that.
Until Up to the time of: the shop is open ___ 5:00.
Yet Up to this time: the bell has not rung ___.

How Often and How Fast 19

Again One more time.
Always At all times, every single time.
Brief Short in time, like a talk of 2 minutes.
Early Ahead of the set time: at 8:50 for a 9:00 start.
Eventually At some later time, in the end.
Forever For all time, without an end.
Frequent Happening quite often.
Immediately Right away, with no delay.
Late After the set time: at 9:10 for a 9:00 start.
Never Not at any time.
Often Many times.
Quick Taking only a short time.
Rarely Almost never.
Recently Not long ago.
Seldom Not often.
Slow Taking a long time.
Sometimes Now and then, but not every time.
Suddenly All at once, with no warning.
Usually Most of the time.

Schedules and Timing 25

Ante meridiem What a.m. stands for. It is Latin for before noon.
Appointment A set time to meet someone, such as the dentist at 3:30.
Countdown Counting backward to zero before a launch: 10, 9, 8 ...
Deadline The time by which a task must be finished.
Delay To make something happen later than planned.
Duration How long something lasts.
Elapsed Gone by: from 2:00 to 2:30, 30 minutes have ___.
Finish To come to the end.
Hurry To move or act fast to save time.
Interval The amount of time between two events.
Overdue Not back or not done by the set time, like a library book.
Pause A short stop before going on.
Period A stretch of time, such as one class in the school day.
Post meridiem What p.m. stands for. It is Latin for after noon.
Prompt On time, or done without delay.
Punctual Arriving exactly at the set time.
Recess A break in the school day for play or rest.
Routine The same set of things done in the same order each day.
Schedule A plan that lists the time for each thing to be done.
Start To begin.
Tardy Arriving after the set time. A school word for late.
Time zone A band of the earth where every clock is set to the same hour.
Timeline A line that shows events in the order they happened.
Timetable A list of the times when buses or trains leave and arrive.
Wait To stay until something happens or someone comes.

How this list was compiled: 188 time words chosen and defined for this site, in nine themed lists plus a key terms list, an easy list and a hard list, with no day or month name among them. Every dictionary word, and each number fact in a clue, such as 60 seconds in a minute and 14 days in a fortnight, was looked up in the American Heritage Dictionary, https://www.ahdictionary.com/, on 2026-09-19. The spoken forms Half past, Quarter past and Quarter to, and the Analog and Digital clues, follow English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/, read the same day. The 38 entries of Times in Words were spelled by a routine and read back to digits by a second one, and the two had to agree. Licence: own work

How it works

This time word search opens as a clue puzzle: 12 clues from Telling Time, such as "3:30 is ___ three", beside a 15 by 15 grid that hides each answer, HALFPAST. The 12 lists hold 188 words, from Parts of the Day to Calendar Words.

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Read the time, then find the words

The opening list, Telling Time, puts digit times in its clues: "3:15 is ___ three" hides Quarter past and "2:45 is ___ three" hides Quarter to. Under the puzzle, Start from a list has the list Times in Words: 38 whole times, where "2:45 in words (quarter to): ___" hides QUARTERTOTHREE.

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Print or save as PDF lays out 2 pages on Letter or A4: the clues and the grid with a Name and Date line, then the answer key. For a plain vocabulary puzzle, untick Show clues, not words. Monday to Sunday and January to December are on the ESL word search, in its Days and Months list.

Grades 1 and 2: pick Easy Time Words, 49 words such as Noon and Week, and Large print.
Keep Times in Words at 12 clues: its entries run 9 to 14 letters, and 16 can crowd a 15 by 15 grid.
Hourglass is in Clocks and Timers: run the sand timer on the board so pupils watch 3 minutes of sand fall as they hunt.

Questions and answers

Which time words are on the list?

Telling time (O'clock, Half past, Quarter to), clocks and timers, parts of the day, units from Second to Millennium, calendar words, order words such as Before and After, and schedule words such as Elapsed. Day and month names are left out.

What do a.m. and p.m. stand for?

Ante meridiem and post meridiem, Latin for before noon and after noon. Both are in Schedules and Timing, and each is hidden as one run of 12 letters, ANTEMERIDIEM, so keep that list on a grid of 12 by 12 or larger.

Why is quarter past three missing from Times in Words?

An entry holds 14 letters at most, and QUARTERPASTTHREE has 16. Ten of the 48 times from 1:00 to 12:45 are left out for that reason: eight Quarter past times, Quarter to eleven and Quarter to twelve. Every o'clock and Half past time fits.

Where do the meanings come from?

Every word was looked up in the American Heritage Dictionary in September 2026, and number clues, such as 14 days for Fortnight, follow its entries. Each of the 38 spelled-out times was read back against its digits.

All 188 words

Telling Time 19

Times in Words 38

Clocks and Timers 13

Parts of the Day 16

Units of Time 14

Calendar Words 24

Before and After 20

How Often and How Fast 19

Schedules and Timing 25

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