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title: "Free word search generator with answer key | Once Books"
description: "A free word search generator that makes a printable puzzle and its answer key in one click. Type your words, print two pages, done. No sign-up."
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# Free word search generator, with an answer key

Type your words, press generate, and print a puzzle plus its answer key with no sign-up and no watermark. It runs the same engine as our KDP Publisher Studio.

PuzzleDesign

Puzzle title

Words (one per line, or comma separated)LION TIGER ZEBRA GIRAFFE ELEPHANT MONKEY PANDA KOALA DOLPHIN PENGUIN CHEETAH GORILLA

Difficulty

EasyMediumHard

Easy hides words across and down; Hard adds diagonals, backwards words and heavier camouflage.

Grid size

Smaller grids print larger.

Answers

Loop wordsShade letters

How the answer key marks each hidden word.

Theme

ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa

**Customise colours**

Letters

Frame

Found-word mark

Page background

Style

StandardClean

Clean drops the page-number footer.

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

Two pages: the puzzle and its answer key. Loop each hidden word or shade its letters, the answer page updates as you choose.

## Want the whole book?

This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn your words into a full word search book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs. We carry your words straight into the studio.

[Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/wordsearch/edit?from=wordsearch&v=2&s=eyJ0aXRsZSI6IkFuaW1hbHMgV29yZCBTZWFyY2giLCJ3b3JkcyI6WyJMSU9OIiwiVElHRVIiLCJaRUJSQSIsIkdJUkFGRkUiLCJFTEVQSEFOVCIsIk1PTktFWSIsIlBBTkRBIiwiS09BTEEiLCJET0xQSElOIiwiUEVOR1VJTiIsIkNIRUVUQUgiLCJHT1JJTExBIl0sImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0)

Free to build · pay once to export

Preview

The puzzle and its answer key, as they print.

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- ## Animals Word Search

  Animals Word Search · Find all 12 hidden words

  ELEPHANT

  DOLPHIN

  TIGER

  GORILLA

  GIRAFFE

  ZEBRA

  CHEETAH

  MONKEY

  PANDA

  PENGUIN

  KOALA

  LION

  1

  Puzzle
- ## Animals Word Search · Answers

  Animals Word Search · Find all 12 hidden words

  ELEPHANT

  DOLPHIN

  TIGER

  GORILLA

  GIRAFFE

  ZEBRA

  CHEETAH

  MONKEY

  PANDA

  PENGUIN

  KOALA

  LION

  2

  Answer key

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

## Don't want to build it? Buy a finished word search book

Large-print, relaxing themed word searches with answer keys. Paperback on Amazon.

- ![Gardening Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Garden Lovers](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B0HK17D6W1.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

  ### Gardening Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Garden Lovers

  Printed book

  100 large-print, relaxing gardening word searches for garden lovers, with answer keys.

  [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK17D6W1?ref=oncebooks-site)
- ![Bird Watching Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Bird Lovers](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B0HJWFRW91.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

  ### Bird Watching Word Search for Adults: Large Print: 100 Relaxing Puzzles for Bird Lovers

  Printed book

  100 large-print, relaxing bird-watching word searches for bird lovers, with answer keys.

  [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJWFRW91?ref=oncebooks-site)

## How to make a word search

1. Type a title and your words. Give the puzzle a title, then paste your words, one per line or comma separated. Three to fifteen letters each works best.
2. Generate the grid. Press Generate. The words are hidden across, down and diagonally in a large-print grid, with the same engine our KDP studio uses.
3. Print the two pages. Press Print. You get two pages: the puzzle on page one and its answer key on page two, sized for clean printing or a PDF.

## Publishing a whole book?

This tool makes one puzzle for home or the classroom. To make a word search book you can sell on Amazon KDP, Publisher Studio generates hundreds of puzzles from an AI word bank, at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF. Generate once, export at any of 17 KDP trims.

[See the KDP word-search maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-word-search-maker)

## Questions

**Is this word search generator free?**

Yes. Type your words, generate a puzzle and print the puzzle plus its answer key, with no sign-up and no watermark. It is free for classroom, home and personal use.

**Does it include an answer key?**

Yes. Every puzzle prints as two pages: the puzzle on page one and a full answer key on page two, with each hidden word marked, looped or shaded, so it is easy to check.

**Can I sell word search books I make with a generator?**

The free tool makes one puzzle at a time for personal and classroom use. To make a book you can sell on Amazon KDP, our Publisher Studio generates hundreds of puzzles, at any KDP trim size, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior PDF and a matching answer-key PDF.

**What size are the pages?**

The free tool prints at 8.25 by 11 inches, the popular large-print size. In Publisher Studio you can export the same book at any of 17 KDP trims without regenerating.