Download and print this free Ash Wednesday word search — 15 hidden words for the day that opens LENT and its FORTYDAYS of preparation before Easter. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and well suited to Sunday school, religious-education classes, or a quiet family activity for the season.
The word list runs easy-to-medium: ASHES, CROSS and CHURCH are found quickly, while REPENTANCE, FORGIVENESS and REFLECTION reward patience. It works for solvers from about 8 up, and each word is a natural conversation opener about what the day means.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
Every word belongs to the season: the ASHES marked in a CROSS, the FASTING and PENANCE of Lent, the PRAYER and HUMILITY at its centre, and the SACRIFICE the FORTYDAYS point toward. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- ASHES
- CATHOLIC
- CHURCH
- CROSS
- FASTING
- FORGIVENESS
- FORTYDAYS
- HUMILITY
- LENT
- PENANCE
- PRAYER
- REFLECTION
- REPENTANCE
- SACRIFICE
- SPIRITUAL