Free January Word Searches: New Year, Snow and Winter (Printable PDF + Answer Keys)

New Year, Deep Winter and MLK Day

January starts with the new year — the traditions on the night itself and the resolutions that follow — then settles into the coldest part of the winter. There are grids for snow days, winter sports, what to wear, ice skating and a ski trip, plus the animals: penguins, arctic wildlife and the ones that sleep through it. Martin Luther King Day and an Inuit puzzle round out the month.

What’s in Every Puzzle

Each download is a two-page PDF: the puzzle grid on page one, the completed answer key on page two. Fifteen words per grid, hidden in every direction. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to install — click a card, print the page.

How to Use These January Word Searches

January is the long month, so these get used as morning starters and wet-break fillers more than party activities. The hibernation and arctic animal grids double as a science tie-in. If you want more of one theme there is a winter collection, a New Year collection, a Black history collection, and a word search for every month of the year.