Spooky Search

Spooky Search is an original Halloween word search made by SailToWorld, with its own word lists, puzzle maker and pumpkin artwork. It runs in the browser on phones and computers and needs no account, payment or app.

Every day the site builds a Daily Halloween puzzle from the UTC date, so friends who open it on the same day see the same letters. You pick a level: easy hides 6 short words in an 8 by 8 grid, running forward across or down. Medium hides 10 words in a 12 by 12 grid and adds diagonals, and hard hides 14 words in a 14 by 14 grid with backward words too. Each level is its own puzzle. The word list sits beside the grid, with words like PUMPKIN, GHOST, WITCH, CAULDRON and SKELETON, and a counter and timer track your progress.

The words do not change from day to day. Each level keeps its own fixed list, and what is new each morning is where those words sit and which letters fill the gaps. Regulars soon know what to look for, so the daily grid is more a quick seasonal warm-up than a new vocabulary test.

Beyond the daily grid, a New puzzle button makes a fresh board with its own link, and a copied link holds the seed and difficulty so someone else can play the exact grid you had. A hint marks the first letter of one word you have not found, and revealing the answers is there for practice but does not count as a finished game.

The print button sends two sheets to your printer, the puzzle and a matching answer key, in Letter or A4, which makes it handy for a classroom or a Halloween party table. It suits anyone who likes a short, relaxed word search in October, and the easy level is gentle enough for children.