Free word search maker

Whether you're looking for a word search creator, maker, or generator, this easy-to-use program will end your quest. Designed for educators as a free resource to support classroom instruction, the new Vocabulary Worksheet Factory Lite is ideal for anyone interested in making word searches.

Students love word searches

Now you can add a little word search fun and motivation to their regular lessons in any subject area. Vocabulary Worksheet Factory Lite is designed to help you quickly and easily create professional looking word search puzzles to provide your students with the extra vocabulary and spelling practice they need in a format that they find enjoyable.

Select from a wide variety of configuration options for your word search puzzle that will make it suitable for students of any age. Then simply print as many copies of the puzzle as you require, along with the automatic answer key, and watch your students dig in!

Is it really free?

Yes. Vocabulary Worksheet Factory Lite is a free program. Absolutely free. No catches. No nag screens. No advertising. We don't even ask for your e-mail address. And yet it has all the essentials needed to make creating word search puzzles a breeze. And just in case that's not enough, we've also included two other vocabulary activities: Missing Letters in Text and Scrambled Sentences. And we've thrown in a Study Sheet activity as well. It's just our gift to you. Of course, we hope that someday you will want to move up to the professional edition of Vocabulary Worksheet Factory with it's more than 30 vocabulary building activities. But then again, you may find that the Lite edition is all you ever need.

Fast and easy

1. open the program and enter your word list or select from one of the included lists
2. click the generate button to get the exact word search you want
3. and print.

All of the important settings and design elements are at your finger tips in flexible window panes that can be adjusted to suit your work style. See exactly what your vocabulary activity will look like on the printed page as you design it even when you change paper size, margins, or orientation. You can even work on more than one vocabulary activity at a time with the handy tab page view which allows you to easily switch between worksheets with a click of a mouse. And the zoom feature allows you to get a closer look at the worksheets in progress.

Support for your word lists

Vocabulary Worksheet Factory Lite comes with a set of word lists with clues to get you started. The clues option makes solving the word search a little more challenging as students must first decipher the clues before they can find the words. But the real power of Vocabulary Worksheet Factory is in how easy it is to create your own word lists to support your teaching objectives. Open the word list editor and simply type in your spelling list for the week or a vocabulary list for a particular lesson topic optionally adding clues as you go.

Delight your students with customized worksheets

Generate a basic worksheet and send it to the printer in seconds. If you want to spend a little extra time, you can customize just about any of the default settings to create a puzzle to match a lesson theme or time of year. Modify the header and footer or even remove them entirely. Add a picture, a riddle, a quotation, or some special instructions. Change the font, size, or color of the text on the page.

Take a look at the activities included with Vocabulary Worksheet Factory Lite

Word Search Generate fun word search activities. Select the directional layout of the words, whether to use just a word bank or add clues, and provide coordinates for easy marking.

Missing Letters in Text There are letters missing in the text below. Fill-in the blanks with the letters needed to spell each word correctly.

Scrambled Sentences The words in the sentences have been scrambled. On the lines provided below each sentence, re-write the words of the sentence in the correct order.

Study Sheet Listed below are the spelling words for this week’s test. Use this study sheet to prepare for the spelling test.