Valentine's Day Puzzle Pack — Free Printable
Three large-print Valentine's Day puzzles in one printout: a word search, a word scramble and a crossword. The puzzles come first and every answer key is at the back, so you can hand out the puzzles and keep the answers. Seven Letter pages in all.
Valentine's Day Word Search
Find all 12 words. They go across, down or diagonally — never backwards.
- ROSES
- KISSES
- DARLING
- FRIENDSHIP
- RIBBON
- TEDDY
- LOVE
- LACE
- CUPID
- SWEETHEART
- ARROW
- CARDS
Valentine's Day Word Scramble
Unscramble the letters to spell 12 words about Valentine's Day. Write each word on its line.
- 1.RAWRO5 letters
- 2.EPOM4 letters
- 3.SSSEKI6 letters
- 4.YAEFRBUR8 letters
- 5.SEOSR5 letters
- 6.PUCDI5 letters
- 7.DRCSA5 letters
- 8.HSUG4 letters
- 9.CLEA4 letters
- 10.NPIK4 letters
- 11.RNOBIB6 letters
- 12.TNLEINAEV9 letters
Valentine's Day Crossword
Solve the clues on the next page and write the answers in the squares. Every answer is about Valentine's Day.
Clues
Across
- 2Folded greetings, often with a verse (5)
- 5Delicate openwork trim on doilies (4)
- 6___ bear, a cuddly gift (5)
- 7Lines of rhyming verse (4)
- 8Soft flickering glow on the table (11)
- 10Satin strip tied in a bow (6)
- 11Pointed dart shot from a bow (5)
Down
- 1Winged cherub with a bow (5)
- 2Cocoa treat in a fancy box (9)
- 3Dear partner, as in 'high school ___' (10)
- 4Will you be my ___? (9)
- 9Evening meal for two at a restaurant (6)
Answer key
Valentine's Day Word Search
Where each word starts
- ROSES — row 1, column 4, diagonally ↘
- KISSES — row 12, column 7, across →
- DARLING — row 2, column 12, down ↓
- FRIENDSHIP — row 1, column 1, diagonally ↘
- RIBBON — row 2, column 3, down ↓
- TEDDY — row 8, column 1, across →
- LOVE — row 9, column 2, across →
- LACE — row 5, column 2, down ↓
- CUPID — row 12, column 1, across →
- SWEETHEART — row 2, column 11, down ↓
- ARROW — row 2, column 1, down ↓
- CARDS — row 1, column 9, down ↓
Answer key
Valentine's Day Word Scramble
- 1.RAWRO → ARROW
- 2.EPOM → POEM
- 3.SSSEKI → KISSES
- 4.YAEFRBUR → FEBRUARY
- 5.SEOSR → ROSES
- 6.PUCDI → CUPID
- 7.DRCSA → CARDS
- 8.HSUG → HUGS
- 9.CLEA → LACE
- 10.NPIK → PINK
- 11.RNOBIB → RIBBON
- 12.TNLEINAEV → VALENTINE
Answer key
Valentine's Day Crossword
Across
- 2CARDS
- 5LACE
- 6TEDDY
- 7POEM
- 8CANDLELIGHT
- 10RIBBON
- 11ARROW
Down
- 1CUPID
- 2CHOCOLATE
- 3SWEETHEART
- 4VALENTINE
- 9DINNER
What's in the pack
- Page 1: a word search with twelve Valentine's Day words in a 12 × 12 grid of big, bold letters. Words go across, down and diagonally, never backwards.
- Page 2: a word scramble of twelve Valentine's Day words with their letters mixed up, in large letter tiles with a line to write each answer.
- Pages 3 and 4: a crossword of twelve Valentine's Day answers, with the grid on page 3 and plain clues in 18-point type on page 4.
- Pages 5 to 7: the answer keys for all three puzzles.
"Word banks" adds the list of answers to the scramble and the crossword, which makes them gentler: good for a mixed group or a first try. "Another Valentine's Day pack" makes a new set of three puzzles.
Ideas for using the pack
- In the activity room: start everyone on the word search, which needs no explaining, then read the crossword clues aloud and solve them together as a group.
- At a family gathering: print a pack with the word banks shown for the younger ones and one without for the keen solvers, and see who finishes first.
- For a quiet afternoon: print a pack to enjoy over a cup of tea, one puzzle at a time, and check your answers at the back when you're done.
- In the classroom: the word search and scramble suit younger children, and the crossword makes a good challenge for older ones.
Printing tips
- Use Letter paper (8.5 × 11 in). The pack is seven pages: the puzzles on pages 1 to 4 and the answers on 5 to 7.
- To keep the answers back, choose to print pages 1 to 4 only, and print pages 5 to 7 separately.
- Print on one side of the paper, so the crossword's grid and clues can lie side by side.
- To keep a copy, pick "Save as PDF" as the printer.
- Free to print and copy for home, classroom and care-home use.
Want just one of the puzzles? Print the Valentine's Day word search, the Valentine's Day word scramble or the Valentine's Day crossword on its own. Each puzzle in pack 1 is puzzle 1 on its own page, and so on. For more ideas, see our holiday activities guide.