Free Printable Autumn Word Scramble

A fall list for September through November: leaves and harvest (MAPLE, FOLIAGE, ORCHARD, BUSHEL), food (CIDER, PECAN, BUTTERNUT) and the calendar (EQUINOX, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER). Answer key on every sheet, and a fresh set of jumbled words from the same 53-word list each time you press the button.

Building your puzzle…

Free and unlimited, no account. Every puzzle is built in your browser from the 53-word autumn list, so the same page gives a different sheet each time you press New puzzle.

How the autumn words split by difficulty

Easy asks for 15 words of 3 to 6 letters and this list has 21, for example ACORN, LEAF and YAM.

Medium asks for 18 words of 5 to 9 letters and this list has 44, for example AMBER, HAYRIDE and WALNUT.

Hard asks for 20 words of 7 to 12 letters and this list has 32, for example BONFIRE, HAYSTACK and TOADSTOOL.

A way to use the autumn word scramble

Run it after an orchard or pumpkin-patch trip. Every word solved, HAYRIDE or ORCHARD or SCARECROW, is a memory to talk about.

All 53 words in the autumn list

  • ACORN
  • AMBER
  • APPLE
  • AUTUMN
  • BONFIRE
  • BUSHEL
  • BUTTERNUT
  • CHESTNUT
  • CIDER
  • CINNAMON
  • CORNSTALK
  • CORNUCOPIA
  • CRANBERRY
  • CRIMSON
  • CROP
  • DECIDUOUS
  • EQUINOX
  • FALL
  • FLANNEL
  • FOLIAGE
  • GEESE
  • GOLDENROD
  • GOURD
  • HALLOWEEN
  • HARVEST
  • HAYRIDE
  • HAYSTACK
  • LANTERN
  • LEAF
  • MAPLE
  • MUSHROOM
  • NOVEMBER
  • NUTMEG
  • OCTOBER
  • ORCHARD
  • PECAN
  • PINECONE
  • PITCHFORK
  • PUMPKIN
  • RAKE
  • SCARECROW
  • SCARF
  • SCARLET
  • SEPTEMBER
  • SQUASH
  • SQUIRREL
  • SWEATER
  • TOADSTOOL
  • WALNUT
  • THANKSGIVING
  • PIE
  • YAM
  • OAK

Printing and the answer key

Print with answers off, then press Answers and print again so the key is a separate sheet. The PNG is rendered at 3× and the answer file saves under its own name. Need a whole book of these at KDP trim? KDP Creator builds the pages.

Want your own words instead of the autumn list? Paste a spelling or vocabulary list into the word scramble generator and it builds the same kind of sheet, with a word bank and first-letter hints if you want them.

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