Free Printable Christmas Word Scramble

Covers both sides of December: the nativity (BETHLEHEM, MANGER, MAGI, MYRRH, FRANKINCENSE) and the festive side (GINGERBREAD, NUTCRACKER, MISTLETOE, EGGNOG, TINSEL). Answer key on every sheet, and a fresh set of jumbled words from the same 64-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 64-word christmas list, so the same page gives a different sheet each time you press New puzzle.

How the christmas words split by difficulty

Easy asks for 15 words of 3 to 6 letters and this list has 29, for example ADVENT, MANGER and YULE.

Medium asks for 18 words of 5 to 9 letters and this list has 49, for example ANGEL, MERRIMENT and WREATH.

Hard asks for 20 words of 7 to 12 letters and this list has 35, for example BETHLEHEM, MINCEMEAT and WRAPPING.

A way to use the christmas word scramble

Cut a sheet into strips and put one scrambled word behind each door of a homemade advent calendar, REINDEER and SLEIGH and WREATH among them. Two sheets cover all 24 days.

All 64 words in the christmas list

  • FRANKINCENSE
  • ELF
  • IVY
  • ADVENT
  • ANGEL
  • BELLS
  • BETHLEHEM
  • CANDLES
  • CANDY
  • CAROL
  • CHESTNUTS
  • CHIMNEY
  • CHRISTMAS
  • COOKIES
  • CRANBERRY
  • DECEMBER
  • DECORATIONS
  • EGGNOG
  • EVERGREEN
  • FESTIVE
  • FRUITCAKE
  • GARLAND
  • GIFTS
  • GINGERBREAD
  • HOLIDAY
  • HOLLY
  • JINGLE
  • JOLLY
  • LIGHTS
  • MAGI
  • MANGER
  • MERRIMENT
  • MERRY
  • MINCEMEAT
  • MISTLETOE
  • MYRRH
  • NATIVITY
  • NOEL
  • NUTCRACKER
  • ORNAMENTS
  • PARTRIDGE
  • PEPPERMINT
  • POINSETTIA
  • PRESENTS
  • PUDDING
  • REINDEER
  • REJOICE
  • RIBBON
  • SANTA
  • SHEPHERDS
  • SLEIGH
  • SNOWMAN
  • STAR
  • STOCKINGS
  • TIDINGS
  • TINSEL
  • TOYS
  • TREE
  • TURKEY
  • WORKSHOP
  • WRAPPING
  • WREATH
  • XMAS
  • YULE

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 christmas 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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