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Fairy Tales

Fairy tale Word Search

This fairy tale word search hides words like castle, dragon, knight to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy fairy tale vocabulary activity.

10 words · 11×11 grid · Medium · Answer key included · Free printable PDF

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Tap the first and last letter of a word — or use arrow keys and Enter. Dragging works too.

  • PORRIDGE
  • HUNTSMAN
  • UNICORN
  • MERMAID
  • COTTAGE
  • SLIPPER
  • CASTLE
  • DRAGON
  • KNIGHT
  • WIZARD
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Did you know?

castle
Bavaria's Neuschwanstein was built by King Ludwig II starting in 1869 as a real fairy-tale castle, with running water and central heating.
dragon
Dragon's blood is a real red tree resin used for dyes and varnishes, giving a mythical-sounding substance a practical life in workshops.
knight
A medieval knight could climb into a saddle wearing armor; the familiar crane-lift image exaggerates how restrictive ordinary armor was.
wizard
The word wizard comes from wys, an old form of wise, so a wizard once simply meant a very wise man.
unicorn
The unicorn is Scotland's national animal, chosen long ago because heraldry saw it as a proud, untamable, and noble beast.
mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid in 1837, and in his original ending she does not marry the prince.
cottage
The witch's house in Grimm's Hansel and Gretel has bread walls and a cake roof, rather than being entirely gingerbread.
slipper
In the Grimm version Cinderella's slipper is golden, not glass, and the stepsisters cut their feet to force it on.
porridge
Early versions of the Three Bears story featured an old woman rather than the golden-haired child now testing the porridge.
huntsman
In Grimm's The Twelve Huntsmen, a princess and eleven companions dress as men, turning a hunting party into a disguise.
godmother
The fairy godmother appears in Perrault's Cinderella, while other versions give the heroine help from a tree or birds.
enchanted
Enchanted comes from a singing-related Latin root, recalling a time when words and chants were thought to carry magic.
beanstalk
Darwin recorded a growing bean shoot tracing circles about every two hours, watching a rooted plant explore the space around it.
princess
A Chinese Cinderella-like story recorded in the ninth century has a golden shoe, showing how widely the familiar plot traveled.
spinning
Spinning gave English spinster, originally a woman who spun thread, before the word became a label for an unmarried woman.

Trivia

  1. Which two brothers collected and published the famous German fairy tales beginning in 1812?

    Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

  2. In the tale, what does Rumpelstiltskin spin into gold to help the miller's daughter?

    Straw.

  3. Which French writer published Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots in his 1697 tales of Mother Goose?

    Charles Perrault.

  4. What kind of fruit puts Snow White into her deep sleep?

    An apple (a poisoned one).

  5. In Jack and the Beanstalk, what does Jack trade the family cow for?

    Magic beans.

Trivia · 1 / 5
Which two brothers collected and published the famous German fairy tales beginning in 1812?
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

In their words

The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.

G.K. Chesterton

The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Is this fairy tale word search free to print?

This fairy tale word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like PORRIDGE, HUNTSMAN, UNICORN hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.

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Printable Fairy tale Word Search — 10 words, Answer key included

Sources: Neuschwanstein Castle (Britannica) · Grimms' Fairy Tales (Wikipedia) · The Frog Prince, Grimm 001 (Univ. of Pittsburgh) · Ye Xian, the Chinese Cinderella (Wikipedia)

Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.