Free New Year's Word Search Printable
A large print New Year's word search, a New Year's word scramble and a cryptogram of Tennyson's "Ring out the old, ring in the new." Answers included.
Ring in 2027 with three free New Year's puzzles. Ring In 2027 is a 13 x 13 large print New Year's word search with 15 words, from Auld Lang Syne and Times Square to a fresh start, running across, down and diagonally but never backwards.
The Happy New Year word scramble has ten party words with a hint for each, and the Ring Out, Wild Bells cryptogram hides the famous New Year's lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson in a letter code, with three letters given to start.
Hosting a party? See our New Year's Eve games, and for the rest of the month, the January activities guide.
The printables
Ring In 2027 word search
Large print word search, 13 x 13 grid, 15 words (no backwards words). Answer key on page 2.
Happy New Year word scramble
10 mixed-up words, each with a hint. Answer key on page 2.
Ring Out, Wild Bells cryptogram
A public-domain quotation by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in letter code, three letters given. Answer on page 2.
How activity directors use it
Many senior centers and assisted living communities celebrate with a "noon year's eve" party at lunchtime. Put the word search on each table as people arrive, play the scramble as a group game before the countdown, and save the cryptogram for the puzzle club the next week. The scramble words also make a fun guessing game for a newsletter.
Printing and sharing
Printing tip: when the print window opens, choose Actual size or 100% so the letters print as large as they were made (every letter is at least 16 point). Make as many copies as you need for your family, residents or group.
Newsletter editors: you are welcome to reprint these puzzles in a free senior center, library, church or community newsletter, as long as the credit line at the foot of the page stays on. Please don't sell them or post the PDF files elsewhere; link to this page instead. Want puzzles sized for your layout every issue? See free puzzles for your newsletter.
Get 15 more free puzzles
Our free large print puzzle pack has 16 pages: two more word searches, a crossword, a cryptogram, an easy sudoku, a cozy mini-mystery and 1976 trivia. Tell us where to send it.
Want a whole book?
Cozy Winter Word Search. Large print word searches to carry you from New Year's Day to the first signs of spring.