Birthdays word search word list

47 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell. One thing to know if you build grids by hand: CAKE sits inside CUPCAKE — never put both in the same puzzle, or the shorter one is found twice. The generator keeps them apart automatically.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Balloons
• Banner
• Birthday
• Blowout
• Bunting
• Cake
• Candlelight
• Candles
• Celebrate
• Cheers
• Confetti
• Cousins
• Cupcake
• Decorations
• Dessert
• Family
• Favors
• Friends
• Frosting
• Games
• Gifts
• Goodies
• Guests
• Hats
• Icing
• Invitation
• Laughter
• Memories
• Milestone
• Music
• Napkins
• Party
• Photos
• Pinata
• Plates
• Presents
• Ribbon
• Singing
• Sprinkles
• Streamers
• Surprise
• Sweets
• Toast
• Treats
• Wishes
• Wrapping
• Yearly

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Balloons — Inflated party decorations
• Banner — Sign strung across the room
• Birthday — Annual celebration of the day you were born
• Blowout — Extinguishing the candles in one breath
• Bunting — Strings of little flags
• Cake — Iced centrepiece with candles
• Candlelight — Glow from the top of the cake
• Candles — Wax lights in the window
• Celebrate — Mark a happy occasion
• Cheers — Toast before drinking
• Confetti — Paper bits thrown in the air
• Cousins — Your aunt's children
• Cupcake — Single-serving bake in a paper case, iced on top
• Decorations — Streamers and balloons
• Dessert — Sweet final course
• Family — Relatives gathered together
• Favors — Small gifts for the guests
• Friends — The people you invite
• Frosting — Sweet coating on a cake
• Games — Musical chairs and the like
• Gifts — Wrapped presents
• Goodies — Treats in the party bag
• Guests — Those who attend
• Hats — Paper cones worn at a party
• Icing — Sugar coating on a cake
• Invitation — Card asking you to come
• Laughter — Sound of a good party
• Memories — What the photos preserve
• Milestone — A big round-number year
• Music — Played for dancing
• Napkins — Set beside every plate
• Party — Celebration with guests
• Photos — Pictures taken to remember the day
• Pinata — Hanging figure beaten for sweets
• Plates — Paper dishes for cake
• Presents — What is under the tree on the morning
• Ribbon — Strip tied in a bow on a gift
• Singing — What everyone does before the candles
• Sprinkles — Coloured sugar bits on top
• Streamers — Long paper ribbons hung about
• Surprise — Party the guest of honour did not expect
• Sweets — Candy
• Toast — Raising a glass
• Treats — Sweets, as opposed to tricks
• Wishes — Made before blowing out candles
• Wrapping — Paper around a gift
• Yearly — Once every twelve months

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.