Free printable · 18 words · answer key included
Kwanzaa Word Search: Free Printable, Large Print
Kwanzaa runs from December 26 to January 1, with one candle lit on the kinara each night for each of its seven principles. This word search gathers the principles in Swahili along with the candles, the mat, the unity cup and the karamu feast.
Easy: 12 x 12 grid, extra large print
12 words that read across or down only. Big letters with plenty of space, and a tick box beside each word.
Medium: 15 x 15 grid, large print
All 18 words, running across, down or diagonally. No backwards words.
How to print
Open the PDF for your paper size and print at 100% / Actual size (not “fit to page”) for the biggest letters. Every sheet keeps a half-inch margin, so it prints cleanly on home printers. The answer key is a separate file.
Words in this puzzle
The medium grid hides all 18 words. The easy grid uses the first 12 (shown in bold).
- KINARA
- MISHUMAA SABA
- UMOJA
- KUJICHAGULIA
- UJIMA
- UJAMAA
- NIA
- KUUMBA
- IMANI
- MKEKA
- KIKOMBE
- ZAWADI
- KARAMU
- HARAMBEE
- CANDLES
- UNITY
- FAITH
- HARVEST
Checked by our software
Every grid is generated and then verified by our own puzzle software: each word appears exactly once, and the filler letters are screened so they do not spell anything unfortunate.
