Autumn Harvest Word Search

About this puzzle

Autumn is harvest time on farms across the Northern Hemisphere. This list covers the crops (wheat, maize, apples for cider, pumpkins and gourds), the places (orchard, pumpkin patch, barn), the work (harvest, tractor, sheaf, bushel) and the fun of the season — hayrides, scarecrows and the cornucopia, the "horn of plenty" that symbolizes a good harvest.

The default layout is Medium on a 13×13 grid. Easy, Medium and Hard each use their own checked layout of the same words, and every one can be printed in standard or large print on US Letter or A4.

Word notes

Cornucopia

A horn-shaped basket overflowing with produce, a symbol of plenty.

Hayride

A ride on a wagon piled with hay, pulled by a tractor or horses — a classic fall outing.

Scarecrow

A figure dressed in old clothes, set up in fields to frighten birds away from crops.

Gourd

A hard-shelled fruit of the squash family; dried gourds have long been used as bowls and rattles.

Apple Cider

In the US, unfiltered, unfermented apple juice; in Britain, "cider" means the alcoholic drink.

Orchard

A planting of fruit or nut trees, such as apples, pears or cherries.

Maize

The word most of the world uses for corn; it was first domesticated in Mexico thousands of years ago.

Sheaf

A bundle of grain stalks tied together.

Bushel

A unit for measuring dry goods like apples or grain.

Try this after the puzzle

Sort the words into crops, places, tools and celebrations. If you can, visit an orchard or a pumpkin patch and tick off the words you see. Indoors, design a scarecrow and give it a name.

All 14 words

Harvest · Cornucopia · Hayride · Scarecrow · Gourd · Apple Cider · Orchard · Pumpkin Patch · Maize · Sheaf · Wheat · Barn · Bushel · Tractor