Breakfast Table Word Search

About this puzzle

A breakfast table from a diner, a hotel buffet or a slow weekend at home: hot dishes (pancakes, waffles, omelet, bacon, hash browns, oatmeal), baked goods (bagel, muffin, toast), cold choices (cereal, yogurt, granola) and the drinks that go with them. Breakfast habits vary enormously around the world, so the list is also a good starting point for talking about what different families eat in the morning.

The default layout is Easy on a 11×11 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

Waffles

Cooked between two hot patterned plates, which press the grid of little pockets into the batter.

Oatmeal

Oats cooked with water or milk; in Britain the same dish is usually called porridge.

Bagel

A ring of dough that is briefly boiled before baking, which gives it a shiny, chewy crust.

Omelet

Also spelled “omelette” in British English.

Granola

Toasted oats, nuts and honey.

Hash Browns

Shredded or diced potatoes fried until crisp; "hash" comes from a French word meaning to chop.

Try this after the puzzle

Plan a breakfast menu: each solver chooses one drink, one hot dish and one cold dish from the list and explains the choice. Language learners can practice "I like ___" and "I don't like ___" sentences. A class can make a bar chart of everyone's favorite breakfast from the list.

All 14 words

Pancakes · Waffles · Oatmeal · Bagel · Toast · Omelet · Bacon · Yogurt · Granola · Muffin · Cereal · Coffee · Orange Juice · Hash Browns