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Comets, planets, and the glow of the aurora — a calm evening of stargazing on paper. This sheet is free and printed in large, senior-friendly type — use the Print button above for a paper copy, or choose “Save as PDF” in the print dialog. Prints as the puzzle only — tick the box below if you’d like the answer key included (it prints on its own page).

Night Sky Word Search

Instructions: Find all 12 hidden words in the grid. Words can go across or down.

LCCOSLAITAIORNT
TOEHYSXMPESGAUE
XMNOSETARTTAAEN
WEEIWCIAAOSLSEI
ETVAGLRUSRLAROR
OGERLIIROITXTSN
NWNICPAOGOMYUAN
EYUOHSRRPNTOXTL
CISOVERALRITNUR
AENAIGSEANPIERT
STARSLOINNPNNNT
TWILIGHTEOGAOSE
LPMAAOAITOLSCOS
LUMTPMOONLIGHTY
NMETEOREETGGTSU

Word List

MOONLIGHT
TWILIGHT
ECLIPSE
PLANET
GALAXY
METEOR
SATURN
AURORA
STARS
COMET
ORION
VENUS

Answer Key

LCCOSLAITAIORNT
TOEHYSXMPESGAUE
XMNOSETARTTAAEN
WEEIWCIAAOSLSEI
ETVAGLRUSRLAROR
OGERLIIROITXTSN
NWNICPAOGOMYUAN
EYUOHSRRPNTOXTL
CISOVERALRITNUR
AENAIGSEANPIERT
STARSLOINNPNNNT
TWILIGHTEOGAOSE
LPMAAOAITOLSCOS
LUMTPMOONLIGHTY
NMETEOREETGGTSU
MOONLIGHTTWILIGHTECLIPSEPLANETGALAXYMETEORSATURNAURORASTARSCOMETORIONVENUS

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