Free Crossword Puzzle
This free crossword puzzle features anagrams, or different words spelled with the same set of letters. Here are three examples of anagrams: solve-love, lemon/melon and easel/lease.
Five-Letter Anagram Crossword
In this challenging crossword puzzle, you must find the correct anagram for each five-letter clue. Some clues have more than one anagram, so you will need to work back and forth between the clues and the puzzle to find answers that fit. On the printable page, be sure to use a pencil in case you need to change your answers!
Across
1. clasp
5. large
8. stink
9. tread
11. lapse
12. pinto
14. broad
15. north
17. zoned
18. amble
19. among
21. raise
25. torso
27. could
28. react
29. rifts
Down
2. auger
3. sweat
4. waist
6. petal
7. frail
10. drive
11. paler
13. there
16. thing
17. diary
20. clean
22. verse
23. cause
24. caper
25. outer
26. cuffs
This puzzle is ideal for upper grade students who are working on increasing their vocabulary and practicing critical thinking skills. Adults will find it fun, if not a bit perplexing.
I'm adding more and more crosswords, so please check back again for more. This one is quite difficult, but I also have new easier crosswords, too!
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The focus of this website is spelling, so why do I have free crossword puzzles? Great question! To successfully complete a crossword, you need vocabulary and spelling skills. Any kind of word game that provides this kind of practice in a fun way is a winner in my book!
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