MLK Day Word Search: Hard

This word search covers Dr. King's life and the civil rights movement with words like Montgomery, boycott, Selma, nonviolence and Nobel Prize. Words go in every direction, a good challenge for grades 3–6.

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About the MLK Day Word Search: Hard

This puzzle hides 18 words in a 15 by 15 grid. Words run forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.

Suggested Grade Level

Grades 3–6

Word List (18 words)

  • ATLANTA
  • BOYCOTT
  • CIVIL RIGHTS
  • DREAM
  • EQUALITY
  • JANUARY
  • JUSTICE
  • KING
  • LUTHER
  • MARCH
  • MARTIN
  • MINISTER
  • MONTGOMERY
  • NOBEL PRIZE
  • NONVIOLENCE
  • SELMA
  • SPEECH
  • WASHINGTON