Christmas Season - Large Print Word Search Puzzle - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

This is a word search puzzle. We need to find hidden words in the grid of letters. The words can be going across (left to right), down (top to bottom), or sometimes diagonally — but usually in these puzzles, they’re horizontal or vertical unless told otherwise.

First, let’s look for obvious words that might stand out.

Looking at row 10:
M A L Z N O R N A M E N T S N E S

Wait — “ORNAMENT” jumps out! Let’s check:

Positions 5 to 12 in row 10:
N O R N A M E N → That’s almost “ORNAMENT”, but starts with N? Wait, maybe it’s from position 4?

Actually, let’s index the rows and columns carefully.

But instead of getting lost in coordinates, let’s scan each row for common words.

Row 6: T U M K A I T E T L Z A N D C O L

Look at the end: “AND COL” — not helpful. But wait — “KITE”? Yes! Positions 5-8: K A I T → no, that’s KAIT. Not quite.

Wait — row 7: L I H V M S Y T L A A D R N L O G

“LOG” at the end? L O G — yes! Last three letters: L O G → that’s “LOG”.

Also, “YTLAADRN” — nothing obvious.

Row 8: F T O K W E E F E S Y K Z O A E S

“WEE” — yes! Positions 4-6: W E E → “WEE”

Also, “FEES” — positions 9-12: F E S Y → no. But “YES”? Y K Z O — no.

Wait — “SKATES” appears in the last row!

Last row (row 14): K Q F E S K A T E S F B S B Y D L

Look at positions 5 to 10: E S K A T E → that’s “ESKATE” — close. But if we start at position 6: S K A T E S → YES! “SKATES” — that’s a word!

So “SKATES” is in row 14, columns 6 to 11.

Now, back to row 10: M A L Z N O R N A M E N T S N E S

Let’s break it down:

M A L Z N O R N A M E N T S N E S

Look at positions 5 to 12: N O R N A M E N → still not right.

Wait — what about “ORNAMENTS”? That’s a long word.

Check: O R N A M E N T S — that’s 9 letters.

In row 10: starting at column 5: N O R N A M E N T → no.

Column 4 is Z, column 5 is N, column 6 is O, column 7 is R, column 8 is N, column 9 is A, column 10 is M, column 11 is E, column 12 is N, column 13 is T, column 14 is S.

So from column 6 to 14: O R N A M E N T S → that’s “ORNAMENTS”!

Yes! Columns 6 to 14 in row 10: O-R-N-A-M-E-N-T-S → “ORNAMENTS”

Great.

Now, let’s look for more.

Row 3: I G N E H I O M O I C O G S L N C

“IGN” — maybe “IGNITE”? Not here.

“HOME”? H I O M — no.

Wait — “COGS”? C O G S — yes! Columns 11 to 14: C O G S → “COGS”

Row 4: Y F E L J G N W G I A A R G C M P

“FLAG”? F L A G — let’s see: column 2 is F, column 3 is E — no. Column 1 is Y, 2 is F, 3 is E, 4 is L — so F E L — not FLAG.

“JUG”? J G N — no.

Row 5: G R K F N N I H F I T G N A N Q E

“FIT” — yes! Columns 9 to 11: F I T → “FIT”

Also, “RUN”? R K F — no.

Row 6: T U M K A I T E T L Z A N D C O L

“KITE” — K A I T — columns 4 to 7: K A I T → “KITE”

Yes!

Also, “LAND” — L Z A N — no. But “AND” — A N D — columns 11 to 13: A N D → “AND”

And “COL” at the end — C O L — “COL” is a word? Maybe, but perhaps it’s part of “COLD” — but only COL.

Row 7: L I H V M S Y T L A A D R N L O G

We already saw “LOG” at the end.

Also, “HVM” — no. “SYT” — no. “LAAD” — no. “DRN” — no.

But “MAIL”? M A I L — let’s see: column 5 is M, 6 is S — no.

Wait — “HILL”? H I L L — column 3 is H, 4 is V — no.

Row 8: F T O K W E E F E S Y K Z O A E S

“WEE” — columns 4 to 6: W E E → “WEE”

“FEES” — columns 9 to 12: F E S Y — no. But “YES” — Y K Z — no.

“TOE”? T O K — no.

Row 9: A C L Z O S U X P C E G E F C D S

“CLZ” — no. “OSU” — no. “XPC” — no. “EGE” — no.

But “SUX” — slang, probably not.

Row 11: I K Y I S K Z N S I M A N E Z O D

“SKIN”? S K Z N — no. “MAN” — M A N — columns 10 to 12: M A N → “MAN”

Also, “NEZ” — no.

Row 12: L E O E O T E L T S I M I H N M Q

“LEO” — L E O — columns 1 to 3: “LEO”

“OTE” — no. “TEL” — T E L — columns 7 to 9: T E L → “TEL” (as in telephone, but maybe accepted)

“SIM” — S I M — columns 10 to 12: S I M → “SIM”

“HNM” — no.

Row 13: Y P Q Q B S B H T A E R W G L P R

“BHB” — no. “HTA” — no. “AER” — no. “WGL” — no.

But “BAR”? B S B — no.

Row 14: we have “SKATES” as before.

Also, row 1: G I F T S G S U A S F K C T R C H

“GIFTS” — G I F T S — columns 1 to 5: “GIFTS”

Yes!

Also, “SUS” — S U S — columns 7 to 9: S U A — no. Column 8 is U, 9 is A — not SUS.

“FAST”? F K C T — no.

Row 2: A A X B N N P N A A L E S L L E B

“BAN” — B N N — no. “PAN” — P N A — columns 7 to 9: P N A → “PNA” — not PAN.

“ALES” — A L E S — columns 10 to 13: A L E S → “ALES”

Yes!

“LL EB” — no.

Row 3: we had “COGS”

Row 4: let’s try again. Y F E L J G N W G I A A R G C M P

“FLAG” — not there. “JUG” — no. “WIN” — W G I — no.

“ARM” — A R G — columns 11 to 13: A R G → “ARG” — not ARM.

“GIMP”? G I A A — no.

Perhaps “FEL” — F E L — columns 2 to 4: F E L → “FEL” — not a common word.

Maybe “LEG” — L E G — but L is column 4, E is 3, G is 6 — not consecutive.

Let’s list all the words we’ve found so far:

From row 1: GIFTS

Row 2: ALES

Row 3: COGS

Row 5: FIT

Row 6: KITE, AND

Row 7: LOG

Row 8: WEE

Row 10: ORNAMENTS

Row 11: MAN

Row 12: LEO, TEL, SIM

Row 14: SKATES

Also, in row 6: after KITE, we have T E T — “TET”? Not common. Then L Z A N D — “LAND” is L A N D, but here it’s L Z A N D — so not LAND. But “AND” is there.

In row 7: besides LOG, is there “HILL”? No. “VMS” — no.

What about vertical words?

For example, look at column 1:

Row 1: G

Row 2: A

Row 3: I

Row 4: Y

Row 5: G

Row 6: T

Row 7: L

Row 8: F

Row 9: A

Row 10: M

Row 11: I

Row 12: L

Row 13: Y

Row 14: K

So: G,A,I,Y,G,T,L,F,A,M,I,L,Y,K — doesn’t spell anything obvious.

Column 2:

I,A,G,F,R,U,I,T,C,A,K,E,P,Q

Not clear.

Perhaps we should focus on horizontal words since most are found that way.

Another one: in row 9: A C L Z O S U X P C E G E F C D S

“CLZ” — no. But “OSU” — Ohio State? Probably not. “XPC” — no. “CEG” — no. “EFE” — no. “FCD” — no.

But “SUX” — slang for sucks, maybe not intended.

Row 13: Y P Q Q B S B H T A E R W G L P R

“BHB” — no. “HTA” — no. “AER” — no. “WGL” — no. “PR” — at the end, but short.

“BAR”? B S B — no.

“HER”? H T A — no.

“WAR”? W G L — no.

Perhaps “EAR”? E A R — columns 10 to 12: A E R → “AER” — not EAR.

Columns 9 to 11: T A E — “TAE” — no.

Let’s go back to row 4: Y F E L J G N W G I A A R G C M P

What about “JUG”? J G N — no. “WIN”? W G I — columns 8 to 10: W G I → “WGI” — not WIN.

“GIG”? G I A — no.

“ARM”? A R G — columns 11 to 13: A R G → “ARG” — close to ARM, but not.

Perhaps “FELT”? F E L T — but T is not next; after L is J.

Another idea: in row 5: G R K F N N I H F I T G N A N Q E

We have “FIT” at columns 9-11.

Also, “RUN”? R K F — no. “INK”? I N K — but I is column 7, N is 6, K is 3 — not consecutive.

“HIF”? H I F — columns 8 to 10: H F I — not HIF.

“NAN”? N A N — columns 13 to 15: N A N → “NAN” — yes! That’s a word (short for grandmother or not a number).

So “NAN” in row 5, columns 13-15.

Similarly, in row 6: T U M K A I T E T L Z A N D C O L

After “KITE” (cols 4-7), then T E T — “TET” — not common. Then L Z A N D — “LAND” would be L A N D, but here it’s L Z A N D, so not. But “AND” is cols 11-13: A N D.

Then C O L — “COL” — could be short for colonel or college, but perhaps it’s “COLD” missing D.

But let’s accept “COL” as is for now.

In row 7: L I H V M S Y T L A A D R N L O G

“LOG” at end.

Also, “HVM” — no. “SYT” — no. “LAAD” — no. “DRN” — no.

But “MAIL”? M A I L — M is col 5, A is col 10 — not consecutive.

“HILL”? H I L L — H col 3, I col 2, L col 1 and 9 — not together.

Perhaps “VMS” — no.

Another word: in row 8: F T O K W E E F E S Y K Z O A E S

“WEE” cols 4-6.

“FEES” — F E E S — but cols 9-12: F E S Y — not FEES. Cols 8-11: E F E S — “EFES” — not fees.

“YES” — Y K Z — no.

“TOE” — T O K — no.

“OWE”? O K W — no.

Row 9: A C L Z O S U X P C E G E F C D S

“CLZ” — no. “OSU” — no. “XPC” — no. “CEG” — no. “EGE” — no. “FCD” — no.

But “SUX” — cols 6-8: S U X → “SUX” — informal, but maybe.

“PEC”? P C E — cols 9-11: P C E → “PCE” — not pec.

“GEE”? G E E — cols 12-14: G E F — not gee.

“DEF”? D E F — cols 13-15: E F C — no.

Perhaps no more in row 9.

Row 11: I K Y I S K Z N S I M A N E Z O D

“MAN” cols 10-12: M A N

Also, “SKIN”? S K Z N — cols 5-8: S K Z N — not skin. “ZNS” — no.

“INE” — I N E — cols 13-15: N E Z — no.

“OD” at end — O D — “OD” is a word (overdose), but short.

Row 12: L E O E O T E L T S I M I H N M Q

“LEO” cols 1-3

“OTE” — no. “TEL” cols 7-9: T E L

“SIM” cols 10-12: S I M

“IHN” — no. “MNQ” — no.

“LOT”? L O T — L col 1, O col 2, T col 6 — not consecutive.

“MET”? M E T — M col 14, E col 2 — no.

Row 13: Y P Q Q B S B H T A E R W G L P R

“BHB” — no. “HTA” — no. “AER” — no. “WGL” — no. “PR” — cols 14-15: P R — “PR” (public relations)

But perhaps not intended.

“BAR”? B S B — cols 5-7: B S B — not bar.

“HER”? H T A — cols 8-10: H T A — not her.

“WAR”? W G L — cols 11-13: W G L — not war.

“EAR”? E A R — cols 10-12: A E R — not ear.

Cols 9-11: T A E — “TAE” — no.

Perhaps “QUE”? Q Q B — no.

Another possibility: vertical words.

Let me try column 5:

Row 1: S

Row 2: N

Row 3: H

Row 4: J

Row 5: N

Row 6: A

Row 7: M

Row 8: W

Row 9: O

Row 10: N

Row 11: S

Row 12: O

Row 13: B

Row 14: S

So: S,N,H,J,N,A,M,W,O,N,S,O,B,S — doesn't spell anything.

Column 6:

Row 1: G

Row 2: N

Row 3: I

Row 4: G

Row 5: N

Row 6: I

Row 7: S

Row 8: E

Row 9: S

Row 10: O

Row 11: K

Row 12: T

Row 13: S

Row 14: K

G,N,I,G,N,I,S,E,S,O,K,T,S,K — "GINGNIS" — not a word. "SES" — yes, but short.

Perhaps "KITES" vertically? Let's see where K,I,T,E,S are.

For example, in row 6, we have KITE horizontally.

Vertically, column 4:

Row 1: T

Row 2: B

Row 3: E

Row 4: L

Row 5: F

Row 6: K

Row 7: V

Row 8: K

Row 9: Z

Row 10: Z

Row 11: I

Row 12: E

Row 13: Q

Row 14: E

T,B,E,L,F,K,V,K,Z,Z,I,E,Q,E — not clear.

Column 7:

Row 1: S

Row 2: P

Row 3: O

Row 4: N

Row 5: I

Row 6: T

Row 7: Y

Row 8: E

Row 9: U

Row 10: R

Row 11: Z

Row 12: E

Row 13: B

Row 14: A

S,P,O,N,I,T,Y,E,U,R,Z,E,B,A — "SPONITYEURZEBA" — no. "SPONY" — no. "TIE" — T I E — rows 6,5,8? Not consecutive.

Rows 6,7,8: T,Y,E — "TYE" — not tie.

Perhaps we should list all the words we have confirmed:

Horizontal words found:

- Row 1: GIFTS (cols 1-5)

- Row 2: ALES (cols 10-13) — A L E S

- Row 3: COGS (cols 11-14) — C O G S

- Row 5: FIT (cols 9-11), NAN (cols 13-15) — N A N

- Row 6: KITE (cols 4-7), AND (cols 11-13) — A N D

- Row 7: LOG (cols 12-14) — L O G

- Row 8: WEE (cols 4-6) — W E E

- Row 10: ORNAMENTS (cols 6-14) — O R N A M E N T S

- Row 11: MAN (cols 10-12) — M A N

- Row 12: LEO (cols 1-3), TEL (cols 7-9), SIM (cols 10-12)

- Row 14: SKATES (cols 6-11) — S K A T E S

Also, in row 6, after KITE, there is T E T — "TET" might be accepted as a variant or name, but let's skip for now.

In row 12, "TEL" and "SIM" are good.

Is there "HOME"? Let's search for H O M E.

In row 3: I G N E H I O M O I C O G S L N C — H I O M — not HOME.

Row 4: Y F E L J G N W G I A A R G C M P — no H O M E.

Row 7: L I H V M S Y T L A A D R N L O G — H V M — not home.

Perhaps vertically.

Column 3:

Row 1: F

Row 2: X

Row 3: N

Row 4: E

Row 5: K

Row 6: M

Row 7: H

Row 8: O

Row 9: L

Row 10: L

Row 11: Y

Row 12: O

Row 13: Q

Row 14: F

F,X,N,E,K,M,H,O,L,L,Y,O,Q,F — "HOME" would be H,O,M,E — here row 7 is H, row 8 is O, row 6 is M, row 4 is E — not consecutive.

Rows 7,8,6,4 — not in order.

Another word: "SKATE" is in row 14, but we have "SKATES".

"ICE"? Let's look for I C E.

In row 3: ...C O G S... — C O G, not ice.

Row 9: ...P C E... — P C E — not ice.

Row 1: ...F K C... — F K C — no.

Perhaps "CAT"? C A T.

Row 1: ...C T R... — C T R — not cat.

Row 6: ...Z A N D... — A N D — not cat.

Row 10: ...M E N T... — no.

Let's consider that some words might be diagonal, but that might be too hard for this level.

Perhaps "GIFT" is in row 1, but we have "GIFTS", which includes "GIFT".

Similarly, "SKATE" is in "SKATES".

But the puzzle likely wants the full words as they appear.

Another one: in row 8, "FEES" — but it's F E S Y, not FEES.

Unless it's "YES" — Y K Z — no.

"OAK"? O A K — in row 8, cols 12-14: K Z O — not oak.

Cols 11-13: Z O A — "ZOA" — not oak.

Row 13: ...W G L... — no.

Let's look at row 4 again: Y F E L J G N W G I A A R G C M P

What about "JUG"? J G N — no. "WIN"? W G I — cols 8-10: W G I — "WGI" — not win.

"GIG"? G I A — cols 10-12: G I A — "GIA" — not gig.

"ARM"? A R G — cols 11-13: A R G — "ARG" — close.

Perhaps "FELT" is not there.

Another idea: "LIGHT" — L I G H T.

In row 7: L I H V M — L I H — not light.

Row 3: I G N E H — I G N — not light.

Vertically, column 1: G,A,I,Y,G,T,L,F,A,M,I,L,Y,K — no light.

Column 2: I,A,G,F,R,U,I,T,C,A,K,E,P,Q — I,A,G — "IAG" — not light.

Perhaps we have enough words.

Let's list all unique words we found:

- GIFTS

- ALES

- COGS

- FIT

- NAN

- KITE

- AND

- LOG

- WEE

- ORNAMENTS

- MAN

- LEO

- TEL

- SIM

- SKATES

That's 15 words.

But perhaps there are more.

In row 9: A C L Z O S U X P C E G E F C D S

"CLZ" — no. But "OSU" — if we take O S U — cols 5-7: O S U — "OSU" — Ohio State University, but maybe not.

"SUX" — cols 6-8: S U X — "SUX" — informal.

"PCE" — cols 9-11: P C E — "PCE" — not a word.

"EGE" — cols 12-14: E G E — "EGE" — not common.

"FCD" — cols 13-15: F C D — "FCD" — no.

Perhaps "ACE"? A C E — but A is col 1, C is 2, E is not next; col 3 is L.

Cols 1,2, and then col 11 is E — not consecutive.

Another word: in row 5, "RUN" — not there.

"INK" — I N K — in row 5, cols 7,6,3 — not consecutive.

Perhaps "HIT"? H I T — in row 5, cols 8,9,11 — not consecutive.

Cols 8 is H, 9 is F, 10 is I, 11 is T — so H F I T — not hit.

But "FIT" is there.

Let's check row 12: L E O E O T E L T S I M I H N M Q

"LOT"? L O T — L col 1, O col 2, T col 6 — not consecutive.

"MET"? M E T — M col 14, E col 2 — no.

"TIM"? T I M — T col 6, I col 11, M col 14 — not consecutive.

"SIM" is there.

Perhaps "HELLO" — not likely.

Another possibility: "TREE" — T R E E.

In row 6: T U M K A I T E T — T at col 1, then T at col 7, E at col 8, T at col 9 — so T E T — not tree.

Row 12: T at col 6, E at col 7, L at col 8, T at col 9 — T E L T — not tree.

Vertically, column 6: G,N,I,G,N,I,S,E,S,O,K,T,S,K — no tree.

Column 7: S,P,O,N,I,T,Y,E,U,R,Z,E,B,A — S,P,O — "SPO" — not tree.

Perhaps we should accept the words we have.

But let's look for "HOME" again.

In row 3: positions: col 5 is H, col 6 is I, col 7 is O, col 8 is M — so H I O M — not home.

If it were H O M E, but it's H I O M.

Close but not.

"COMET"? C O M E T.

In row 3: C O G S — not comet.

Row 1: C T R — no.

Row 10: M E N T — not comet.

Perhaps "STONE" — S T O N E.

In row 1: S G S U A — not stone.

Row 6: S Y T L A — not stone.

Row 7: S Y T L A — same.

Row 14: S K A T E S — has S,T,E, but not stone.

Another word: "SNOW" — S N O W.

In row 2: S L L E B — not snow.

Row 3: S L N C — not snow.

Row 6: S Y T L — not snow.

Perhaps vertically.

Column 14:

Row 1: C

Row 2: L

Row 3: N

Row 4: P

Row 5: Q

Row 6: O

Row 7: G

Row 8: S

Row 9: S

Row 10: S

Row 11: D

Row 12: Q

Row 13: R

Row 14: L

C,L,N,P,Q,O,G,S,S,S,D,Q,R,L — no snow.

Column 13:

Row 1: T

Row 2: L

Row 3: L

Row 4: M

Row 5: N

Row 6: C

Row 7: L

Row 8: A

Row 9: D

Row 10: N

Row 11: O

Row 12: M

Row 13: L

Row 14: D

T,L,L,M,N,C,L,A,D,N,O,M,L,D — "TLLMNCLOADNOMLD" — no.

Perhaps "MOUNTAIN" — too long.

Let's count how many words we have and see if that's sufficient.

We have 15 words listed.

But perhaps "COL" in row 6 is "COLD" without D, but it's only COL.

In row 6, cols 13-15: C O L — "COL" — which can be a word (e.g., in geography, a pass between mountains).

Similarly, "TEL" is short for telephone, "SIM" for subscriber identity module, "LEO" is a name or zodiac sign.

So probably acceptable.

Another word: in row 8, "OAK" — not there.

"BOX"? B O X — in row 2: B N N P — not box.

Row 13: B S B — not box.

Perhaps "DOG" — D O G.

In row 7: D R N — not dog.

Row 11: Z O D — cols 13-15: Z O D — "ZOD" — not dog.

Row 14: D L — not dog.

Vertically, column 15:

Row 1: H

Row 2: B

Row 3: C

Row 4: P

Row 5: E

Row 6: L

Row 7: G

Row 8: S

Row 9: S

Row 10: S

Row 11: D

Row 12: Q

Row 13: R

Row 14: L

H,B,C,P,E,L,G,S,S,S,D,Q,R,L — no dog.

Perhaps we missed "ICE".

Let's look for I C E together.

In row 3: ...C O G S... — C O G, not ice.

Row 9: ...P C E... — P C E — if we ignore P, but not.

Row 1: ...F K C... — F K C — no.

Row 4: ...R G C... — R G C — no.

Row 10: ...M E N T... — no.

Another idea: "CAKE" — C A K E.

In row 1: C T R C — not cake.

Row 6: C O L — not cake.

Row 10: C O L — same.

Perhaps "PIE" — P I E.

In row 2: P N A — not pie.

Row 4: P at end, but no I E after.

Row 9: P C E — not pie.

I think we have a good list.

But let's add "SUX" from row 9, cols 6-8: S U X — if allowed.

Or "OSU" from cols 5-7: O S U.

But perhaps not.

In row 11, "SKIN" is not there, but "MAN" is.

Another word: "NET" — N E T.

In row 5: N A N — not net.

Row 6: N D C — not net.

Row 10: N T S — not net.

Row 11: N E Z — cols 13-15: N E Z — "NEZ" — not net.

Cols 12-14: A N E — "ANE" — not net.

Perhaps "TEN" — T E N.

In row 6: T E T — not ten.

Row 12: T E L — not ten.

Row 14: T E S — not ten.

I think it's time to finalize.

So the words found are:

- GIFTS

- ALES

- COGS

- FIT

- NAN

- KITE

- AND

- LOG

- WEE

- ORNAMENTS

- MAN

- LEO

- TEL

- SIM

- SKATES

That's 15 words.

But let's double-check if "ORNAMENTS" is correct: in row 10, cols 6 to 14: O,R,N,A,M,E,N,T,S — yes, "ORNAMENTS".

"SKATES" in row 14, cols 6 to 11: S,K,A,T,E,S — yes.

Now, is there "HOME"? Let's try one more time.

In row 3: col 5 is H, col 6 is I, col 7 is O, col 8 is M — so if it were H O M E, but it's H I O M.

Unless it's "HIOM" — not a word.

Perhaps vertically down from row 3 col 5: H, then row 4 col 5 is J, not O.

No.

Another word: "LIGHT" — not found.

Perhaps "STAR" — S T A R.

In row 1: S G S U — not star.

Row 6: S Y T L — not star.

Row 7: S Y T L — same.

Row 14: S K A T — not star.

Vertically, column 1: G,A,I,Y,G,T,L,F,A,M,I,L,Y,K — no star.

Column 5: S,N,H,J,N,A,M,W,O,N,S,O,B,S — S,N,H — not star.

I think we have to go with what we have.

So the final answer is the list of words found.

But the problem is to solve the task, which is to find the hidden words. Since it's a word search, typically you list the words you find.

Perhaps the task is to find specific words, but the user didn't specify, so we assume find all possible common words.

To be thorough, let's add "COL" from row 6, cols 13-15: C O L — "COL"

And "SUX" from row 9, cols 6-8: S U X — if allowed, but let's omit slang.

"OSU" — proper noun, omit.

In row 8, "FEES" is not there, but "WEE" is.

Another word: "TEE" — T E E.

In row 6: T E T — not tee.

Row 8: E E F — not tee.

Row 12: E L T — not tee.

"SEE" — S E E.

In row 8: E E F — not see.

Row 9: E G E — not see.

Row 14: E S K — not see.

I think 15 words are fine.

But let's include "COL" as it's a valid word.

So 16 words.

Also, in row 5, "NAN" is included.

Now, for the final answer, since the user didn't specify how to present, but in word searches, usually you list the words.

Perhaps the task is to circle them, but since it's text, we list them.

So I'll list the words.

Final Answer:
GIFTS, ALES, COGS, FIT, NAN, KITE, AND, LOG, WEE, ORNAMENTS, MAN, LEO, TEL, SIM, SKATES, COL