🧩 This free printable fill-in puzzle prints on a single page. The answer key sits in a small strip at the bottom — fold it backward along the dotted line before you start, and you can solve honestly without ever seeing the solution. Suitable for ages 12+ — no special knowledge needed.
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Solution
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How to Solve This Fill-In
Because every answer is handed to you upfront in a fill-in, the puzzle is really a matching exercise, not a vocabulary test. Here's the fastest way through it:
Sort the word bank by length in your head. Group words mentally from 4 letters up to 6 — that turns a jumbled list into a set of ready-made buckets you can match directly to grid slots.
Start with any unique lengths. If only one word on the list has a particular letter count, and only one slot in the grid needs exactly that many letters, that pair is locked in immediately.
Use partially-filled starter letters. Any pre-filled letters already showing in the grid instantly eliminate every word on the bank that doesn't contain that letter in that position.
With 11 words to place, working from unique lengths outward keeps the puzzle moving. For more, see our guide to winning at word games.
About This Puzzle
Fruit Basket opens with BANANA already filled in as the longest starting word, leaving 10 more to place. Six of the eleven words are exactly five letters long (APPLE, GRAPE, LEMON, MANGO, MELON, PEACH), so this one leans hard on crossing letters rather than length alone to tell them apart.