Reveal The Panda: A Bored Panda Hidden Inside A Word Search Puzzle

Create the bored panda logo by solving a word search in 4 different remixes, and share your creation!

This is a visual puzzle and an art experiment in one.

First puzzle is filled only with the words bored and panda, many times, no need for a word bank.

Each puzzle from the rest is filled with words related to pandas, nature, warmth, kindness, and calm moments, and also words for the boredpanda community.

As you find and shade with a marker (not circle) the hidden words (from the word bank), the image slowly appears — not drawn with lines, but formed by the words themselves.

This technique is called Lexapics:

Choose your difficulty level, print the puzzle, and try to reveal the panda.

Then share your result in the comments — we want to see how it turned out!

🎮 Choose Your Puzzle Difficulty:

🐼 1) 4X4 HVD The pure BoredPanda Experience!

4×4 Grid (16 small boards forming one image)

Total Words: 302

No need for a word bank! you only find the words "bored" and "panda" as many times you find them in each puzzle!

Word directions: Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal (↘)

file: only bored panda words.pdf

🐼 2) 4X4 HVD The Full Reveal (Hard Mode)

4×4 Grid (16 small boards forming one image)

Total Words: 389

Word directions: Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal (↘)

Best for people who love word hunts and patience.

files: bored panda 4X4 HVD puzzle.pdf + wordlists

🌿 3) 4X4 HV Calm & Steady (Medium Mode)

4×4 Grid

Total Words: 362

Word directions: Horizontal + Vertical only

More relaxed, easier to see patterns emerging.

files: bored panda 4X4 HV puzzle.pdf + wordlists

🧸 4) 3X3 HV Cozy Mini Panda (Easy Mode)

3×3 Grid (9 small boards)

Total Words: 177

Word directions: Horizontal + Vertical only

Great for a first experience or for doing together with kids.

files: bored panda 3X3 HV puzzle.pdf + wordlists

(*) If you are short on time BUT want to see the results, i included SPOILERS! (preview pdfs) so you just have to copy word placements in each version.

📄 How to Play:

Download and print the puzzle you want to solve and it’s wordlist:

(LINK TO DOWNLOADS HERE) ← https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T1sFnDEp6pFTCVebu5WM_QDNez85CSED?usp=sharing

Shade the words as you find them, using a marker, (do not use black, you want the letters below the shaded area to be visible see the main article pic! shaded words still visible). If you have a brushmarker you will create a masterpiece, but! any kid marker will do! grey or other color.

The puzzle is a grid of smaller puzzles, each row is marked with the letter A,B,C… and each column with a number 1,2,3… so in the word list (word bank B3 for example there is the word list for the puzzle in the 2nd row, 3rd column.

As more words are found, watch the bored panda’s face appear.

When you finish, post a photo of your final puzzle in the comments of this challenge.

Bonus if you also share the words you noticed first — they say a lot 😊

🎯 Share Your Result

Post:

A photo or scan of your solved grid

Your favorite word from the puzzle

And tell us if the reveal surprised you 🐼💚

✨ What is Lexapics?

Lexapics is an art-based word puzzle where meaning and image overlap.

Turns solving into something emotional — the picture doesn’t just appear, it emerges from the words that describe it.

It’s a quiet kind of magic: the more meaning you find, the clearer the image becomes.

more info about LexaPics: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lexapics/lexapics-the-word-puzzle-that-becomes-art?ref=5b25gi

More info: kickstarter.com