The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Sixteen first-day-of-school words are stuffed into this sixteen-by-sixteen grid like a backpack in September, from the locker combination you'll forget to the report card at the end of it all. Hard difficulty means words travel all eight directions, including backwards — consider it your first pop quiz.
| I | R | R | L | W | E | M | U | P | A | P | O | D | E | E | I |
| S | T | A | D | A | K | L | O | R | E | H | C | A | E | T | B |
| U | O | T | A | U | T | A | H | O | R | W | A | E | E | R | D |
| A | X | N | A | R | O | K | Y | A | R | O | S | D | H | D | E |
| S | O | D | C | G | E | E | B | R | A | S | A | M | I | L | G |
| N | B | I | F | H | E | D | C | T | T | A | S | C | G | E | Y |
| H | H | L | R | H | L | W | N | N | R | M | S | A | H | D | M |
| O | C | A | F | E | T | E | R | I | A | E | I | C | L | F | N |
| M | N | K | C | A | P | K | C | A | B | D | G | T | I | C | A |
| E | U | D | O | G | I | O | I | L | R | E | N | R | G | E | S |
| W | L | O | T | H | K | A | R | C | R | A | M | E | H | T | I |
| O | G | R | E | D | L | O | F | T | E | I | E | K | T | M | U |
| R | O | P | E | R | N | E | I | H | C | B | N | C | E | T | M |
| K | A | C | L | C | A | L | C | U | L | A | T | O | R | R | A |
| N | O | O | H | N | O | N | H | A | I | H | R | L | D | E | E |
| A | I | S | C | H | E | D | U | L | E | U | D | D | O | R | E |
| I | R | R | L | W | E | M | U | P | A | P | O | D | E | E | I |
| S | T | A | D | A | K | L | O | R | E | H | C | A | E | T | B |
| U | O | T | A | U | T | A | H | O | R | W | A | E | E | R | D |
| A | X | N | A | R | O | K | Y | A | R | O | S | D | H | D | E |
| S | O | D | C | G | E | E | B | R | A | S | A | M | I | L | G |
| N | B | I | F | H | E | D | C | T | T | A | S | C | G | E | Y |
| H | H | L | R | H | L | W | N | N | R | M | S | A | H | D | M |
| O | C | A | F | E | T | E | R | I | A | E | I | C | L | F | N |
| M | N | K | C | A | P | K | C | A | B | D | G | T | I | C | A |
| E | U | D | O | G | I | O | I | L | R | E | N | R | G | E | S |
| W | L | O | T | H | K | A | R | C | R | A | M | E | H | T | I |
| O | G | R | E | D | L | O | F | T | E | I | E | K | T | M | U |
| R | O | P | E | R | N | E | I | H | C | B | N | C | E | T | M |
| K | A | C | L | C | A | L | C | U | L | A | T | O | R | R | A |
| N | O | O | H | N | O | N | H | A | I | H | R | L | D | E | E |
| A | I | S | C | H | E | D | U | L | E | U | D | D | O | R | E |