Test Your Festive Word Skills (With Answers)
Written 7th July 2026 | Subscribe to our Christmas newsletter
Think you're good at word puzzles? Our Christmas anagrams are a fun way to challenge your festive knowledge while exercising your brain. From Christmas songs and films to festive food, decorations and famous holiday characters, can you unscramble each word before checking the answer?
Whether you're playing on your own, with family, in the classroom or at a Christmas party, these festive anagrams are suitable for both kids and adults.
How to Play
Each Christmas anagram contains the letters of a festive word or phrase mixed up into a random order.
Your challenge is simple:
- 🎄 Read the scrambled letters.
- 🤔 Try to work out the Christmas word or phrase.
- ✅ Scroll down to reveal the correct answer.
Some are easy, while others are designed to really test your festive knowledge!
Christmas Anagram Answers
Below you'll find the answers to all of our Christmas anagrams. If you've arrived here from one of our Facebook posts, now's the time to see if you were right!
(Insert your anagrams and answers here.)
Easy: SELL JEL BING
Medium: LISTEN THING
Hard: MUDDING CRISP HATS
Answers
- Easy: Jingle Bells
- Medium: Silent Night
- Hard: Christmas Pudding
Easy: RATS
Medium: CANN DECAY
Hard: HUGE BREAD SINGE OR
Answers
- Easy: Star
- Medium: Candy Cane
- Hard: Gingerbread House
Easy: GLEAN
Medium: TIME STOLE
Hard: DARE NAVC DENTAL
Answers
- Easy: Angel
- Medium: Mistletoe
- Hard: Advent Calendar
Easy: TRY KUE
Medium: PINE MICE
Hard: A TOAST TROOPES
Answers
- Easy: Turkey
- Medium: Mince Pie
- Hard: Roast Potatoes
Easy: OLYHL
Medium: TOES LIE TM
Hard: MATHS CRIL SCARO
Answers
- Easy: Holly
- Medium: Mistletoe
- Hard: Christmas Carol
Easy: STRE PENS
Medium: GINX BOYAD
Hard: THE GREAT CINDER TOE
Answers
- Easy: Presents
- Medium: Boxing Day
- Hard: Decorating the Tree
Easy: MAH
Medium: GLUE LOY
Hard: CAKE MIST CHARS
Answers
- Easy: Ham
- Medium: Yule Log
- Hard: Christmas Cake
Tips for Solving Christmas Anagrams
Stuck on a tricky one? Here are a few hints:
- Look for common Christmas words like Santa, snow, tree, or carol.
- Try spotting letter pairs such as CH, TH, ING or MAS.
- Count the number of letters—you may recognise the length of a familiar Christmas word.
- Think about the category. Is it a Christmas film, song, decoration, food or festive tradition?




