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This 24-word word search covers the 1980s horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street for high school students and film fans. Hidden words span characters (Freddy Krueger, Nancy, Robert Englund), iconic imagery (fedora, striped sweater, blade glove), and plot elements (dream world, stay awake, jumprope). Use it as a media-literacy activity, a sub plan, or a template for other classic-film word searches.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Art History
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated July 2026

Word List

  • BATHTUB
  • BLADEDGLOVE
  • BOILERROOM
  • BURNEDALIVE
  • CHILDMURDERER
  • DISFIGURED
  • DREAMWORLD
  • FALLINGASLEEP
  • FEDORA
  • FREDDYKRUEGER
  • GLENLANTZ
  • JOHNNYDEPP
  • JUMPROPE
  • NANCY
  • NURSERYRHYME
  • PARENTS
  • ROBERTENGLUND
  • RODLANE
  • SLASHES
  • STAYAWAKE
  • STRIPEDSWEATER
  • TINAGRAY
  • VIGILANTES
  • WESCRAVEN

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