Creating a search page

I’d like to create a search page but I don’t see any way to do this. What I’ve found online involves creating a search template page with PHP and I’d be happy to do this if it’s supported but I don’t think it is.

1. Does WordPress have a default search page I can link to?
2. If not how do I create one?

FYI I looked for a search page and couldn’t find one so in case a default search page doesn’t exist I took the HTML form from the search widget and placed that inside a post. However, after viewing the published post, the form had been stripped out.

So my question again is, “Is there a default search page I can link to on my site?” If not is it time to add one?

FYI I’m using WordPress.com and they redirected me here.