Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- TRACERY
- Tracery, the delicate branching stonework that holds a stained-glass window in its frame, reached its most intricate form in Gothic cathedrals of the 13th and 14th centuries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GARGOYLE
- A gargoyle is more than decoration: the carved channel through its body carries rainwater away from the walls, protecting the masonry it seems to menace.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ROSE
- The great circular rose window at Notre-Dame de Paris stretches roughly 43 feet across and has filtered colored light into the cathedral since the 13th century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LANCET
- Lancet windows, tall, slender, and pointed like a surgeon's blade, are one of the defining shapes of Early English Gothic architecture.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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About Stained Glass & Stone
Step inside a great cathedral and the world changes. Crimson and cobalt light falls through soaring lancet windows, painting the stone floor in colors that shift with the hour. Every surface speaks, a gargoyle crouches overhead, tracery blooms like frost across the glass, and somewhere in the hush a carved figure stands watch, worn smooth by centuries of passing hands.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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