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The Castle on the Hill

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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

PORTCULLIS
The iron portcullis, a heavy grated gate that dropped in a groove, could seal a castle gateway in seconds, making it one of the most effective defensive features ever devised.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MOAT
Not all moats were filled with water. Dry moats, called ditches or fosses, were just as common and made undermining the walls by enemy sappers far more difficult.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
KEEP
The keep was the innermost stronghold of the castle, the last place defenders would retreat to. Many English keeps, like the White Tower in London, date to the 11th century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MERLON
A merlon is the solid upright section of a battlement, the part a defender crouches behind. The open gaps between merlons, called crenels, gave archers their line of sight.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Castle on the hill word search, free and large-print. Stone walls, a flag snapping in the wind, and a village settled quietly below.

About The Castle on the Hill

A castle on a hill was never just a fortress, it was a statement written in stone above every rooftop in the valley. Villagers looked up at its towers each morning, heard its bells, and felt both its shadow and its shelter. The ramparts still carry that old gravity: stand on them today and the land unfolds below exactly as it did for the garrison watching centuries ago.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose 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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