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
- BUTTRESS
- A flying buttress transfers the weight of a heavy stone roof outward and downward, freeing the walls for the tall, slender windows that flood a cathedral with colored light.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TRANSEPT
- The transept is the arm that crosses the main body of the church, giving most great cathedrals their distinctive cruciform shape when seen from above.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CRYPT
- Many cathedrals were built over an earlier crypt, a vaulted underground chamber that often predates the building above it by a century or more.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ROSE
- A rose window, a great circular wheel of stained glass, became one of the signature glories of Gothic cathedral-builders, flooding the interior with jewel-colored morning light.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Cathedral word search, free and large-print, where stone soars into vaulted shadow, bells ring across the square, and every arch holds centuries of sky.
About The Cathedral
A cathedral is more than a building, it is a mountain made by hand, its walls climbing toward light through tier upon tier of carved stone. Inside, the nave stretches long and hushed, the choir stalls wear centuries of polish, and high above, a ribbed vault fans out like a frozen wave. Step outside and the spire still anchors the skyline of cities that grew up in its shadow, the great bell in the tower marking hours the way it always has.
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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