Illustrated Auguste Rodin scene — AI-generated artwork behind this artist's word search puzzle
A free Auguste Rodin word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on famous works, materials, and the movement they belong to, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: THINKER, KISS, GATESHELL, BALZAC, CALAIS, AGEBRONZE, MARBLE, PLASTER, CLAY, FOUNDRY, MODELING, CARVING.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Auguste Rodin word list, defined
THINKER/θɪŋkər/ · noun
A person who thinks, especially one who is considered to be intelligent or insightful. A person who thinks deeply or abstractly, often in a philosophical or intellectual way. Related: intellectual, philosopher, scholar, mind.
KISS/kɪs/ · noun, verb
A kiss is a gentle touching of lips, typically as a greeting or expression of affection. To kiss someone or something is to touch one's lips to it. Related: caress, smooch, buss, peck.
MARBLE/ˈmɑrbəl/ · noun
A small, rounded mass of metamorphic rock, typically composed of calcium carbonate, often used in sculpture and architecture. A game played on a board with pieces made of this material. Related: stone, rock, agate, onyx.
PLASTER/ˈplæstər/ · noun, verb
A mixture of water and plaster of Paris, used for coating or decorating walls and ceilings. To cover or decorate something with a layer of plaster. Related: gypsum, render, mortar, stucco.
CLAY/kleɪ/ · noun
A stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically a hydrous aluminum silicate, that hardens when dried or fired and is used in pottery, bricks, and sculpture; also, figuratively, the material of the human body. Related: loam, earth, mud, adobe.
FOUNDRY/ˈfaʊndri/ · noun
A factory or workshop where metal is melted and cast into shapes, especially using molds; the term also refers to a typeface-producing operation in the printing trade. Related: casting works, metalworks, smelter, mill.
MODELING/ˈmoʊdəlɪŋ/ · noun, verb
The act of creating a representation or simulation of a system, process, or object, often using mathematical or computational methods. The process of creating a model or representation of something. Related: modelling, simulation, representation, prototype.
CARVING/ˈkɑːrvɪŋ/ · noun
The act or craft of cutting or shaping wood, stone, or another material into a decorative figure or design; also the object so produced. Related: sculpture, engraving, etching, whittling.