Blacksmith Word Search
A free Blacksmith word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the tools, duties, and vocabulary of a job, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: ANVIL, HAMMER, TONGS, FORGE, BELLOWS, CHISEL, PUNCH, RIVET, BRAZE, ANNEAL, TEMPER, HARDEN.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Blacksmith word list, defined
- ANVIL /ˈænvɪl/ · noun
- A heavy iron block with a flat top on which metal, especially hot iron, is shaped by hammering. Related: forge block.
- HAMMER /hæmər/ · noun, verb
- A tool used for pounding, shaping, or breaking things, typically consisting of a heavy head on a handle. To strike or hit something forcefully with a hammer. Related: mallet, sledge, mallet, club.
- TONGS /tɒŋz/ · noun
- A pair of long-handled metal or wooden utensils used for picking up or turning objects, typically with a hinged or pivoted joint. Tongs are often used for cooking, such as gripping hot coals or food. Related: pincers, nippers, tweezers, forceps.
- FORGE /fɔːrdʒ/ · noun & verb
- As a noun, a forge is a furnace or hearth used by a blacksmith for heating and shaping metal. As a verb, it means either to shape metal by heating and hammering it, or to fraudulently create an imitation of something such as a document or signature. Related: fabricate, counterfeit, fashion, shape.
- BELLOWS /ˈbɛloʊz/ · noun
- A bellows is a device that produces a stream of air when its expandable sides are pushed together, used especially for feeding air to a fire or, in larger forms, to pipe organs and forges. Related: blower, air pump.
- CHISEL /ˈtʃɪz.əl/ · noun, verb
- A chisel is a hand tool with a shaped cutting edge at the end of a blade, used for carving or cutting hard materials such as wood, stone, or metal. As a verb, it means to cut or carve something with such a tool. Related: carve, cut, sculpt, hew.
- PUNCH /pʌntʃ/ · noun, verb
- A sudden, forceful blow, typically with the fist. To strike or hit someone or something with a sudden, forceful blow. Related: blow, hit, strike, slap.
- RIVET /rɪvɪt/ · noun, verb
- A small metal pin used to fasten two or more parts of a machine or structure together, typically by being hammered into place. To fasten or secure something firmly in place. Related: pin, fastener, clinch, bolt.
- BRAZE /breɪz/ · verb
- To join pieces of metal by melting and flowing a filler metal (traditionally brass) into the joint at high temperature, without melting the base metals themselves. Related: weld, solder, fuse, join.
- ANNEAL /əˈniːl/ · verb
- To heat a material, especially metal or glass, and then cool it slowly in order to make it tougher, less brittle, and easier to work; more broadly, to strengthen or toughen something through a controlled process. Related: temper, harden, toughen, strengthen.
- TEMPER /ˈtɛmpər/ · noun, verb
- A person's normal or usual mood or disposition; a feeling or mood of a particular kind. To become less severe or intense, or to reduce the intensity of something. Related: mood, disposition, temperament, humor.
- HARDEN /hɑːrdən/ · verb
- To become or make something harder or more difficult to penetrate or damage. To become or make something more resistant to change or influence. Related: stiffen, strengthen, fortify, toughen.
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