Pantheon Word Search
A free Pantheon (Rome) word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on architectural features, history, and surrounding places, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
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Words to find: PANTHEON, PORTICO, DOME, OCULUS, ROTONDA, COFFER, NICHES, APSE, ALTAR, COLUMNS, ARCHITRAVE, PEDIMENT.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Pantheon word list, defined
- PANTHEON /ˈpænθiːɒn/ · noun
- A group of deities worshipped in the same pantheon, or a collection of people considered to be the greatest in a particular field. Related: deity, divinity, goddess, god.
- PORTICO /pɔːrˈtɪkoʊ/ · noun
- A structure, typically a covered area, at the entrance of a building, often supported by columns or arches. A portico may also refer to a covered walkway or a porch. Related: porch, veranda, piazza, vestibule.
- DOME /doʊm/ · noun
- A rounded roof or ceiling with a roughly hemispherical shape, especially one crowning a building or room; by extension, any object or structure shaped like such a vault. Related: vault, cupola, rotunda, arch.
- OCULUS /ˈɒkjʊləs/ · noun
- The eye or a part of the eye, especially the eyeball. A circular opening or window, especially one in a building or a vehicle. Related: eye, orb, globe, window.
- COFFER /ˈkɒfər/ · noun
- A coffer is a chest or strongbox, especially one used for storing money or valuables; by extension, the word refers to the financial reserves of an organization or government. Related: chest, strongbox, treasury, safe.
- NICHES /nɪtʃiz/ · noun
- A small, often secluded or sheltered area, especially in a building or a landscape. A particular area of interest or activity within a larger field or industry. Related: specialization, field, domain, sector.
- APSE /æps/ · noun
- A large semicircular or polygonal recess, typically vaulted and often domed, at the eastern end of a church, usually containing the altar. In classical architecture it also refers to a similar semicircular termination of an axis in a Roman basilica. Related: recess, alcove, nook, niche.
- ALTAR /ˈɔːltər/ · noun
- A raised structure or table on which sacrifices, offerings, or religious rites are performed, typically in a place of worship. Related: communion table, sacrificial stone, shrine, sanctuary.
- COLUMNS /ˈkɒləmz/ · noun
- Columns is the plural of column: an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting a structure; also a vertical section of printed text, a regular article in a publication, or any long narrow vertical arrangement such as a line of figures or people. Related: pillars, posts, supports, uprights.
- ARCHITRAVE /ˈɑːkɪtraɪv/ · noun
- In classical architecture, the lowest of the three horizontal members of an entablature, resting directly on the columns. More broadly, the moulded frame surrounding a door or window opening. Related: epistyle, lintel, doorcase, casing.
- PEDIMENT /ˈpɛdɪmənt/ · noun
- A horizontal block above the columns of a classical building, often decorated with sculpture, or a projecting cornice or slab, especially one above a door or window. Related: lintel, cornice, frieze, architrave.
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