Handpan Word Search
Play a Handpan word search free online. We built the 12-word list around its parts, its materials, and how it is played, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: HANG, DING, TONEFIELD, SHELL, DOME, EDGE, STEEL, NITROGEN, CARBON, IRON, TEMPERED, HEAT.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Handpan word list, defined
- HANG /hæŋ/ · verb, noun
- To remain suspended in mid-air; to be supported or attached from above. A length of rope or chain, typically with a hook at one end, used for lifting or suspending objects. Related: dangle, suspend, hang up, pend.
- DING /dɪŋ/ · verb, noun
- To make a sharp, metallic sound, typically by hitting something. A sudden, sharp noise. Related: ring, clang, chime, tinkle.
- SHELL /ʃel/ · noun, verb
- The outer covering of a tree seed, typically hard and woody. To remove the outer covering of something, especially a nut or a seed. Related: husk, peel, covering, exoskeleton.
- DOME /dəʊm/ · noun, verb
- A structure, typically hemispherical, with a continuous curved surface above, often forming the roof of a building or a natural feature such as a volcanic crater. To cover or enclose something with a dome-shaped structure. Related: cupola, vault, cup, canopy.
- EDGE /ɛdʒ/ · noun, verb
- The side of something that is not the center; a sharp or pointed part. To be at or near the limit of something. Related: brink, border, margin, perimeter.
- STEEL /ˈstiːl/ · noun
- A hard, silver-white, ductile, and malleable alloy of iron and carbon, widely used for making tools, machinery, and building materials. Related: iron, metal, alloy, steel alloy.
- NITROGEN /ˈnaɪtrədʒən/ · noun
- A colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, and non-flammable diatomic gas that is a major component of the Earth's atmosphere. Related: azote, niter, nitre, protoxide.
- CARBON /ˈkɑrbən/ · noun, verb
- A chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is the basis of all life on Earth and is found in all living organisms. Related: coal, carbonate, graphite, diamond.
- IRON /ˈaɪərn/ · noun, verb
- A chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a hard, silver-white, and ductile metal that is highly reactive. Related: metal, steel, copper, ironwork.
- TEMPERED /ˈtɛmpərd/ · verb, adjective
- To make (something) stronger and more resistant to damage by heating and then cooling it. Having a calm and controlled temper; not easily annoyed or upset. Related: steeled, hardened, strengthened, calmed.
- HEAT /hɛt/ · noun, verb
- A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature. It can also mean to make something hot or to give off heat. Related: warmth, temperature, fire, glow.
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