Apollo Word Search
Play a Apollo word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the gods, heroes, and creatures of a mythology, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: APOLLO, ZEUS, LETO, ARTEMIS, DELPHI, ORACLE, LYRE, LAUREL, PYTHON, HYACINTH, DAPHNE, TITAN.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Apollo word list, defined
- APOLLO /əˈpɒl.oʊ/ · noun
- Apollo is the ancient Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, prophecy, healing, and light, one of the twelve Olympians. The name is also used for NASA's Apollo program, the series of crewed lunar missions that landed humans on the Moon between 1968 and 1972.
- ORACLE /ˈɒrəkl/ (British); /ˈɔːrəkl/ (American) · noun, verb
- A person or source believed to reveal divine will, hidden knowledge, or the future. By extension, it can mean an authority whose judgment or predictions are treated as unquestionable. Related: prophet, seer, diviner, soothsayer.
- LYRE /ˈlaɪər/ · noun
- An ancient stringed instrument with a hollow, U-shaped soundbox and two curved arms connected by a crossbar, across which the strings were stretched. The lyre was especially associated with ancient Greece and was commonly used in poetry, music, and ceremonial contexts. Related: harp, kithara.
- LAUREL /ˈlɔːrəl/, /ˈlɒrəl/ · noun
- A wreath made from the leaves of a laurel tree, traditionally awarded as a symbol of victory or distinction. The word also denotes an evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Laurus, especially the bay tree, and figuratively an honor, achievement, or source of prestige. Related: honor, glory, acclaim, distinction.
- PYTHON /ˈpaɪθən/ · noun
- A python is a large, nonvenomous snake that kills prey by constriction. Python also denotes a widely used, dynamically typed programming language, conventionally written with an initial capital letter. Related: boa constrictor, boa, constrictor, serpent.
- HYACINTH /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/ · noun
- A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Hyacinthus, known for its clusters of fragrant, brightly colored flowers. In literary and mineralogical contexts, the word can also refer to a reddish or reddish-brown variety of zircon valued as a gemstone. Related: bulb, jacinth, hyacinth flower, zircon.
- DAPHNE /ˈdæfni/ · noun
- A genus of fragrant flowering shrubs of the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Europe and Asia, bearing small clusters of typically pink or white blooms. Also, in classical mythology, a naiad nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape Apollo's pursuit.
- TITAN /ˈtaɪtən/ · noun
- A person, organization, or thing of immense size, strength, power, or importance. The name also refers to the Titans of Greek mythology and to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Related: giant, giantess, colossus, behemoth.
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