Hadrians Wall Word Search
A free Hadrians Wall word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its architecture, its landscape, and the people who built it, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: HADRIAN, WALL, FORTRESS, TURRET, MILECASTLE, VALLUM, RAMPART, PARAPET, CAUSEWAY, DITCH, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Hadrians Wall word list, defined
- WALL /wɔl/ · noun, verb
- A continuous vertical part of a building, typically made of brick, stone, or concrete, and serving as a means of enclosure or support. To cover or surround something with a wall. Related: barrier, fence, partition, screen.
- FORTRESS /ˈfɔːrtrəs/ · noun
- A large, strongly built fortification, typically a castle or military stronghold, designed to defend against attack. Related: stronghold, fort, citadel, bastion.
- TURRET /ˈtɜːrɪt/ · noun
- A structure, typically cylindrical, that projects from a wall or roof, often used as a defensive position or for housing a machine or gun. A rotating structure, typically cylindrical, that houses a machine or gun, used in a ship or fortification. Related: battlement, cannon, emplacement, fortification.
- VALLUM /væləm/ · noun
- A defensive wall or rampart, especially one built by the Romans. A wall or bank of earth or stone, especially one built to mark a boundary or to protect a place. Related: rampart, wall, fortification, embankment.
- RAMPART /ræmpɑːrt/ · noun
- A wall or earthwork built around a fortress or other fortified place to protect it from attack. A natural or artificial barrier that prevents or restricts the flow of something. Related: wall, fortification, barrier, embankment.
- PARAPET /ˈpærəpɛt/ · noun
- A low wall or parapet, especially one surrounding a roof or a raised area, typically for defense or to prevent people from falling. A low wall or parapet, especially one surrounding a raised area, such as a bridge or a road. Related: wall, barrier, fence, rampart.
- CAUSEWAY /ˈkɔːzweɪ/ · noun
- A raised road or track, typically of stone or earth, built across low or wet ground such as a marsh, tidal flat, or shallow water. Related: embankment, viaduct, pavement, roadway.
- DITCH /dɪtʃ/ · noun, verb
- A long, narrow trench or channel dug in the ground, typically used for drainage or irrigation. As a verb, it means to abandon or discard something or someone abruptly, or to dig a ditch. Related: trench, channel, gutter, furrow.
- SANDSTONE /sændstoʊn/ · noun
- A type of sedimentary rock formed from sand-sized grains of minerals and rock fragments, often used as a building material. Related: limestone, granite, marble, conglomerate.
- LIMESTONE /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/ · noun
- A type of sedimentary rock that is composed mainly of calcium carbonate, often used as a building material. Related: marble, sandstone, granite, slate.
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