Mount Taishan Word Search

Illustrated Mount Taishan scene — AI-generated artwork behind this world heritage site's word search puzzle
Illustrated Mount Taishan scene — AI-generated artwork behind this world heritage site's word search puzzle

A free Mount Taishan 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: TAISHAN, SHANDONG, DONGYUE, BIXIA, TIANMEN, ZHAOMEN, BEIJI, PAILOU, PAIFANG, GRANITE, BASALT, QUARTZITE.

Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.

Mount Taishan word list, defined

GRANITE /ˈɡrænɪt/ · noun
A coarse-grained, light-colored, and extremely hard igneous rock, composed primarily of quartz and feldspar. Related: rock, stone, marble, limestone.
BASALT /ˈbæsɔːlt, ˈbeɪsɔːlt/ · noun
A dark, fine-grained igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of lava at or near the Earth's surface; it is the most abundant rock in the oceanic crust. Related: lava rock, igneous rock, volcanic rock, traprock.
QUARTZITE /kwɔrtsaɪt/ · noun
A hard, compact, granular rock formed by the metamorphism of sandstone or chert, often used as a building stone or in decorative applications. Related: sandstone, granite, marble, limestone.

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