Illustrated Trulli of Alberobello scene — AI-generated artwork behind this world heritage site's word search puzzle
A free Trulli of Alberobello 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: TRULLO, TRULLI, ALBEROBELLO, APULIA, PUGLIA, VALDITRIA, LIMESTONE, DRYSTONE, CONICAL, PYRAMIDAL, CUPOLA, ARCH.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Trulli of Alberobello word list, defined
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.
Built of stones fitted together without the use of mortar or cement; typically describing walls constructed by carefully stacking and interlocking stones so they hold together through their own weight and arrangement. Related: dry-stone, mortarless, unmortared.
Shaped like or relating to a cone; having a circular base that tapers steadily to a point. Related: cone-shaped, tapered, conic, funnel-shaped.
PYRAMIDAL/ˌpaɪrəˈmaɪdəl/ · adjective
Having a pyramidal shape; resembling a pyramid. Having a structure or organization in which one thing is placed above another, with the most important thing at the top. Related: pyramidal, pyramidal, triangular, cone-shaped.
CUPOLA/ˈkjuːpələ/ · noun
A small dome-shaped structure or turret, especially one set on a roof or atop another dome, often with windows or openings to admit light and air. In architecture it may crown a building or serve as a lantern over a larger dome. Related: dome, turret, lantern, rotunda.
ARCH/ɑːrtʃ/ · noun, verb, adjective
A curved structure spanning an opening that supports weight above it; also, as an adjective, playfully or affectedly mischievous in manner. Related: curve, arc, vault, bow.