Puzzles
Word games made from Carmel-by-the-Sea’s beaches, lanes, cottages, galleries and history. The word search changes every day.
Word search
Today’s word search
Find every word in the grid. Drag across the letters, or tap the first and last. Stuck? A hint lights up where a word starts. A new grid every day.
Find these words:
- Whalers Cove
- Cypress
- Sea Otter
- Harbor Seal
- Cormorant
- Headland
Anagram
Local anagrams
Unscramble names you will find around Carmel-by-the-Sea. Stuck? Read the hint.
- The mission where Serra is buried
- The reserve known as the crown jewel of the state parks
- The stone home Robinson Jeffers built
- Jeffers’ 40-foot stone tower
- The founder of Carmel Mission
- Carmel’s outdoor stage since 1910
- The main thoroughfare of Carmel
- The village green at Ocean and Junipero
- The most photographed fairytale building
- The poet of Carmel Point
- She lived in a tree house called Wick-i-up
- The poet who enticed Mary Austin to Carmel
Word scramble
Quote scramble
Unscramble the words and the quote completes itself.
It is built of dreams—of moth wings—of the shimmer of moonlight.
Quiz
How well do you know Carmel-by-the-Sea?
12 questions on the village’s history, places, artists and cottages.
In what year did Carmel-by-the-Sea incorporate as a city?
- 1916
- 1888
- 1933
- 1902
Whom did Sebastián Vizcaíno honor when he named the Carmel River?
- Three Carmelite friars
- King Philip III
- Saint Charles Borromeo
- The Count of Monterey
Which company filed the map of Carmel’s core village in 1902?
- Pacific Improvement Company
- Carmelo Land and Coal Company
- Carmel Development Company
- Del Monte Properties
Who are the two men credited as the village’s founders in 1902?
- Murphy and Comstock
- Escolle and Duckworth
- Devendorf and Powers
- Austin and Sterling
Who is buried in the sanctuary of Carmel Mission beside Father Juan Crespí?
- Gaspar de Portolá
- Junípero Serra
- Sebastián Vizcaíno
- Fermín Lasuén
Who spent about fifty years restoring Carmel Mission from 1931?
- Jo Mora
- Harry Downie
- Angel Casanova
- Hugh Comstock
What does Carmel Mission have that no other California mission still keeps?
- A bullring
- Its original bell and bell tower
- A moat
- Its original organ
In what year was Carmel Mission made a minor basilica?
- 1884
- 1960
- 1931
- 1987
Which sculptor made the bronze and travertine cenotaph of Serra at the mission, in 1924?
- Arnold Genthe
- Edward Weston
- Jo Mora
- Xavier Martinez
Which Carmel stage is an outdoor amphitheater founded in 1910?
- The Sunset Auditorium
- The Golden Bough
- The Forest Theater
- The Court Theater
What was the first play staged at the Forest Theater, on July 9, 1910?
- David
- Alice in Wonderland
- Fire
- Twelfth Night
Which Mary Austin play premiered at the Forest Theater in 1913?
- Fire
- Aladdin
- Runnymede
- The Arrow Maker
