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3win1

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Find a 10-letter word. There are three 4,6,8 letter words contained in the 10-letter word. Word meanings are given as clues.

How to Play

Normally you would print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. However you can also solve on screen using the following commands:
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle or load one from 10,000 puzzles provided
  3. Click on a letter cell and enter a letter
  4. Use arrow keys to navigate through cells
  5. Puzzle is done when all letters have been placed
  6. Click Check button to verify if your solution is correct

Program Features

  1. Save and reload puzzles
  2. Print puzzles and their solutions
  3. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  4. Use one of 10,000 puzzles or let program create one at random Download
  5. Set display colour schemes

4linkWords

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4linkWords is a crossword puzzle with a set of 8 interlinked 4-letter words. Clues are given for the 8 words. All words are placed clock-wise.

How to Play

You will print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

4xwords

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Make a set of 7-letter and 5-letter words in 18, 25 or 32 interlinked locations. Word clues are given.

How to Play

You will print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

57xwords

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Make a set of 7-letter and 5-letter words in 18, 25 or 32 interlinked locations. Word clues are given.

How to Play

Select puzzle size: 18, 25 or 32 letters and create a puzzle. Then print a puzzle and solve at your leisure. Puzzle cannot be solved on screen. Can use five different dictionaries (English1 to English5).

Program Features

  1. A dictionary of your choice from five supplied
  2. Three puzzle sizes: 18, 25 or 32 letters
  3. Print puzzles
  4. Copy a puzzle to Clipboard
  5. Set display colour schemes

8Word

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8Word is a crossword puzzle with an 8-shaped grid. The grid has 23 overlapping words, 8 letters each. Some letters in the puzzle are given. All words are made clock-wise with clues given.

How to Play

Normally you would print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. However you can also solve on screen using the following commands:
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Move mouse cursor over a cell and press a letter to enter in the cell
  4. Puzzle is done when all letters have been placed
  5. Click Check button to verify if your solution is correct

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

DiaWord

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DiaWord is a crossword puzzle with a diamond shaped grid. Some letters in the puzzle are given. All words are made with clues given.

How to Play

You would print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. Puzzle cannot be solved on screen.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

HexWord

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HexWord is a crossword puzzle with hexagonal rather than square cells. Some letters in the puzzle are given. All words are made clock-wise and adjacent letters in touching hexagons are same.

How to Play

Normally you would print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. However you can also solve on screen using the following commands:
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Move mouse cursor over a cell and press a letter to enter in the cell
  4. Puzzle is done when all letters have been placed
  5. Click Check button to verify if your solution is correct

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

hWord

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hWord is a crossword puzzle with an H shaped grid. Some letters in the puzzle are given. All words are made with clues given.

How to Play

You would print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. Puzzle cannot be solved on screen.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

MeshWord

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MeshWord is a crossword puzzle with a mesh grid. A normal crossword puzzles clues are across or down only. MeshWord clues can be in five directions: left (L), right (R), up (U), down (D), and diagonal (X). Two word sizes (5 and 7) and two grid styles are available.

How to Play

You will print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Select word size (5 or 7) and a grid style
  3. Create a new puzzle
  4. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Two grid types for 7 or 5 letter puzzles
  2. Print puzzles and their solutions
  3. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  4. Set display colour schemes

RingWord

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This a cross word puzzles with words in a ring. Place six 4-letter words diagonally and three 6-letter words along three rings. Clues are given for the 9 words.

How to Play

You will print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. A word must be placed diagonally and in the rings according to the clues given.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution
  4. The puzzle has three rings and 6 diagonal lines
  5. Each ring has 6 letters and each diagonal has 4 letters
  6. Letters in the three ring words (7 to 9) can be placed in any sequence
  7. The 6 diagonal words (1 to 6) start with a common letter in the centre of rings, spelt outwords
  8. Clues are given for the 9 words

Program Features

  1. Select a dictionary of your choice
  2. Set display colour schemes
  3. Copy puzzle and its solution to clipboard
  4. Print puzzles and their solutions
  5. Select letter shape: circle or a square

StarWord

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StarWord is a crossword puzzle with a star shaped grid. The grid has 5 overlapping words, 4 letters each. All words are made with the clues given.

How to Play

You would print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. Puzzle cannot be solved on screen.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Set display colour schemes

sWord

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sWord is a crossword puzzle with an S-shaped grid. The grid has 11 overlapping words, 6 letters each. Each word starts with an S (can be optionally overridden). Some letters in the puzzle are given as hints when words can start with any letter. All words are made clock-wise with clues given.

How to Play

You will print a puzzle and solve it on paper at your leisure. A word must be placed around a numbered hexagon clockwise against the clue given.
  1. Load a dictionary of your choice from the five provided with this program: English1 to English5.
  2. Create a new puzzle
  3. Print the puzzle and its solution

Program Features

  1. Print puzzles and their solutions
  2. Load one of the five English dictionaries
  3. Select whether words start with the letter S, or with any letter
  4. Set display colour schemes

xWord

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A program based on a heuristic and trial and error approach for compiling cross-word puzzles.

  • Automatically generate grid with black squares
  • Optionally place black square by inspection
  • Verify validity of the placement of black squares
  • Automatic compilation of words from four level English dictionaries
  • Use of custom user built dictionaries
  • Printing of grid and solution
  • Save Puzzle as a bitmap file
  • Get meaning of words from Internet dictionaries
  • Compilation of a puzzle with choice of placing selected words at selected locations
  • Freely mix automatic and manual compilation
  • Automatic compilation single-shot or one clue at a time
  • Creation of puzzles
  • Print puzzles that do not require clues

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