![]() (Even though I didn’t know exactly what it was used for at the time. I grew up with crossword puzzles (or actually: when I grew up, my mom solved the puzzles and sometimes asked me the very easy words) where almost every puzzle would include words like “unmeasurable number”, and I would remember that would be ‘PI’. There are different ways to create puzzles, and different levels of quality that you may pursue. ![]() Why you should pay attention to the clues for your puzzle For Criss Cross, you be using a word list that includes clues. For regular ‘American’ Crossword puzzles, that’s the only way to do it. (You’ll also find that you’re become more demanding when you create more puzzles – at first “AAA: Battery type” will do, but after time you’ll expect more variety and challenge yourself to do better).ĭepending on your workflow, you may be able to add or change clues for the words after the puzzle is created. Or the only word that fits is a word that you definitely don’t want to use in a puzzle. This may happen if you already placed the word before, since it’s not good practice to add the same word more than once. Sometimes you may need to remove some already placed words because there’s just not a good word to add.(This is just an example, you may need other letters) Add words from a generic dictionary (usually online or specialized software) that will help you to find words with an ‘E’ on 4th position and a ‘Z’ on 7th position.However, you’ll need to add all these words before starting to add generic words It’s best if these can also be placed in overlapping positions, but not a hard requirement. The grid should be symmetrical, and obviously you’ll need to take the length of the words on your themed word list into account 20×20, and then add the blocking squares to delimit the words. Set up the grid – using the size you want, e.g.If the longest word would be ‘Halloween’, you should not include 9 letter words (or longer) that are not related to the theme. In general, the longest words in the puzzle should be part of the theme. Add the next word, and make sure it overlaps with the first word – if you don’t make sure of this when you add a word, you may end up with multiple separated ‘word islands’.įor American Crossword puzzles you may use a themed word list.Start with the longest word, and put it exactly where you want it.Although this is not strictly required, it makes it easier to see right away whether a word will fit remove spaces and other symbols, so you’ll know the exact length of each word. Create the empty grid for your puzzle, for example a 20×20 grid.If you create the puzzle manually, that’s not required. Many software options require you to have the clues as part of the word list. Using a table in Word or Powerpoint (or in other products) may help you to add and remove letters without having to erase your pencil writing multiple timesįor Criss Cross puzzles, you’ll usually create a word list of 10 to 20 words, and then place all these words in the puzzle. ![]()
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