WikiCros | Wikipedia Crossword

Crosswords from Wikipedia articles in more than 250 languages

What is WikiCros | Wikipedia Crossword?

Embark on an interactive learning journey with 'WikiCros | Wikipedia Crossword'. This innovative Chrome extension transforms Wikipedia™ articles into engaging crosswords puzzles, broadening your knowledge horizon in an exciting way. It detects words and phrases linked to other articles and also picks up back-links for a comprehensive learning experience. It supports over 250 languages, and it allows you to build and customize printable puzzles for offline use.

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Extension stats

By: https://wikicros.blogspot.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.00 (15)

Version: 3.5.1 (Last updated: 2023-08-26)

Creation date: 2020-06-25

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab

Size: 20.49K

Email: ni*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 18421 ▼ 59

Other rankings

#484 in Education ▼ 1 #64 in wikipedia keyword 21 ▼ 4 #135 in wiki keyword 14 ▼ 18

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

WikiCros | Wikipedia Crossword (v3.5.1)

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

To activate the extension, open a Wikipedia™ article. The application finds words and phrases that link to other articles, as well as back-links to the current page, and creates random puzzles from them. To build and customize printable puzzles, click the editor button.

Wikipedia™ is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation and is used with the permission of the Wikimedia Foundation. I am not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great fun when it works
Executed well enough
Good idea

Cons

Does not work on Fandom wikis
Clues are not always linked to on the page
Closes the puzzle when clicking outside the extension
Issues with input in multiple languages

Most mentioned

Problems with functionality
Lack of information provided for clues
Requires presence on the Wikipedia website

Recent reviews

I wish it was able to work on Fandom wikies.

Osman E. “Otto”, 2021-06-13

While the idea is good, and it's executed well enough, the information and articles used to generate clues are not always present or linked to on the page you're viewing. As clicking to a different tab, or outside the extension window, closes the extension and loses the entire puzzle (as it's generated each time you activate it), you can't really look for the information anywhere else. If it was easier to do this and didn't require multiple levels of reading to solve without a second device, it would be much better.