Wordapp : Crossword Maker

Make your own crossword puzzle with automatic layout, clue search and easy share

Making a crossword puzzle from scratch is not an easy task. But with the help from Wordapp, it will be a piece of cake. Both the process and outcome should be enjoyable.It's a great tool for crossword constructor and make the constructing easier. Features: 1 Automatic layout of the crossword grids. Based on the collection of words user inputs, Wordapp will automatically search for the best layout for the puzzle. 2 Huge sources of clues from professional crossword puzzles and dictionaries. This crossword clue database will make the creator’s life easy. 3 Easy load and save function. Users can share the generated puzzle with friends by external APPs. After the other user got the puzzle, he or she can click the puzzle directly choose the Wordapp to open it. Or the user can use the ‘import’ function from the Wordapp. 4 Export as a standard puz format which could be open by exact the same Wordapp or even some other APPs. 5 The wordapp can even import puzzles from other APPs only you have the puz file from them and then you can play with it. 6 The puzzle could also be exported as image format. With the image, you can share or print to hard copies. 7 A word list editor for saving your words. You can choose a subset from it as the input for the crossword generator. 8 A crossword editor for manual editing the crossword puzzle.

Typical workflow: Start from clicking ‘New’. Optionally type the puzzle title and title size. Input a word or optionally with the help from random dictionary. Input the clue or optionally with the help from the crossword clue database. Repeat previous two steps until you have enough word clue pairs. Click ‘Done’ and a puzzle will be generated. Play it by yourself. Share it with friends.

Improved workflow: Whenever you encountered a new word, add the word to a ‘word list’ and save. Of course, you can add a group of words into a ‘word list’ for a crossword. Then you can choose a subset of a word list as the input for the crossword generator. Next follow the typical workflow. In this way, you have the chance to fine tune the input words for the crossword generator.

Enhanced workflow: Not satisfied with the automatically generated puzzle? That’s total fine. And you can manually edit the generated puzzle with the crossword editor!

Enjoy, create and share!