Overview

Crossword Forge is a very powerful, feature-rich, but easy-to-use crossword and word search puzzle maker.

Popular Features:

1. Fast and Easy - Simply supply clue and answer pairs of your own choosing and Crossword Forge will generate a puzzle for you.
• Crossword or word search ....- Choose to make either a crossword or a word search puzzle. Switching back and forth between the two takes only a few seconds.
• Large or small .......................- Easily creates large and small puzzles and everything in between.
• Fonts & styles .......................- Change the font, style and color of your text.
• Titles & subtitles ...................- Add colorful title and subtitles to your puzzle; change the font, size, justification, and style.
• Word bank ............................- Both crossword and word search puzzles include a "word bank" option, anagram style or plain.
• Unlimited clues .....................- Clues can be as long as you like, as many as you like.
• Unlimited answers ................- Answer length is only limited by your puzzle size.
• Directional Control ...............- Options on the word search include: diagonal words, reversed words.
• Character Control .................- Prevent undesirable random letter sequences in word searches.
2. Spell checker - The built-in spell checker helps finds mistakes fast.
3. Picture backdrops - Use pictures (or solid color) backdrops to add more life and interest to your puzzles.
4. Import / export - Import your clues and answers from pre-made material. Export as PDF, text, image, or web.
5. Printed puzzles - Print your puzzles (and/or the answer key) on any paper size or save as PDFs. (An unlicensed version will print only the answer key.)
6. Web puzzles - Puzzles are great for posting on the web! Prepare your puzzle and preview for the web. Simple, straight-forward web export.
7. Word suggester - Use the powerful word suggester to find new words that fit your puzzle.
8. Mask editor - For ultra-dense, newspaper-style crossword puzzles and word search puzzles in shapes (e.g. stars, squares, triangles, Christmas trees, hearts, etc.)
9. Foreign languages - Make puzzles in Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Portugese, Hebrew, and many more.