Crossword Puzzle Maker
Type each answer with its clue and the grid builds itself: the words cross where they share a letter, the squares get numbered and the clues are sorted into Across and Down. Print it with an answer key, share a link to the same puzzle, or solve it online.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
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One per line: the answer, then a colon (or a tab, a semicolon or " - "), then the clue. Pasting two columns from a spreadsheet works too. Up to 40.
No answers yet.
Clues with letter counts, no word bank.
Off: answers go in without accents (é becomes E) and without spaces, the way most printed crosswords do it.
Everything is made in your browser. Your answers and clues are not uploaded or saved.
Crossword
Type answers and clues, then press "Make the crossword".
- Seed
- Made at
The same list and settings with the same seed always make this exact sheet, so the link, the printout and the answer key match. A new one has a new seed.
In the print window choose scale 100% (not "fit to page") and margins "none", so every size comes out exact.
Solve online
Tap a square and type. Tap the same square again to switch between across and down, or tap a clue to jump to it.
Make a crossword above to solve it here.
Across
Down
Using crosswords in class or at an event?
Print a dynamic VISU QR next to the crossword. People scan it to open the page you choose, such as the online version, the answers or your class page, you can change that destination after printing, and you see how many scans it got.
Create a free VISU QR Make a word search with the same wordsHow to use it
- Type one answer per line followed by its clue, for example "Penguin: Bird that swims but cannot fly".
- Choose the difficulty: with a word bank, with letter counts, or clues only.
- Press "Make the crossword". Try another layout if you want a different shape.
- Print it with or without the answer key, save a page as PNG, or share the link to solve it online.
Examples
Vocabulary review
Paste the 15 words of the unit with their definitions as clues, choose Medium and print one copy per student with the key for you.
Book or film quiz
Use character names as answers and a line about each as the clue. Choose Hard for older readers.
Party or wedding game
Write answers about the couple or the guest of honour, choose Easy so everyone can join in, and add the QR code so phones can solve it too.
Add this tool to your site
Put this tool on your blog, store or club site. It runs inside your page, free, with no account, and a small "by VISU" credit line under it.
Questions
How does the crossword maker build the grid?
It places the longest answer first and then adds each answer where it crosses the most letters already in the grid, keeping the shape compact. It tries several layouts from the seed and keeps the best one. Every grid is checked before it is shown: no two answers run into each other and no stray words appear.
Why was one of my answers left out?
An answer can only go in where it shares a letter with another answer. If a word has no letter in common with the rest, the page tells you which one, and you can add answers that connect to it or press "Try another layout".
Does it come with an answer key?
Yes. Every crossword has an answer key page with the grid filled in and the answers listed by number. You can print the puzzle with the key or without it.
How are accents and spaces handled?
By default the grid uses letters without accents and leaves out spaces and hyphens, the way most printed crosswords do: "Ice cream" goes in as ICECREAM, and the clue shows (3, 5) so solvers know it is two words. In Spanish the Ñ stays a letter. Tick "Keep accents in the grid" to keep accents.
Can people solve it online?
Yes. The crossword can be solved on this page, on a phone or a computer, with buttons to check the squares or show the answers. The share link and the optional QR code open the same crossword.
Is it free?
Yes, with no account. The small "Made with VISU" line at the foot of the page can be switched off before printing.