crosswords (22 products)

ActivityMaker 3.03 (Shareware, $15)

ActivityMaker is an incredible all-in-one vocabulary worksheet and puzzle creator, making over a dozen different types of worksheets from your words and definitions! You enter a list of words and definitions (or use lists from Vocab-Flash, Vocab-Flash 2, Vocab-Flash 3, Web ActivityMaker or ActivityMaker 2), then follow the simple steps to create various quizzes, crossword puzzles, shaped word searches, scramble worksheets,

BanderSnatch Word Game 1.0 (Demo, $19.99)

Make long words from the heap of letter tiles at the bottom of the board. While you are doing this, new tiles are being added at an ever-increasing rate. When the tiles reach the top of the board, the round ends and you lose a life; but you earn a new life for every 2000 points you score. Although the game is against-the-clock, manual dexterity isn't essential: it is primarily a test of vocabulary knowledge and the ability to think fast under pressure. This addictive game should appeal to anyone who enjoys board games like Scrabble and Boggle or the Channel 4 program Countdown.

Crickler 1.00 (Freeware)

Cricklers are a new type of word puzzle - a total re-invention of the crossword puzzle for the computer age. Traditional crossword puzzles are incredibly successful but they have several serious drawbacks: (1) They are difficult to construct, (2) Most words are short and often silly -- chosen only because they fit, (3) Matching clues to numbers is a distraction, and (4) A given puzzle is usually either too easy or too hard.

CrissCross 2 1.3 (Shareware, $14.90)

Tidbit for those who never knew that they loved word games. Build words for points! You can play against up to three computer or human rivals. Stunning graphics and sweet music in conjuction with easy gameplay make this game very enjoyable and addictive. For all those who enjoys games like Scrabble.

CrossCraze 2.02d (Shareware, $24.95)

A terrific new word game for 1-4 players. Compete with friends or against the computer by placing letters on a board to form interlocking words. CrossCraze2 is both fun and educational, and is suitable for all ages - simple enough for children, yet challenging enough for mature gamers. CrossCraze2 is a great way to exercise your brain, brush up on your spelling or even practice a foreign language. Choose from three game types: "Standard", where new letters must be placed next to existing ones (eg. change DOG to DOGS); "Tile Stacking", where new letters can also be placed on top of old ones (eg. change DOG to DIG); and "Point Stealing", where you can use previously placed tiles to snatch points from your opponents. Special features include: stunning graphics; an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface; 50 different board layouts; 4 fiendishly clever levels of Artificial Intelligence; LAN / internet multiplayer support; and a massive 730,000 word vocabulary covering US, UK and International English, as well as Fren

Crossdown 6.0 (Shareware, $59.95)

Crossdown is a professional crossword puzzle development application. Use it to construct real crosswords just like the kind which appear in newspapers and magazines. With Crossdown's many features, routine tasks and errors are eliminated, leaving you to concentrate on creating entertaining and original puzzles. This latest version of Crossdown includes Crossdown Librarian and Crossdown Cluebank. Librarian is a crossword puzzle database manager with which you can group any number of crosswords into collections for quick browsing, comparison, searching, duplicating and dozens of other uses. Crossdown Cluebank is a database for storing crossword puzzle clues. It is fully integrated with Crossdown, enabling you to bring up a list of clues to choose from for each grid entry, or "automatically" clue the entire puzzle with one click of the mouse. With Crossdown you can print crosswords in a variety of styles, and export puzzles in several popular graphic file formats for use with all word processors and desktop pub

Crossdown Game Edition 6.0 (Shareware, $11.95)

Real crossword puzzles on your Windows computer. All the challenge and enjoyment of solving

Crossword Construction Kit 4.0b (Shareware, $24.95)

Crossword Construction Kit is a great tool for educators, students, publishers, corporate trainers and puzzle enthusiasts to quickly produce professional looking puzzles. Just enter the words and clues, select a puzzle shape and page layout, and press a button to generate the puzzle.

DzWords 1.56 (Demo, $19.99)

DzWords is a word game similar to Scrabble® with many variations. The game is available in French and English with complete dictionaries. The game is playable locally or on the internet and is entirely customizable from the board to the letter distribution. There are 4 game modes: Standard, Solo, Duplicate, Blitz and Play-by-Email . The game even comes with a visual utility to create your own configurations. A computer player with 10 levels of artificial intelligence. You can access the community chat module directly from the game and launch an online game automatically and easily. You can even publish your scores automatically on the web. You can save your game into an HTML page. The game has many rules variations like the Joker exchange rule or the unplayable areas. You can save your game at any time. There is a cool automatic save feature after each move for online games. The game is quickly and easily updatable with the powerful web update feature. Try it now you won't be disappointed.

Enigmacross Game Edition 6.0 (Shareware, $11.95)

Real acrostic puzzles on your Windows computer. All the challenge and enjoyment of solving acrostics exactly like the ones found in newspapers or magazines. Print them out for traditional pencil-and-paper solving.These solve-only packages are strictly for acrostic solvers. The demo version of Enigmacross for Windows Game Edition comes with 6 sample acrostics. When registered, the package expands to include more than 100 professionally constructed acrostics by some of the top names in the industry.

ForeWord 2.02 (Freeware)

ForeWord - Solve those Scrabble and crossword puzzles. ForeWord is great for solving all those tricky word problems - anagrams, missing letters or just for checking your spelling. It uses the latest OSPD lexicon containing 169,334 words - and it's really fast ! Best of all it's free !