word games (22 products)

Alphatris 3.0 (Shareware, $15)

A highly addictive arcade style word game in which players must create words by moving falling letters before the screen fills with unused letters. Features like bonus letters, bonus words, power zap, and double letter pieces add extra challenge. Excellent sound and graphics give this game a true arcade look and feel. Playable in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Version 3.0 added the ability to Save/Load a game, reset scores, added several new games pieces and includes a full featured word list editor. Try it free today.

Coded X-Word 1.0 (Shareware, $10)

This game is an interesting variation of traditional cross words. In this exiting word game, a letter is represented by a number. Cross word grid is filled with such coded numbers. Three of those numbers are decoded and provided to help you decrypt the rest. A number always represent a single letter in a game. Position of numbers to be used to find all letters and complete the cross word.

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.

Crossword Power 8.10 (Shareware, $39.95)

Create crossword puzzles and kriss-kross activities from your vocabulary words and clues. Vocabulary words and matching clues are entered once, and saved for future use. The program can automatically print out up to 25 unique puzzles from each list. Combine word lists for review. Includes many optional features: optional help letters, fit to one page, open or rectangular grid, help letters, and spell checker. Compatible with Vocabulary Power and WISCO Word Power from WISCO Computing.

Enigmacross 6.0 (Shareware, $49.95)

Enigmacross is a professional acrostic puzzle development application. Use it to construct real acrostics just like the kind which appear in newspapers and magazines. With Enigmacross's many features, routine tasks and errors are eliminated, leaving you to concentrate on creating entertaining and original puzzles. This latest version of Enigmacross includes Crossdown Quotebank. Quotebank is an acrostic quotation database manager with which you can group any number of quotations into collections for quick browsing, comparison, searching, duplicating and dozens of other uses. Crossdown Cluebank, available separately, is a database for storing acrostic puzzle clues. It is fully integrated with Enigmacross, enabling you to bring up a list of clues to choose from for each acrostic word with one click of the mouse. With Enigmacross you can print acrostics in a variety of styles, and export puzzles in several popular graphic file formats for use with all word processors and desktop publishing software. You can deplo

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.

HangARoo 2.05a (Freeware)

A classic game we all played as kids - Hang Man - has undergone a major face lift with NCBuy's slick HangARoo. The object is simple ... guess the phrases by selecting letters from the alphabet to fill in the slots. If you make too many errors, you know what happens next - the cute Kangaroo will be earning his wings. Luckily, even if you do send the 'roo to the outback in the sky, you won't feel too guilty. His quick wit and smart tongue will sometimes have you begging to kill him off. Suitability: Recommended for 12 and up.

Hotspots 1.1.1 (Freeware)

Software for word game enthusiasts, anagram and place interlocking words on the board of your design. Decide the letters used in a game, analyse each game move by move. Play against a computer opponent with a vast vocabulary

Phraze Daze 2.0 (Shareware, $19.95)

Phraze Daze is an enjoyable and relaxing new word puzzle game where you unscramble famous historical quotes. No time pressure. No competition. Just easy and relaxing gameplay that you can experience for a few minutes or for hours at a time. Over 600 puzzles are included as well as a custom level editor, and hints and full solutions are provided free at dexterity.com. Phrases are sorted into three levels of difficulty, so you can pick an easy 5-minute puzzle or a real head-scratcher. A save-game feature lets you save your progress at any time, even in the middle of a puzzle, and the game allows multiple players to track their progress individually. Three separate visual themes are included. The full version comes with an unconditional 60-day money-back guarantee. Fun and addictive!