Cruciverbalist Hack 1.5 + Redeem Codes

I wanted an app that would let me construct crosswords on my phone, and this does the trick. It comes with a functional word list preloaded, and the standard sizes. I have only encountered one bug, which is that sometimes the app makes duplicate versions of the puzzle with the same name. I assume it’s linked to the autosave, and it’s better than losing work, but it’s a little tedious to go through and figure out which is the newest version.

Obviously it’s not as fully featured as a desktop program, which is fine, but there are two limitations that are real drawbacks. 1. The app only accepts entry-only text files for custom dictionaries, so no custom scored lists or .dict files 2. It can only export as pdfs - no .puz files.

When I had a PC, I had a crossword maker program that actually made newspaper-worthy puzzles. Now I have an iPhone and, thinking this app was like the old program, I got it. There are differences.

Before, the game provided CW grids. Now, I have to design the grid and avoid creating layouts with too many short words.

Before, the game had thousands of words and clues included. Now, this just has words and I have to come up with clues - a bummer if the only word is one that you don’t know offhand.

Before, the game actually assembled the puzzle and made sure all the words fit. Now, after putting a word by hand in the puzzle, it does help you pick out words, but conks out of the letter combo is not in the giga-thousand word list.

I gave this four stars rather than less because if you’re like Will Shortz, it won’t sell you short. In the hands of a literary muggle, it’s more of a toy Harry Potter wand than one issued to a Hogwarts grad.

This is a super-fun, easy-to-use app for crossword construction. I downloaded this last night and created my first ever puzzle in a couple of hours. It was a blast.

I love being able to construct on my phone… opening my laptop feels too much like work!

I imagine that this is a labor of love for Ms. Strand, but FWIW I’d happily pay a few bucks for some “premium” features like exporting in .puz format so I could more easily share it with friends. Even better? A way to share a link which would take someone directly to my puzzle which I could just share over text message.

I’d also really like a way to select and move answers around… that’d be really useful during the theme and grid creation phase.

The other thing which would be cool would be a quick shortcut to create black squares – like a double-tap for instance.

Overall, though – this is great. Thank you, Ms. Strand, for this awesome contribution to the crossword community!

I love the app it is great for making crosswords and testing out new ideas on the go, but I would really like the option to have customizable grid sizes and the ability to add circles and other similar types of boxes for my themed answers. If you add this I will make my review 5 stars. Fantastic job so far.

I was searching for a mobile app that replicates what I’m able to do on desktop, so I can complete crosswords while on the go. I’m super excited to have found this one! It’s incredibly intuitive, and I was able to get started making my first crossword within minutes of downloading. No ads are always great. Moving forward, the capability to create barred crosswords in addition to regular crosswords would be helpful.

I’ve been searching for a mobile optimized crossword puzzle creating application for the past 2 years and this absolutely does the trick! I’m an avid crossword enthusiast, and as a high school teacher I often create crossword puzzles for my students. Using this app has allowed me to make amazing crosswords for my students, and they love the interface of the puzzles.

I really like this app, it’s a great idea. For some reason all the letters are white and you can’t see what you’ve already written.

Best tool for this that I’ve found by far, but once when I closed the app and when I re-opened it my mostly-complete crossword I had been working on for over a week was gone…back up your crosswords somewhere else!