Type your words and clues, and the layout engine weaves them into a real interlocking crossword with numbered Across and Down clues. Print it or download a PDF with an answer key — perfect for classrooms, parties, baby showers, and gifts.
A crossword built from your words is a different thing entirely from one in the newspaper: vocabulary review that students actually want to finish, a baby-shower game built from the parents' story, a birthday puzzle where every answer is an inside joke. The hard part has always been the layout — getting a dozen words to interlock like a real crossword takes ages by hand. This tool does it in a second: type words and clues, click build, and the layout engine finds the intersections, weaves the grid, and numbers everything with standard Across/Down convention.
word : clue. Two to thirty entries; multi-word answers like "New York" are joined automatically.The words, the clues, and the finished puzzle are generated entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded, stored on a server, or seen by anyone else. That matters more than you'd think for this tool: classroom material, family names, and personal jokes are all things you shouldn't have to hand to a puzzle website just to get a printable back. Your work also saves automatically in this browser so you can come back and finish later.
Enter your words and their clues, and the layout engine automatically weaves them into a genuine interlocking crossword with standard Across and Down numbering. No graph paper, no manual grid fiddling.
Yes. Export a print-ready PDF with the empty grid and clues, plus the answer key on its own page so it stays at your desk and off the copies.
Aim for definitions with a hint of play: a straight definition works, a clever angle delights. Keep answers to single words or tight phrases, and mix easy anchors with a few stumpers.
Vocabulary review that makes students think, anniversary and birthday gifts built from inside jokes, baby shower games, and team trivia. Any subject with terms and definitions works.
Crosswords require shared letters, so a word with no letters in common with the others cannot interlock. The maker tells you which words could not connect so you can swap in alternatives.