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KrossWordPuzzle is a crossword playing game and editor.

Introduction

You can use KrossWordPuzzle to play crosswords or to create new crosswords. It can open and save *.puz-files (AcrossLite) and it's own *.kwp files (which are XML files) or *.kwpz (which are compressed *.kwp files). You can download lots of crosswords from within the game.

Screenshots

Features

  • Many crossword types: American, Swedish, Number Puzzle and Crossnumber. User defined types are also possible based on a set of rules Barred crosswords can be played/designed (bars added automatically)
  • Many cell types:
  • Empty Cells
  • Letter Cells
  • Clue Cells (containing the clue text, eg. for swedish crosswords)
  • Double Clue Cells (two half clue cells inside one cell in the crossword grid)
  • Image cells (can be stretched across multiple cells, can display local or remote images)
  • Solution Letter Cells (all solution letter cells of a crossword form it's solution word)
  • A library, to store crosswords in
  • Load different file formats (.puz, .kwp, .kwpz)
  • Export to many file formats (.puz, .kwp, .kwpz, .pdf, .ps, .png, .jpg)
  • Download lots of PUZ-files from the Internet.
  • Thumb creator for crossword files. It's used to get thumbnails for crosswords in the library. Can also be enabled for crossword files in dolphin.
  • Print crosswords, print preview.
  • Themes. There are currently three themes available: Default, Scribble and an Egyptian theme.
  • Give hints, check and solve crosswords.
  • Set confidence values for filled out letter cells.
  • A solution word can be defined by converting some letter cells to "solution letter cells" in edit mode. The solution word is displayed in a toolbar
  • Erasor tool to clear letter cells / whole clue answers.
  • Clue list in a dock, which also shows the current answers.
  • Edit crosswords (edit mode)
  • Add / remove / change clues and images
  • Change correct letters
  • Convert between crossword types
  • Resize the crossword grid
  • Move all cells in the grid
  • Interactively change answer-lengths by dragging a bar after the last letter cell of a clue
  • Check for 180 degree rotation symmetry
  • View statistics
  • Templates for new crosswords
  • Undo / redo for all edit actions. The undo stack can also be saved with the crossword in XML files.
  • A dictionary to find matching answers for new clues


  • Restore lost crosswords after a crash of the game (hopefully there is none ;)).

Using KrossWordPuzzle

This chapter explains the use of KrossWordPuzzle as game and as crossword creator/editor.

Settings

This chapter explains the setting possibilities of KrossWordPuzzle.

Crossword Types

This chapter gives an overview of supported crossword types and information on how to create a custom crossword type based on a set of rules.


KrossWordPuzzle has a page on kde-apps.org, where you can download the latest sources and binary packages for various distributions.


Support for this application can be found from the project's home page