Many of us love to do crossword puzzles. We devote a significant part of our free time to this activity, trying to unravel this or that word hidden from us. But it is not only the solving that brings special pleasure. After all, in the creation of crosswords, where we can use all our erudition and creativity. We can create a rebus ourselves on a piece of paper. Or use specialized network services for this. The latter allow you not only to quickly generate the desired combination of words, but also save it in doc or pdf formats for future use. Let's figure out how you can create your own online crossword puzzle from your words with ready-made questions and answers. And also what we need for this.

Features of creating a crossword puzzle with questions and answers online

You can find on the network a large number of online services that allow you to create a crossword puzzle. There are a sufficient number of them both in the Russian-speaking and English-speaking segments. In the latter, they sometimes have a paid character. On the Runet, there is a sufficient number of free alternatives.

Working with such services is usually built according to the standard scheme:

1. You go to such a resource;
2. In the special field (s), enter the words that will be used in your crossword puzzle. Also, usually next to each of these words it is necessary to write down a question that leads the reader to the solution to the given word (the so-called "anchor");
3. Click on the crossword generation button and view the result;
4. If you like it, save it to your PC in doc or pdf format;
5. If you don't like it, then generate a new crossword puzzle or edit an existing one.

Let's look at a list of services that allow you to get a crossword puzzle from your words with interesting questions and answers.

Cross.highcat.org - help to make a crossword puzzle in Russian

The resource was created by two enthusiastic students. Somehow, before one of the exams, they decided to write a program for creating crossword puzzles. Later, the result was formatted as an online service that will help us create a crossword puzzle.

This resource does not use a binding. Also, some of the words listed by the user may not be included in the crossword puzzle. To hit them, it will be necessary to increase the size of the crossword puzzle.

To work with the service, do the following:

Vneuroka.ru - a versatile educational resource

The second service we want to talk about is. In terms of its functionality, it is an educational portal that includes an electronic library with various quizzes and crosswords, presentations, tasks, pictures and much more. Among the wealth of possibilities of the resource, there is also an online crossword constructor, which we will need.

Do the following:

Puzzlecup.com - online Q&A crossword factory

The resource positions itself as a crossword factory that allows you to create a crossword puzzle online in accordance with your desires. You can select the cells necessary for your word on the crossword field, or do it automatically. Everything is functional, flexible, convenient.

Do the following:

Biouroki.ru - fast generation of a rebus from your words

Like the above-mentioned vneuroka.ru project, the site is an educational portal designed to deepen knowledge in biology. Here you can find a variety of relevant materials, including books, puzzles, quizzes and crosswords. There is also the opportunity to create a crossword puzzle online, which we need.

Do the following:

Crosswordlabs.com - create crossword puzzles in English online

Our review would be incomplete without an English-language resource for creating online crosswords. We consider crosswordlabs.com to be a quality resource of such a plan, which has fast, convenient, and free functionality. Using it is quite simple, you will see for yourself.

Do the following:

Conclusion

In our material, we have analyzed how you can create an online crossword puzzle from your own words with interesting questions and answers. We have listed a number of services that can help, and also explained how to work with them. Among all the resources listed, we recommend paying attention to Puzzlecup.com and Crosswordlabs.com.

Hello everyone, my dear friends and guests of my blog. I have done crossword puzzles for contests on my blog more than once, and I know firsthand that people never stop liking this topic. Therefore, today I want to tell you how to make a crossword puzzle on a computer using various methods. So fasten your seat belts and let's go!

Eclipse crossword

Let's start with the Eclipse Crossword program, which is most often used by bloggers or site owners to conduct contests on their resources. You can download it from official site by clicking on the link. Then just launch the file and install the program.

The program itself, unfortunately, does not support the Russian language, but you can download an unofficial Russifier. The only thing is that the system can swear that this is a malicious file, but believe me, there is nothing wrong with it. The system always identifies various cracks as malicious files. So if you are afraid, then do not russify the program, but if you want the application to be in your native language, then copy the downloaded file to the root folder with the program, replacing the original one.

And now we launch the installed application through our new file and in the paragraph Options select the "Language" tab, then Cyrillic, that is, the Cyrillic alphabet.

And one moment. Be sure to log in Options, then in the "Web" tab, check the box next to "Do not allow cheatin g". Simply if you do not, then in the end you will have a button with a hint, by clicking on which you can find out what kind of word is hiding in the cells.

Well, now let's go step by step:

1. After opening the application, select the item "I would like to start a new crossword" and click on the Next button.
   
2. Next, select "Let me create ..." to build a crossword puzzle from scratch.
3. Next, write the word itself in the "Word" field, and the question itself in the "Clue for this word" field, and then click on "Add word to list". We repeat the procedure until we have entered all the words with the questions, after which we click Next. And by the way, you can always remove the disliked word from the list by clicking on "Remove word".
   
4. Next, you will need to name your brainchild somehow. Use any name and then click Next again.
   
5. Next, set the row height and column width. The default is 15 by 15 cells, but we can make any amount. I'll leave it as it is. Naturally, click Next again.
6. Next, you will be shown how your crossword puzzle will look on a computer. It is generated automatically, but you can generate other variants by clicking on the link "Make another puzzle".
   
7. And now all that remains is to save our final version. To do this, select "Save as a webpage" and "Interactive with Java script", after which we choose a name and save.
   

That's it, our crossword puzzle is ready and we can open it and calmly solve it or display it as a separate web page on our website. In addition, if you know at least a little HTML, then you can easily give it a unique look, for example, by changing the background to a nice picture.

Well, to start solving it, just click on any cell, after which you will see a question, which you will need to answer. And by pressing the button "Check errors", you can always see where you messed up, how many correct options you have and how many words you have left to guess.

As you can see, the program is easy to use and does not require any super skills.

We create a crossword puzzle online

Now let's see a method that does not require us to install any additional program. We can easily make an excellent online crossword puzzle on a computer. In addition, we can export our miracle to Word or send it through a public link. I already showed it earlier, but there was a completely manual method, but here we fully automate all processes.

Crossword Factory

As for me, this is the best online service for creating crossword puzzles today. If I had stumbled upon it before, I would certainly have used it for running contests on my blog. Let's see how to work in it and you will see for yourself how convenient it is to use it.

When you're done, you will have three choices for what to do with it next:

By the way, if you are too lazy to come up with where and in what place the fields will be located vertically and horizontally, then I recommend that you click on the button "Generate a crossword puzzle"... Let's see how it works:

• After clicking on the button, you will have a form in which you will need to enter words (answers) in an amount of no more than 100 pieces. I don't think you need any more. You can separate words with comma, space or Enter.
• Next, you will need to choose how you want the crossword to be generated. You can make it more compact or more beautiful and sweeping. To do this, move the slider to a preferable position. Then click "Finish".

Sometimes it happens that unused words remain. This is due to the fact that there is simply no place to attach them due to the lack of a suitable letter for the bunch, or due to the lack of a suitable place.

But even when you succeed, you still have to write definitions for each word. To do this, you need to click on each field again, and then write a question in the form that opens.

Cross highcat

First of all, go to the site cross.highcat.org and select the number of cells that this crossword puzzle will consist of. Keep in mind that it will be square, so the number of cells will be generated the same, both vertically and horizontally.

Now we enter into the "Word" form all our answers, which we will have to have in these cells. Words are written through Enter.

Unused words will be added to the list of the same name if they cannot be associated with the main field.

When we finish filling in all the words, all that remains is to press the button "Create a crossword puzzle"... After a while, it will be displayed on your screen completely filled. Unfortunately, it cannot be filled in online, but it can be exported to a Word format, both filled and empty.

Let's download the blank version by clicking on the appropriate button. Then open the Word document. As you can see, in the columns horizontally and vertically, we have purely answers, but nothing prevents us from editing them, turning them into questions.

Solving such a crossword puzzle will have to be a bit dreary, since you need to put the cursor in the right cell every time to write the correct letter. But overall, the crossword puzzle turned out to be very nice.

Biouroki

Another online crossword generator that will help us create great fun for your friends, readers or children in minutes.

Go to this site and start writing words in a special form, which will be the answers to the questions. You are not asking the number of cells here, but worst of all, you are limited to only 20 words, so if you have more questions it is better to use the above methods. But sometimes 20 words is enough, so let's move on.

When all 20 (or less) words are filled in, click on the "Create" button, after which we will have several options for the arrangement of these words in the crossword puzzle. You need to choose what you like the most, and then click on the final action. You are again faced with a choice:

• Save table
• Save picture

I highly do not recommend saving your work as a picture, because I do not see the point in this. Therefore, our choice is obvious - the table. After that, our work will be saved in DOC format.

Well, then you just have to go to the document and make sure that everything was generated well. In addition, the file itself will contain two crosswords at once: an empty one and a solved one. You can move the solved one somewhere, and sign questions under the blank so that users can solve your riddle.

By the way, if you do not want to send files to everyone and everyone, then you can copy your brainchild into Word Online so that users can go to it via the link through Google dox. A very handy theme.

Of all the tools I have described today, I gave preference to the Crossword Factory resource. And there are reasons for this:

• Interactivity and convenience. Unlike other methods, you don't have to save your crossword puzzle to a separate file. You just need to copy the link and send it to anyone, or place it on the site. In addition, you do not need to write words in each cell separately. Press once and write the whole word without interruption.
• There is no confusion in the questions. You do not need to proofread the questions and check them against the cell numbers, where everything is vertically or horizontally. Just clicked on any field and the question pops up purely for him.
• The ability to create your own structure. You don't have to rely on generating fields. if you have your own far-fetched plan, then you yourself can arrange all the fields yourself. Thus, you can create various masterpieces such as teawords or snakes.
• Field size. You yourself can control the size of the field at any time, and it does not have to be square. If you want it will be 25 by 30, if you want it will be 5 by 15, etc.
• Ability to insert images instead of questions. I have never seen such a function anywhere else.

But this is my choice. And you can use for yourself what you like best. By the way, which method is closer to you? Please write in the comments.

Well, this is where I conclude my article. I hope that you will certainly use my recommendations, and also do not forget to subscribe to my blog and publics on social networks. Good luck to you. Bye Bye!

Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.

Online services to help teachers

Services for creating crosswords

Crossword Factory

In this online crossword creation service, you can compose a crossword puzzle yourself, by entering your words and placing them on the field, as well as generate a crossword puzzle from a list of words.

You can learn how to work by following the video link:

Operating procedure.

1. Registration on the site.

2. In the field of the crossword puzzle to enter a new word, select the cells in which you plan to place the word. Then select a word from the dictionary or spell your own word. Click the Finish button.

4. To move a word, select it and, while holding down the CTRL key, move it around the field.

5. Add the second word in the same way.

6. Extra rows and columns can be deleted.

Cross: make your own crossword puzzle online

A crossword puzzle is created from a set of words very quickly. The downside of this service is that there is no way to enter a question. As a result, two grids are created: empty and filled. Questions will have to be printed separately.

2. On the left, enter a set of your words, set the size of the crossword in cells (by default - 25 cells) and click the "Create crossword puzzle" button.

3. The resulting crossword puzzle can be downloaded in Word format (empty, grid only, or filled).

4. When you click the Try again button, a new crossword puzzle will be generated (The same words, but in a different form).
5. To use the crossword puzzle in the lesson, you only need to enter the questions into the crossword template, which is downloaded in Word, print the required number of copies, and also print one copy for yourself so that you can easily check.

Crossword .

In the past, you had to use a pencil and a ruler to create a crossword puzzle. It took a lot of time and a lot of paper. Today, the same can be done much faster and more beautifully using one of several programs suitable for this purpose. Among them are Word, Excel and several online services.

If we talk about programs from the standard Microsoft Office package, then you just need to create a table, arrange it at your discretion, register questions and that's it.

This is not the easiest way to create a table, but it is obviously the most accessible of all. All work on creating a crossword puzzle comes down to three simple steps, regardless of the version of the program.

1. Open a new document in Microsoft Word. To create a crossword puzzle we need the "Table" tool.

   

2. Insert a new table by clicking on the special button in the "Insert" section.

   

3. Now you need to roughly calculate how large the table will be required. Select Insert Table from the drop-down menu to manually set the size, that is, the number of cells in length and width.

   

4. Enter the number of rows and columns in the menu that appears. It's okay if you don't know exactly how many cells you need, you can always add them in the process.

   

   Note! It is not necessary to create a huge table from the beginning, you just take the time to erase unnecessary parts.

5. Now that the table has already been added to an empty sheet, you need to bring it to the appropriate form. Each cell of the table must have the form of a square, which means that the dimensions of the row and column must be the same. Right click on the table. In the window that appears, select "Table Properties".

   

6. In the "Row" and "Column" sections, set the required size, for example, 0.5 cm.

   

7. The table now looks better. Place it in the middle by selecting it and pressing "Ctrl + E" at the same time.

   

8. Start filling the table with answers. If there are not enough cells to fill, right-click on one of the outermost cells and select "Insert Row / Column Right / Left / Bottom / Top" from the menu that appears. Complete the crossword puzzle to the end. Check the spelling of the words and move on to the next step.

   

   

9. Erase unnecessary cells using the Eraser tool. It's under Table Tools> Design.

   

   On a note! If you do not see this section, click on the table again, start editing it, or simply select it, the designer should automatically appear in the toolbar.

10. After activating the eraser, click on unnecessary borders with it. They will disappear. Continue to remove them one by one until only the body of the crossword is left of the table.

    

    

Video - How to make a crossword puzzle in MS Word

Crossword in Excel

When you look at the Excel window, you see a rectangular table or grid of rows and columns. In newer versions of Excel, each sheet contains approximately one million rows and over 16,000 columns.

Horizontal lines are indicated by numbers (1, 2, 3), and vertical columns by letters of the Latin alphabet (A, B, C). Columns after 26 are identified by two or more letters, for example AA, AB, AC or AAA, AAB, etc.

The intersection point between a column and a row, as already mentioned, is a small rectangle - a cell. It is the basic element of a worksheet for storing data.

Since a blank sheet in Excel is a huge blank spreadsheet, it will be even easier to make a crossword puzzle in it. Proceed according to the instructions given here.

1. Open a new file in Excel.

   

2. Calculate at least approximately how many table cells you need. Select the desired number of cells.

   

3. Now, just like with Word, resize the cells. Open the format settings in the "Home" section of the toolbar.

   

4. Change the row height first and then the column width.

   

   

   

   

5. That's it, now the table has a suitable shape for creating a crossword puzzle. Start filling in the cells. Keep filling in until the crossword puzzle is complete.

   

   

6. Now again you need to remove unnecessary borders and cells. The eraser is on the toolbar under the Home section along with the font style and size.

   

This completes the table body. You just have to write down the questions and number the rows of the table. Everything is as simple as in Word.

How to make the numbering of table cells, as in real crosswords?

There is no dedicated feature in Word for this task. However, you can do it in the following way.

On a note! In Excel, the situation is exactly the same. Their tool menus are very similar. There are all the same tools as in Word, so there shouldn't be much difficulty.

Third party resources for creating crosswords

The two previous methods are suitable for use on any computer running the Windows operating system. The main condition is the installed office software package. Thus, you can make a crossword puzzle on a computer even without an Internet connection. However, this is not the easiest way. The developers of programs and online services have taken care of the convenience of users by developing special algorithms. It is worth considering them in more detail.

Service	Picture	Description
		Each pair, consisting of an encrypted word and a question to it, must be inserted into the text field on the site from a new line. They are introduced as follows: "word / question". Once you have entered all the pairs, click on the "Create puzzle" button. The resource will automatically create a crossword puzzle. The system will offer several beautifully created crosswords to choose from. Download the version you like in PDF format. One of them contains a link to a resource, this option is free. Those that do not contain any links can be purchased for a fee. In addition to crosswords on this site, you can also create word search puzzles in a square table. With her, everything is just as simple, understandable and fast
Puzzlemaker Discoveryeducatio		This resource works on the same principle. You will also need to enter the name of the crossword puzzle and words with questions to them in a special field. The only difference is that between a word and a question, instead of an oblique slash, there is only a space. The crossword puzzle is created in the form of a picture, which you can download to your computer for free.
Crossword puzzle Reading Worksheet Generator		Registration is required to download the crossword puzzle. The system offers both options - with and without answers. A very convenient service, if you do not pay attention to the need to create an account
		To create beautiful crossword puzzles, you need to subscribe to a permanent subscription for $ 9.95. In this case, all crosswords will be saved in your office.

For example, consider the third service presented in the table.

The crossword will be downloaded to your computer in PDF format.

As you can see, making a crossword puzzle on a computer is not difficult. All the methods discussed above have their advantages and disadvantages, however, they are quite effective.

How to transfer a crossword puzzle to MS Office?

Most of the services offer to download the finished file in pdf format. You can transfer the finished crossword puzzle into a Word document using the Cross service.

It automatically creates a crossword puzzle for keywords. Download it.

The download is absolutely free. In the file you will find your crossword puzzle with numbered and answers, instead of which you need to write questions.

Programs for creating crossword puzzles

There are many programs for your computer that work without an internet connection. Among them are:

1. Crossword compiler for Windows.
2. Crossword Maker by Gray Olltwit Software.
3. Decalion
4. CrossMaster.

They are very convenient, for example, the first of the presented list offers a convenient area for work. It is only available in English, but its interface is very self-explanatory.

Decalion program

1. Go to the official website of the developer and click on the "Download" link.

   

2. Click on the link available for download.

   

3. Double click on the installation file.

   

4. In the archiver window, double-click the left mouse button on the file.

   

5. Click "Next" and follow the instructions of the installer.

   

   

6. On the official website of the developer, open the instructions for working with the Decalion program.

   

   

There are many options for creating crosswords on a computer. Master one of them and there will be no problems with this.

Video - How to create a crossword puzzle in Excel

Enter known letters in the "mask" input field, replacing unknown letters with a hyphen "-" (or with *? ._), if the number of letters is not known, use the "+" sign, inserting instead of missing letters, if necessary, add a short and succinct description ...

If the possibilities of using the "mask" do not suit you, that is, the possibility of using the classical method - indicate how many letters are in the word (the field on the right instead of the mask) and fill in the known ones.

It is worth noting that the authors of crossword puzzles are quite clever in coming up with tasks, and there may not be similar descriptions in our database, in this case we recommend focusing on searching for a word by mask. And so that the next time this does not happen again and in order to make your own contribution to the work of the service, you can add the found answer to our database. We are very grateful to our users for this.

Our assistant has become smarter and now it understands if you specify the number of letters of the desired word directly in the description, for example: " capital 6 letters", in this case, the assistant will set 6 letters as a mask and will search for capitals using this mask. If the number of letters is not specified, the assistant will understand:" capital of russia without letters", in this case, the number of specified letters will be reset. In the hope of making the assistant more convenient, we added the ability to correct typos, but unfortunately it does not always handle it correctly.

EXAMPLE:

Suppose, when solving a crossword or scanword puzzle, you met a task:
Small town in North America, 7 letters.
It is known that the first letter is "B", then it makes sense to enter the task in the assistant as follows - in the field for entering the mask (template) enter "B ------", i.e. we set the first letter "B" and six spaces, indicating that the word is 7 letters, and in the description field we enter "city of America" ​​and that's it - the service will give a decision that this is the city of "Burbank" or "Brandon", from which you choose the most suitable.

FIND ANSWERS TO ANY KINDS OF * WORD:

Why solving crosswords is very useful: London scientists will tell.

Note that solving and searching for words for scanwords and teawords is done in a similar way. If necessary, i.e. while solving a complex crossword puzzle, it is better to enter a description using keywords that describe exactly the essence of an object or phenomenon.