KrossWordPuzzle

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 its own *.kwp files (which are XML files) or *.kwpz (which are compressed *.kwp files). You can download lots of crosswords from within the game.

KrossWordPuzzle is a community application  See footnote .

Screenshots

TODO: More screenshots

Features

• Many crossword types:
  • American
  • Swedish
  • Number Puzzle
  • Crossnumber
  • User defined crossword types based on a set of rules
  • Barred crosswords can be played/designed in each type (bars added automatically)
  • See Crossword Types for a detailed description of the different crossword types

• Many cell types:
  • Empty Cells
  • Letter Cells
  • Clue Cells (containing the clue text, e.g. 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 its solution word)

• A Library, to store crosswords in
  • Add crosswords in different file formats to the library (.puz, .kwp, .kwpz)
  • Download lots of .puz-crosswords from the Internet directly into the library
  • Export to many file formats (.puz, .kwp, .kwpz, .pdf, .ps, .png, .jpg)
  • 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, or print preview

• Themes. There are currently three themes available: Default, Scribble and an Egyptian theme.

• Features in Playing Mode (edit mode not enabled)
  • Give hints, check and solve whole crosswords or single answers/letters
  • Set confidence values for filled out letter cells
  • Clue list in a dock, which also shows the current answers
  • Eraser tool to clear letter cells / whole clue answers
  • Context menus for all cells
  • Easy navigation using the mouse and/or the keyboard, there are also navigation commands in the Move menu and in the toolbar
  • Fill out crosswords by selecting clues and writing the answer with the keyboard directly in the crossword view

• Edit crosswords (edit mode)
  • Add / remove / change clues and images
  • Change correct letters
  • Interactively change selected cells in a dock (clue texts / orientation / answer offset / dictionary / ..., image sources / cell span / ...)
  • 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
  • A solution word can be defined by converting some letter cells to "solution letter cells". The solution word is displayed in a toolbar
  • Context menus for editing

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

More Help is on these Pages

• Using KrossWordPuzzle - Solve crosswords or create new ones
• Settings - Customise your KrossWordPuzzle
• Crossword Types - explains the different types and shows you how to create a specific type.

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

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