Crosswords

GNOME Crosswords – crossword player and editor

GNOME Crosswords is a crossword player and editor.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Uses .ipuz files internally and supports a significant chunk of
    the open .ipuz spec for crosswords.
  • Supports cryptic, acrostics, barred, arrowword, filippine, and
    rebus-style puzzles.
  • Loads .ipuz, .puz, .jpz, and .xd files from disk.
  • Supports standalone puzzle collections of crosswords with multiple
    ways of playing them.
  • External puzzle set downloaders can be used to download puzzles
  • Extensive styling support for crosswords. Square, black and white
    crosswords are traditional, but this game can also take advantage
    of color and shapes.
  • Reveal button to find mistakes in the puzzle.
  • Hint button to suggest possible answers using Peter Broda’s Wordlist.
  • Puzzle checksums for puzzles that don’t include an answer.
  • Respects the Desktop-wide dark-mode preference.
  • Language-specific quirks.
  • Adaptive sizing to let it work on tablets or mobile form-factors.

Website: gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/crosswords
Support:
Developer: Jonathan Blandford
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Crossword Editor in action
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GNOME Crosswords is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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