The Complete Crossword Solver

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WSJ Crossword: The Wall Street Journal’s puzzles are, in their words, “America’s most elegant, adventurous, and addictive crosswords.” They’re frequently themed and can be quite difficult to figure out crossword solutions for. Crossword clues can be vague and confusing, so it stands to reason that once in a while, you’d want a little help. WordFinder’s mission has always been to reach out to fellow word gamers and create a judgment-free zone where wanting to find solutions to things like crossword puzzles and word scrambles is nothing to think twice about. During the 19th century in England, crosswords became famous for children as they were printed in puzzle books and other periodicals. However, in 1913, Arthur Wynne, a soon-to-be-famous journalist from Liverpool, published a “word-cross” puzzle in the New York World newspaper.

To narrow your search down further you can also include words from your clue which we'll combine with your known answer letters and length to find the correct answer for you. What are crosswords? Also known as skeleton crosswords in the U.K., diagramless crosswords have clue numbers and unspecified shaded squares. The grid offers the overall dimensions, but players have to answer both the answers to individual clues and how to fit partially built-up clumps of answers into larger ones and thus deduce the shaded squares. The symmetry rules are also abstract and left to the player’s decipherment. How to play a crossword puzzle The question marks not only help us to find the missing letters, but you should also use them to tell us what the length of the word is. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Crossword: The dictionary has a ton of word games, and this is just one of them.

You’ll need a crossword-maker. Here are a few places where you can make your own free printable crossword puzzles for kids: Cryptic crosswords are like normal crosswords, but the clues tend to involve wordplay and also have very convoluted, intentionally confusing hints. If you’re doing a cryptic crossword, know that the definition is typically hiding in plain sight, and don’t lose heart! The last thing WordFinder wants for you is more head-scratching after a tough crossword clue. That’s why we made our crossword puzzle solver as easy to use as possible. It really is as simple as one, two, and three. Reversals involve reversing the letters of the clue to get the answer. The reverse of “era” is “are,” for example. It can be hard to understand a crossword clue because crossword-writers are absolutely notorious for being cryptic. A good crossword player is typically a master riddle-solver, as one has to really think outside of the box to figure out some of these more difficult hints. Here are a few crossword-solving tips:

USA Today Crossword: Besides free crosswords, USA Today also offers other games, like sudoku and mahjong. LA Times Crossword: Solution-finding is just as hard with this paper, originally founded in 1881. People frequently ask, “What are the answers to today’s LA Times crossword?”Fill-in-the-blank questions are typically easiest. Usually, you’ll see a common idiom, phrase, or pop culture reference that’s only missing one section. Keep in mind, though, that non-native English speakers might struggle with this because phrases can be so regional and colloquial; see this list of common idioms if you’re struggling.