Games Like Crosswords Similar Puzzle Games like Crosswords

Crosswords is described as 'Download new daily puzzles from newspapers including the New York Times, Newsday, the Independent, and many more! Crosswords also supports paid puzzle subscriptions, allowing you to download puzzles from secure websites' and is a Puzzle Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Crosswords for a variety of platforms, including Android, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone and Mac apps. The best Crosswords alternative is Phrasaled, which is free. Other Crosswords like games are Forkyz, Forkyz Scanner, GNOME Crosswords and Movie Crosswords.

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  1. Phrasaled icon
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    Play Phrasaled, the free daily phrasal verb game. Guess the verb from scrambled letters and use hints to solve the puzzle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Forkyz icon
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    Forkyz is an unofficial fork of the Shortyz crossword puzzles app with several new features and compatible with recent Android versions.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. An Android app for scanning crossword puzzles from the camera, image files, or PDF. The puzzle can then be shared as an IPuz file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  4. A simple and fun game of crosswords. Load your crossword files, or play one of the included games.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  5. Crosswords based only on film & TV series.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
  6. alphacross provides a modern, intuitive and ad-free experience for downloading and playing through crossword puzzles on Android. The app supports established sources like American Values Crosswords (AVCX) and Los Angeles Times and features graphical previews, stats, automatic...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. The Crossword Solver program lets you solve crossword puzzles, word searches, sudokus and coded puzzles offline. It can open files used by the popular Crossword Compiler online applet, XML puzzle files, and also ".puz" files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Black Ink is a Mac application for solving crossword puzzles in the Across Lite format. Download puzzles from the web and solve them on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Across Lite icon
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    Across Lite is an easy-to-use crossword application that supports puzzles from some of the U.S.'s top newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post. The program retains a lot of the pen-and-paper experience of doing a crossword while offering a convenient...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
    • iPad
     
  10. BeCrossword icon
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    BeCrossword is a handy application for getting and solving crossword puzzles on the palm of your hand without paper and pen, without PC or notebook. Latest crossword puzzles across the world in most popular Across Lite (.puz) and uclick (.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows Mobile
    • HP webOS
     
  11. Fill-in Crosswords (also known as Fill-it-ins or Word Fills) is a popular word game similar to crosswords. Fill-in puzzles are a variation of the common crossword puzzle in which words, rather than clues, are given.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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