Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection Alternatives

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is described as 'A collection of small computer programs which implement one-player puzzle games. All of them run natively on Unix (GTK), on Windows, and on Mac OS X. They can also be played on the web, as Java or Javascript applets' and is a Puzzle Game in the games category. There are more than 50 games similar to Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPad, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection alternative is Word Slicer, which is free. Other Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection like games are travle, WordHoot!, Lexica and Gurgle.

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  1. EclipseCrossword is simple tool to create crossword puzzles from the list of words/cues. Supports various languages for words, using different charsets (e.g. Cyrillic). Puzzles can be saved as images+text or as interactive web-pages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. The Crossword Maker allows you to easily create your own printable crossword puzzle and download it as a PDF. You can also choose different backgrounds for a spice of fun.

    Crosswords are great fun for kids, students and for family gatherings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Tanglet icon
     11 likes

    Tanglet is a single player word finding game based on Boggle. The object of the game is to list as many words as you can before the time runs out. There are several timer modes that determine how much time you start with, and if you get extra time when you find a word.

    51 Tanglet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Musicle icon
     1 like

    Welcome to musicle, the music-guessing game. it comes in several flavors - choose yours!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Word game, multiplayer and computer players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  6. Word Wise icon
     2 likes

    Word Wise is designed to be a simple game where you sit back, relax, and make words. There are nearly half a million words you can make, and over 7 hours of music over 5 genres including Cinematic, Lo-Fi, and Vaporwave. Happy word making!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Quackle icon
     5 likes

    Open-source word game similar to Scrabble. Features a board editor, analysis tools, and artificial intelligence that rivals the best players in the world!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Play Words With Friends Free, the #1 mobile word game, with both your Android and iPhone/iPad-toting friends. Experience for yourself why millions of players are addicted to the word building, triple score seeking, chat bubble sending goodness of Words With Friends.

    55 Words With Friends alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
    • Facebook
     
  9. Alphabear icon
     2 likes

    In Alphabear, you spell words by selecting letters on a grid. When you use letters that are next to each other, bears appear. The more letters you use in an area, the bigger the bear gets, and the more points you earn.

    35 Alphabear alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. Wordiamo icon
     3 likes

    Wordiamo is a word game. By introducing the concepts of islands and bridges, it opens up the board to promote fluid word play. Words With Friends and Scrabble players will be challenged to think differently.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Word Colors icon
     2 likes

    An addicting new crossword game for iPhone that allows you to play your friends online. Enjoy crossword play, big scores, color matching, friends, statistics, chat, rankings and fierce competition with Word Colors for iPhone.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  12. 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
     
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