EclipseCrossword is a freeware desktop application for Windows computers. The app’s setup file is sized at only 500KB and installs quickly. After installation you can start creating your crosswords. The first step is to type in your words list. The words lists contain words to go in the crossword along with their clues. You can save word lists to reuse in the future.

Next you select a size for your crossword puzzle. Finally you export your puzzle to a file that can be printed out so you can share it with friends to fill.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Lets you create crosswords.
• Lets you save and reuse word lists.
• You customize size of puzzle.
• Exports data to various file types.
• Similar tools: TeamCrossword, VocabGenii, Knoword, Wordstash, MyIntercambio, Howjsay, VocabSushi and Memorista.

Check out EclipseCrossword @ www.eclipsecrossword.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

It’s pretty straightforward – you upload a image (no bigger than 500KB in file size), give the puzzle a name, select the difficulty level and hit “make it!”.  The next page has the puzzle and you need to click on the empty white corner to start joining the parts in the frame in order to complete the image.

As you can see in the screenshot above, the puzzle I created has the difficulty level “passing time” (the first level) and is easy to get started with. For best results, it is suggested that the image is 400 x 300 pixels in dimensions. That’s when the image and the parts get aligned perfectly.

Features

• Pic puzzle generator.
• No signup needed.
• Similar tools: Puzzle Man, PlayAndroid, Puzzlemaker, OnlineCrosswords, CrossTips and JigsawBreak.

Check out Let’s Make a Puzzle @ lab.johnpencola.com/create_puzzle (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

The official screenshots of the app on the iTunes page show the options in Spanish so there may not be an English version available. The game is pretty easy to understand and get started with though, so that shouldn’t be an issue.

Features

• Puzzle simulator for iPhone and iPod touch.
• Free to use.
• Similar tolls: PlayAndroid, Puzzlemaker, OnlineCrosswords, CrossTips and JigsawBreak.

Check out Puzzle Man @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/puzzle-man/id435357526?mt=8# (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Answers to a puzzle can be checked only after you are done with the crossword. Also, it gives you the option of chatting with your friends while playing.

Features:

• Simple interface. You need to connect your Facebook account to start solving a crossword.
• Invite friends to play along.
• Jump into any puzzle in progress and start playing with others.
• See answers after finishing the puzzle.
• Chat with your friends while solving.
• Similar tools: VocabGenii, Knoword, Wordstash, MyIntercambio, Howjsay, VocabSushi and Memorista.

Check out TeamCrossword @ www.teamcrossword.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

Picture Dots is a simple web service that lets you create dot-to-dot puzzles from digital pictures. You start with a digital picture that you fetch from anywhere online. Next you keep clicking on the image where you want the dots to appear. This greatly simplifies the puzzle creation process. Your resulting puzzle is published on a public URL for others to view and solve. You can share the puzzle’s URL with your friends and challenge them to solve it.

The best of the puzzles are featured and displayed to each Picture Dots user when they log into their account.

Features:

• Dot to dot puzzle maker online.
• Lets you create dot-to-dot puzzles.
• Starts with an online image of your choosing.
• Your puzzle is made public for others to solve.
• Puzzles can be shared with friends.
• Best puzzles are featured and displayed to accountholders.

Check out Picture Dots @ http://www.picturedots.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

It offers  free to play  word games online. The games are the equivalent of the popular word searching puzzles usually found in newspapers. The objective is quite simple: to find the words that are in the puzzle.

The words are listed in the left pane and the puzzle is located in the center pane. The words within the puzzle are located horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. If you want, you can play for a category-specific word list using the links in the right-most pane.

If you cannot find any more words and want to give up searching, use the “Solve” button in the left pane to highlight all the words in the puzzle.

Features:

• Requires no registration.
• Lets you solve free word puzzles online.
• A great source of entertainment.
• Similar tools: Wordgames, VocabSushi, WhatsThisWord and Games For The Brain.
• Also read related articles:
• 10 Free Online Game Search Engines To Find Cool Games
• 10 Websites To Learn A Word A Day & Enrich Your Vocabulary
• 19+ Challenging Free Online Puzzle Games You Have To Play
• 7 Great Games To Learn Spanish, French & Other Languages.

Check out Online Word Search @ www.onlinewordsearch.org (by MOin from ThumbPress)

What’s This Word is a online service that helps you find a word with missing letters. The site’s usage could not be any simpler: you enter the word and replace the missing letters with questions marks. The site then looks up word combinations using Google’s online dictionary. The word suggestions are then shown to you. In this simple way you will be able to get that extra help with your Hangman game or crossword puzzle.

Key Features:

• Online crossword solver
• Finds words that have missing letters
• Looks up words from Google dictionary
• Generates unique URLs for each word search
• Can help you in crossword puzzles and Hangman games
• Similar tools: WordDomination, Wordgames, MoreWords, CrossTips and a2z WordFinder.

Check out “WhatsThisWord @ www.whatsthisword.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

The site has two search options – simple and crossword. In the simple box, you can find words using operators like “*” and “?”. For example, g?ogle will return words for the missing letter, and g*gle will return words for any number of letters between “g” and “gle.”

On the crossword search box, you need to select the number of letters, enter the letters you know and it returns the words it could find for those letters.

The word results include descriptions from sites like dictionary.com and references from other known sites, as well as image and video search results related to that query. You will also find Twitter, blogs and forum mentions for that word on the sidebar.

Features

• Find words for crosswords puzzles and games online.
• Use the simple or crossword search option.
• Search results include descriptions, images, videos etc.
• Similar sites: Wordgames, MoreWords, CrossTips and a2z WordFinder.

Check out Word Domination @ wordsdomination.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

Playing in Wordgames.com is very easy. There’s no need for you to sign up or even download anything. The games are all free to play and you can play them as long as you want.

Just go to the site and choose from the different categories or use the search feature. You can also view the chart of the most popular games that you can play. Every game also has a description or instruction on how it can be played so it will be easier for the users to play it.

Wordgames is a great website if you need to find a couple of word puzzles to kill time.

Features

• Collection of wacky word games online.
• Free, no sign up required.
• Fast loading of games.
• No popping ads to destruct users.
• Has a wide variety of games to choose from.
• Similar Tools: PlaySushi or read 10 Free Online Game Search Engines To Find Cool Games

Check out Wordgames @ www.wordgames.com

For example, entering b-rd would display the words bird, bard and burd. A hyphen can be used to indicate 1 or more missing letters at that position and a number of random letters can be entered to form anagrams within it. For crosswords, specific combinations can be entered to find words, for example, -p–e would find all the words that are 5 alphabets long with p being the second and e being the last letter.

Features:

• Find dictionary words for word games.
• Get help for crosswords, scrabble and anagrams.
• Use hyphens to specify missing letters.
• Find new words by adding one letter to your word.
• No registration required.
• Similar sites: CrossTips and a2z WordFinder.

Visit MoreWords @ www.morewords.com