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Free, Online Crossword Puzzle Maker - crosswordlabs.com

· 5 days ago

A safe, free pick for teachers and trainers who need quick vocabulary crosswords. Avoid it for graded tests or large puzzles — answers leak and grids fail.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 8 public sources including teacher reviews, Reddit, and one peer-reviewed study. No named corporate users found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security postureNo findings either way in sources

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Teachers making vocabulary review
  • ESL and language classrooms
  • Quick printable worksheets
  • Homeschooling parents

Not for

  • Test-makers — students can auto-solve answers
  • Large puzzle builders — big grids reportedly break
  • Commercial puzzle publishers
  • Anyone needing support or uptime guarantees

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Answers are hackable: GitHub tools auto-solve puzzles. Never use for graded tests.

medium

Puzzles are public by default — anyone can find, view, solve, and print them.

medium

Large grids reportedly fail; test puzzle size before class time.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free to make, share, solve, and print puzzles
  • Rated practical and effective by education reviewers
  • Embeddable in class pages via embed code
  • Validated in published 2024 classroom research
  • Drafts stay private on your browser, per About page

Cons

  • Reportedly stops working on large puzzles
  • Public auto-solve and auto-answer hacks exist
  • Account sign-up required to edit puzzles

Sources & method

- 8 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x2review x4security x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 8

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Completely free to make and print
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Studies and teachers say anyone can use it
  • Feature depth: 2/5. Basic maker; reportedly fails on large grids
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture. No findings either way in sources
  • $0 Starting price Free to make, solve, print
  • Yes Free tier No paid tier documented
  • 2012 In market since Earliest public mention found
  • 1 Peer-reviewed studies 2024 classroom study, cited by 3

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Make, share, and print puzzles
  • Embeddable in class pages
  • Public /view links

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

Full analysis

Based on 8 public sources including teacher reviews, Reddit, and one peer-reviewed study. No named corporate users found.

Free, dead-simple crossword maker teachers love; puzzles are public and hackable — wrong for tests or big grids.

Methodology

Based on 8 public sources including teacher reviews, Reddit, and one peer-reviewed study. No named corporate users found.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Free, Online Crossword Puzzle Maker - Crossword Labscrosswordlabs.com
    official
  2. About Crossword Labscrosswordlabs.com
    official
  3. Product security pagecrosswordlabs.com
    security
  4. CrossWordLabs-Hacks: Auto Solving and Auto Answeringgithub.com
    security
  5. Crossword Labs Crossword puzzle creator - ECML evaluationecml.at
    review
  6. Looking for a large crossword maker - Redditreddit.com
    review
  7. Implementing crossword puzzles using crosswordlabs.com (2024 study)journal.c-dics.com
    review
  8. Free crossword generator for vocabulary revision - Facebookfacebook.com
    review

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