Welcome to Crossword Designer

The Online Crossword Puzzle Maker Software Compile, Print, and Publish Your Own Crosswords

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Hosting Crossword Games

Playable Puzzles

  • Hosted Puzzles:
Crossword puzzles at CrosswordDesigner.com are designed to be playable online and hosted by us. All you need is to embed a link to one of our online playable puzzles in a page at your site.

Simply find one of the published puzzles and copy the URL and paste it in your HTML code. For example, this link:


will load a published game from CrosswordDesigner.com. There is no need to login to the site.

  • Embedded puzzles:
Under construction. Please contact us for more information.

Static Puzzles

You have two options if you do not want the playable version of the puzzles. Find a published puzzle and:
  • Hosted: Copy the URL of the Printable View of that puzzle and paste the URL in your HTML code. For example, this link:
will display a published game from CrosswordDesigner.com. There is no need to login to the site.

or
  • Embedded:  Display the Printable View of that puzzle, then save the HTML in a file and use the file it in your HTML code.
In both case, please make sure the proper attribution to CrosswordDesigner.com is visible and adjacent to the link or code.

Publishing your Own Crossword Puzzles

The CrosswordDesigner.com site publishes crossword puzzles by anyone who wishes to publish one and subject to a moderator's approval.

You are free to create your own puzzles and embed them in your site. Please note these puzzles must be published in order to be able to host the playable version. Unpublished static puzzles can be embedded in  your site at will.

You might apply to become a moderator for our site in order to publish your puzzles. You need this to ensure timely publication of your puzzles. without relying on far away moderators who might be busy.

Private Puzzles

Under construction. Please contact us for more information.