In addition to the name of this column, I asked it to include in my puzzle the words: digital, Internet, solitaire and Myst. The most impressive feature is the ability of “Crossword Wizard” to automatically build an original puzzle around words (up to six of them) you choose. For example, if you need a six-letter word of which the first letter is S and the third is N, this feature will quickly suggest a number of appropriate choices (41 of them, in this example). You can also choose to make the clues easy, medium or hard.Īmong its cheat features is the particularly instructive “word builder” mode that helps you complete a word. If you are interested in just solving a puzzle, it will create one for you on the spot according to the size you choose, from seven to 21 boxes square. It offers no features, however, to help you search for appropriate words to fit into your grid-you’re strictly on your own.įinally, we come to “Crossword Wizard” (from Cogix Corp., for about $30 on Mac or Windows discs or CD-ROM), which is the most technically sophisticated of the programs tested.
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“Puzzle Power” is not as good-looking as The Times program (a color consultant might have warned the creators against the blue, pink and yellow scheme), but it does include a create-your-own feature that allows you to make a professional-looking crossword puzzle, complete with the proper symmetry (the grid on a professional puzzle is the same whether the puzzle is right side up or upside down).
It has similar features to The Times program, including a scoring system, cheat features and a timer.
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“Puzzle Power” from Centron Software (available for about $35 on CD-ROM for Windows) includes a variety of word puzzle games, including 400 daily and 100 Sunday crosswords from the New York Times. You can also, if you choose, play against the clock, striving to complete a puzzle within an allotted amount of time. When you’re done with a puzzle, the program gives you a score based on how many of the squares you correctly filled (points are subtracted for the use of the cheat features). You can even ask it to give you instant feedback as you type each letter-if the letter you type is wrong, it will have a slash through it. You can ask it to verify whether or not a word you filled in is correct. You can ask the program to fill in a troublesome letter or a whole word.
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