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A subscription to make unlimited crosswords costs $5/month, or $4.25/month when billed annually. You can try it free for 30 days before deciding if you want to subscribe. Click the green 'Make Printable' button at the top left of the page when you are ready. Individual crosswords can also be purchased for special events.
In general, it’s possible to be the best or the cheapest but not both. We chose to be the best. We respect that many people prefer the cheapest, and this may not be the site for them. But if you want the best, you’ve come to the right place.
Click the green 'Make Printable' button in the top left of the page when you are ready. You will be prompted to create an account if you haven’t already, and then see payment options. Once paid, you will have a big green 'Preview + Publish' button that will put your crossword puzzle in a format that can be printed or solved online.
Yes. After publishing your puzzle, you can choose to accept online submissions for it. Teachers use this to give crosswords to students online.
Check out the Word Search Maker at our sister site, wordsearches.brightsprout.com. You can also buy a joint subscription to both sites for a 20% discount when you sign up for a plan.
Yes! Check out our Worksheet Maker to make unlimited, customizable worksheets with a variety of specialized activities, such as fill in the blank, word scramble, matching, multiple choice, and more. You can also buy a joint subscription to My Crossword Maker, My Word Search, My Worksheet Maker, My Bingo Maker, and My Flashcard Maker for a 50% discount when you sign up for a Premium plan.
Absolutely! Check out our Bingo Maker to create custom bingo sets for the classroom, parties, special events like birthdays or showers, or just for fun. You even get a discount when you try a Premium, all-site plan.
Yes, we do! Our Flashcard Maker lets you create custom flashcards for the classroom or for fun. You can adjust the size, make them double-sided, create 3x5 notecards, print flashcard blanks, and more. Get a discount when you try an all-site plan with unlimited flashcards.
Since we built the crossword builder in 2012, we’ve continued to add more and more builders for teachers to create materials for their students. Now, over ten years later, we’ve added four more builders and felt it was time to get more organized (we all get Folder Fever sometimes).
We’ve renamed our company BrightSprout to better represent the diverse builders we create and to simplify your experience on our sites.
What to know more? You can read more about BrightSprout on our Knowledge Base
Yes! Check out our gifts page to browse crossword and word search themed shirts, hoodies, mugs, and more.
Your account is needed to access your saved crossword puzzles later, and to ensure you can always publish your crosswords when you’re a paid user. Additionally, our save-as-you-go crossword puzzle maker will save to your account, so you can resume your crossword puzzles in case of computer issues.
Yes. All crosswords created with the crossword puzzle maker are saved to the cloud and accessible from any computer when you log in.
When logged in, click on the 'My Puzzles' link in the header to see your saved crossword puzzles. Crossword puzzles you are working on can be found in the “Crosswords I’m Making” section, and crosswords you’ve completed can be found in the “Crosswords I’ve Published” section.
Yes. When you finalize your crossword, you have the option of adding a password. You can keep this password private or share it only with your designated solvers.
Bloggers get free access to My Crossword Maker. To get blogger access, email [email protected] and include a link to your blog for approval.
Yes. Crosswords you create and publish on My Crossword Maker can be embedded and solved on YOUR site. Here are some super-easy instructions to embed a crossword in your site.
Saving your puzzle.
Puzzle saved to your account!
We're always looking for ways to make My Crossword Maker better and can't wait to hear what suggestions you have :)
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Where is my puzzle?
All your puzzles are accessible from your 'My Puzzles' page, which you can access using the navigation bar at the top when you are logged in.
Be sure to log in using the same email address you used when you created your puzzle.
How do I print?
There is a 'Make Printable' button on the top left of your puzzle that will let you sign up for a plan or purchase a single puzzle.
Once paid, that button will turn into a 'Preview + Publish' button that will put your puzzle in a format that can be printed or solved online.
Once you publish your puzzle, you can click the print icon or use your browser’s print function.
It looks weird when printed.
First make sure you’ve published your puzzle. See the 'How do I print?' section above for more information.
99% of other printing issues have to do with printer settings. Instead of trying to fiddle with printer settings, which can be time-consuming and frustrating, there are a couple workarounds you can try.
You can try printing from a different browser, since different browsers have different default print settings. Alternately, you can try saving as a PDF (next to the print icon) and print that.
Why isn’t this free?
We invested in building a number of premium features that free sites are unable to offer: the ability to automatically or manually add words to your puzzle, save-as-you-go puzzle editing, the ability to access your puzzles from any computer, an uncluttered and ad-free interface, the ability for friends and colleagues to solve your puzzles online, and quick responsiveness to reported issues.
My Crossword Maker is the lowest-price service we've found that provides these features, and is designed for people who are not satisfied with what free sites are able to provide.
I thought this was free.
We’re sorry you thought My Crossword Maker was free, that must have been frustrating.
We’re constantly trying to provide a clear and straightforward user experience, and we’re not trying to hide the price: on the page where you make your puzzle, the price is listed in the overview in the top left (before you log in), below the 'Make Printable' button (after you log in), in the FAQ below the grid, and also in the tour.
Unfortunately, we have limited control over how we show up in Google and on other sites, so if they show My Crossword Maker when someone searches for a free site we can’t do anything about that.
It says there is no account with my email.
First check whether you used a different email address to create your account. Your login email is the email address where you received a welcome email from us.
Alternately, it’s possible there was a typo in your email when you created your account. If so, report an issue below and provide the name and last four digits on the card you used when you signed up. We’ll use this information to track down your account.
I am being asked to pay a second time.
If you are a member of My Crossword Maker and are still being asked for payment, then you may have inadvertently created a second account.
Your paid account will have the email address where you received an email confirming your subscription.
If you never received such an email, or are still unable to find your paid account, report an issue below and provide the name and last four digits on the card you used when you signed up. We’ll use this information to track down your account.
My password reset isn’t working.
For security a human can’t see or reset your password, so read the below information carefully.
If you haven’t gotten the password reset email, check your spam folder, be sure you’re checking the email account that the email was sent to, and be aware that some school email systems block emails from non-school email addresses.
If you have the password reset email but the password isn’t accepted, be sure you are using the most recent password reset email: sometimes people will hit the button twice, and only the second password will work.
Be sure if you copy-paste the password not to get a space on the outside, or if you're typing it keep in mind that it's case-sensitive and that a lower-case L can look like the number 1, etc.
How do I cancel?
You can cancel your subscription from your 'My Account' page, which you can access using the navigation bar at the top when you are logged in.
Support representatives cannot cancel a subscription on your behalf.
Not all my words are in my puzzle.
When you hit the 'Arrange' button, our algorithm will try to arrange all your words on the grid, and will move words around to try to fit the most words.
This will get all the words on the grid about 90% of the time, depending on the word list. For the other 10%, you will get an alert explaining that the words that did not fit were added to the scratchpad.
It prints on two pages.
Big puzzles won’t always print on one page — the clues and grid are the smallest we could make them while keeping them readable for everyone.
That said, different browsers print in slightly different ways, so you could try using 'print preview' using a different browser (or try the PDF button) to see if you like how that looks better.
I didn’t hear back from you.
We generally respond to all reported issues in about a day. If it’s been a few days and you haven’t heard back from us, it’s possible we sent an email that didn’t reach you.
Check your spam folder, and be aware that some school email systems block emails from non-school email addresses. Try providing a different email address if you think our emails to you are being blocked.
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If you have any questions, we're here to help! Just drop us a line at [email protected]
