Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver

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As such, entries have been selected for inclusion and scored based on their usefulness and desirability for word puzzle construction and the makeup of this list is somewhat different than other, general purpose wordlists.

The puzzles occupy the “challenging”, mid-range territory, striking a balance between the accessible and the unattainable. Each includes a handful of clues from both ends of the spectrum: relatively easy ones, allowing solvers a way in, and toughies, that stretch the cerebral powers much more.All the advice you’ll need: the first section of the book, based on Chambers Crossword Manual, is full of practical tips on how approach a crossword and understand the different clue types. All the practice you’ll need: included as part of the manual section, are over thirty actual crossword puzzles, complete with detailed explanations of the solutions. Crossword), find words which will help you (Chambers Crossword Lists) or actually fill in blank spaces (Chambers Crossword Completer). Put your feet up and escape from it all with The Chambers Book of Cryptic Crosswords featuring a ‘ton’ of cryptic challenges to give your brain a workout. Also, only about % of entries ( , to be exact) are scored (and that's not even entirely accurate because some of those scores were applied in bulk to entire classes of entries at once rather than by weighing each entry individually). Peter Biddlecombe, The Sunday Times crossword editor and The Times Crossword Championship winner (2000, 2007)

The cut-off point for general usefulness is 50. The 35-49 range is mostly things that I would only consider using in a pinch in a conventional crossword, and anything below that is likely unusable for almost any purpose. Yes I know this distribution of scores makes no sense. But note that 100% of the entires on the scored list have scores attached because I apply a default score to unscored entries when exporting. There are two lists here, each available in either Windows (.txt) or Mac (.dict) format. Use them with The lists here contain answer words from every NYT puzzle in the Shortz Era including Variety and Acrostic puzzles,All the history you’ll need: the Companion is introduced by a brilliant essay by crossword guru Don Manley explaining ‘The History of Crosswords in Ten Clues’. More accurately, it's a database containing words and phrases along with a bit of metadata and I periodically export lists to text files using various parameters.