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Crossword puzzle
Real-time generator with styling, hidden solutions, word banks and embedding.
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The free online puzzle maker with 38 ways to play.
Create custom crosswords, word searches, jigsaws, quizzes, memory games and sudokus from your own content in a live editor, share them with a link, and embed them anywhere.
38 activity types 23 languages Live results tracking
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The four puzzles everyone starts with
W
Word search
Friendly drag-to-select interactivity, generated in seconds from any list.
J
Jigsaw puzzle
Upload an image or paste a URL. Choose piece count, helper image and tracking.
M
Match them up
Mix text, image and audio cards, then drag each one into the slot beside its match.
Browse by theme
same editor, different kind of thinking Word puzzles Vocabulary, spelling and reading, played on your own word list. 11 generators Picture puzzles Diagrams, artwork and photographs turned into something to solve. 11 generators Code puzzles Ciphers, locks and logic — the escape-room end of the catalogue. 6 generators Math puzzles Sums, sudokus and number cards — practice the class asks to repeat. 6 generators
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The privacy-first puzzle maker, easy to use
One list, 38 formats
Reuse the same vocabulary or exam material across a crossword, a quiz and a memory game.
Privacy comes first
No ads, no analytics, no weird cookies. Player registration is optional and you choose the fields.
Share with a QR code
Project the code, students play on any device. Nothing to install, no accounts required.
New · Puzzel LMS
Your activities, right inside the lesson.
Put text, pictures, video and your Puzzel activities on one page per lesson, and see who finished what. For a school, with classes of first names and no student accounts; for a company, as an Academy with your own look and a sign-in for every learner.
- Activities play inside the lesson, not in another tab
- Classes without accounts, or learners with their own sign-in
- Progress, grades and feedback for every course
Discover Puzzel LMS → In the School plan, or as an Academy for companies
puzzel You're Daan W. not you?
Ancient Rome · 3A
Who were the Romans?
Rome began as a small town on the Tiber and grew into an empire that ruled the Mediterranean for centuries.
Tip
Some Roman roads are so well built that cars still drive on them today.
Romans: who was who? Quiz Done
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Romans: who was who?
Opens in its own page. Come back here when you're done.
Gods and goddesses Memory Started
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Gods and goddesses
Opens in its own page. Come back here when you're done.
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Features
Everything the puzzle needs after the words are in.
A real-time editor, not a form
Type a clue on the left and the puzzle rebuilds on the right. Every colour, hint and rule is visible before you share it — so what you publish is exactly what you saw.
See the builder → Tracking
Results as they happen
Pick your own registration fields — first name, student ID — and watch scores, answers and completions arrive live.
See the options → Embedding
One copy-paste into your LMS
Paste the snippet into any CMS or LMS for a white-label activity: no headers, no footers, no branding. Included with every paid plan.
Try the embed code → AI
The AI assistant drafts the content
Give it a theme and get a full set of clues, questions or a generated image to build the puzzle from.
Read more → Endings
A finish worth reaching
Custom completion messages, confetti, and a link straight to the next activity in the sequence.
All settings →Puzzles are better with someone to beat.
Multiplayer options →Challenge a friend
Two players, one puzzle, live progress bars. First to finish takes it.
Play in teams
Answers sync across the team in real time, so progress updates for everyone at once.
Play in turns
Real game mechanics for board games, memory and quartets — everyone waits their turn.
Pricing
Free by default. Upgrade for more.
For teachers, schools, libraries and other non-profit initiatives.
Free
€0 / year
60 player sessions / month
2 activities per account
All activity types
Teacher
€30 / year
600 player sessions / month
Unlimited activities
Results tracking
White-label embedding
Teacher plus
Popular€50 / year
2,000 player sessions / month
Everything in Teacher
AI question generation
School
€125 / year
5,000 player sessions / month
5 teacher accounts included
A shared library: teachers share activities and courses, and copy each other’s
Puzzel LMS: courses, classes and progress per student
Add teachers as you grow
Every paid plan includes unlimited activities, all builder features, HTML5 embedding and AI question generation.
Your first puzzle takes two minutes.
No account needed to make a custom puzzle. Paste your word list, share the QR code, watch the answers come in.