Acrostic puzzle maker

Every row is one word, lined up so that one letter from each spells your hidden word down the middle. Write the hidden word, add a word for each letter, and the rows arrange themselves.

It decides how many rows the puzzle has and which letter each row has to carry, so it is the first field in the editor rather than a setting to go hunting for.

Matching letters across the rows share a small number, so players can copy a letter they already solved into the squares they have not. Switch them off for a harder puzzle.

Normally the generator picks which word fits which letter. Turn this on and your first word takes the first letter, your second the second, and so on — as long as each one contains its letter.

A clue can be your own image or a sound clip instead of text, which suits younger classes and language lessons.

A word bank lists every answer beside the puzzle, so the work becomes matching clues to words rather than recalling them.

Give players a panel of the characters your language needs, so accents and other alphabets are one tap away.

Put players in teams and they fill the same rows at once, each answer showing up for everyone.

Open a ready-made example and play it exactly like your players would.