<p class="highlight-text">I see regularly that schools use Puzzel.org and that is awesome! A feature that will stimulate this use if the option of having answer checking within crossword puzzles and wordseekers. </p>
<p>The answer checking makes sure that every entered answer within the puzzle is being checked against the actual valid answer. This happens via an encrypted route though, so no one will have access to the real answer. When the answer turns out to be false, the colors stay neutral as visual feedback.
<p>In combination with the user-friendly use of Backspace, Tab and the Arrow Keys, it is very easy to undo wrong answers and to jump to the next question.</p>
<h2>Answers plus end solution</h2>
<p>Besides that, there is a nice feature with which you can connect a final solution to the puzzle, when someone has decyphered all of the answers containing 'hint squares'. This ultimate goal of the puzzle gives a little extra dimension and makes it usable for prize questions.</p>
<h2>Security</h2>
<p>To be able to use Puzzel.org online, for schools, it is necessary to block any kind of spying on the real answers, even for the smart and technically adept children :). To facilitate this, Puzzel.org saves the answers encrypted. When a puzzle player checks the answer, it runs the same encryption and checks if the encryptions match.</p>

All filled in answers will be corrected automatically. No more manual checking for teachers!

Answer control

<p>In class, it is often cumbersome to have to think of all the answers yourself while helping students or not having an overview of the filled in puzzle.</p>
<p class="highlight-text">
But the solution is here! I have integrated a special answer key within crossword puzzles (and wordseekers, for that matter) to help teachers out.
</p>
<p>
The answer key for crossword puzzles is available via the <a href="/en/pricing">Teacher-subscription</a> and can easily be toggled by revealing it and using the Reset button to clear the puzzle again. These changes are then automatically converted to the printable puzzle, so you can easily print versions of the crossword puzzle with and without answer keys.
</p>
<img src="/static/crossword-answer-key.png" />
<h2>Printable version</h2>
<p>The printable version is customized, to remove the colors from the correct answer key cells, so it saves colored ink.</p>
<img src="/static/crossword-puzzle-answer-key-printable.png" />
<h2>Try it out!</h2>
<p>If you join Puzzel.org as a teacher (or another premium subscription), you can easily create infinite puzzles with answer keys for during the classes.</p>
<p><a href="/en/pricing">Join here</a> or <a href="/en/crossword/create">create a crossword puzzle with answer key directly</a> if you are already a member.</p>

Teachers can now easily look up the answers on their own answer key!

Crossword puzzle maker with answer key

<p class='highlight-text'>
Extend the crossword puzzle maker into your courses with ease! Just for teachers! Embedding crossword puzzles within your Canvas LMS environment is done within a few clicks after the setup.
</p>
<h2>Why use the integration?</h2>
<p>
Currently you need to create the puzzles at Puzzel.org, copy the embed code and then make sure you embed the puzzle correctly by adding it to the source code. 
</p>
<p>Time to reduce some hassle and make it more easy!</p>
<h2>Using the integration</h2>
<p>
The first step to get set up, is to visit the LMS integration page of <a href='https://www.eduappcenter.com/apps/1089/'>Puzzel.org on the EduAppCenter</a>. Follow the installation instructions there (or ask your IT guy/gal to help with the integration)
</p>
<p>
Then test your first puzzle by following the next instructions:
<ol>
<li>Create a new assignment and edit it</li>
<li>Click the new black/yellow Puzzel.org editor icon in the Rich Content Editor and log in with your Puzzel.org account (only needed the first time)</li>
<li>Pick the puzzle you would like to embed into the assignment</li>
<li>Wait for your awesome puzzle to be loaded into the editor as an iframe</li>
<li>Choose Submission-type of 'Online' with File Upload enabled</li>
<li>Save & Publish</li>
<li>Fill in the puzzle (or not), hit save as image above the puzzle, and upload the downloaded image into the assignment via the Canvas 'submit assignment' button</li>
<li>Check SpeedGrader and there is the image! :)</li>
</ol>
</p>
<h2>Missing something in the integration?</h2>
<p class='highlight-text'>
Do you have ideas on how to improve the integration or make it even more useful for you and other teachers? Let me know! (<a href='mailto:daan@puzzel.org'>daan@puzzel.org</a>).
</p>

Extend the crossword puzzle maker into your courses with ease! Just for teachers!

Canvas LMS integration

<p class="highlight-text">Creating your own cryptic crossword puzzles online has never been so easy!</p>
<p>Schools, puzzle fanatics and companies can now directly enter answers and descriptions and automatically combine them into an online and interactive cryptic crossword puzzle.</p>
<p>No more unneeded mental capacity for combining the answers in a fitting grid. All your energy can be put into discovering new fun and challenging cryptic descriptions.</p>
<h2>Why cryptic crossword puzzles via Puzzel.org?</h2>
<ul>
<li>A big part of the website is completely <a href="https://puzzel.org/en/pricing">free</a>!</li>
<li>Automatic verifying of the answers</li>
<li>Unlimited cryptic crossword puzzles in your account</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly interface and a user-friendly website overall</li>
<li><strong>Also great for Christmas!</strong></li>
<li>..and a lot more <a href="/en/features">features</a>!</li>
</ul>
<h2>Example layout cryptic crossword puzzle</h2>
<p><a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/play?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol"><img src="/static/zelf-cryptogram-maken-voorbeeld.png" alt="cryptic crossword puzzle example" width="497" height="452" /></a></p>

Creating cryptic crossword puzzles online has never been so.. non-cryptic!

Create cryptic crossword puzzle

<p class="highlight-text">
Easily create a custom word search puzzle with your own words and print it if you prefer this above the interactive version.
</p>
<h2>Custom print version</h2>
<p>
Printing (and saving) your own word search puzzle is so easy via Puzzel.org! You can even adjust the size and font of the descriptions if you would like to pay 2 dollars. More ideas to customize the print version even more, are always welcome.
</p>
<h2>Why print, play online!</h2>
<p>I started Puzzel.org to improve the oldschool variant of printing puzzles and solving them with pen and paper. Undoing wrong answers, and saving some trees are some of the benefits of the online, interactive word search version. Plus, if you would like to become a premium member, you can even add cool features such as a <a href="/en/features/general/with-custom-success-message">custom success message</a> at the end, which can act as a <a href="/en/features/create-wordseeker/with-hidden-solution">word search with hidden solution</a>!
</p>

Create your own word search with ease and print it

Print a custom word search

<p class="highlight-text">With just a little bit of code you can embed a crossword puzzle, and all of the other puzzle types, within your own website with ease!</p>
<p>At Puzzel.org I want to ensure that the online sharing of crossword puzzles is as easy as possible. I have therefore made a special, clean version of the crossword puzzles which can be embedded nicely!</p>
<h2>Why embed a crossword puzzle?</h2>
<ul>
<li>It's fun and awesome! :)</li>
<li>Directly available to the visitors of your website</li>
<li>More engagement from your visitors</li>
<li>In combination with some of your own styling/logo, the embedded crossword puzzle will be an integral part of your website.</li>
</ul>
<h2>How does the embedding work?</h2>
<p>All of the features and styling are being loaded from the Puzzel.org servers. Therefore you don't need to implement any fancy code, except the embed-code of your own crossword puzzle. This works in the same way as embedding a YouTube-video. The example code looks as follows:</p>
<p><textarea style='font-size:20px; border: 0; outline: 0; border-bottom: 5px solid black;'class="code-snippet" cols="60" readonly="readonly" rows="5">&lt;div&gt;&lt;iframe src='https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/embed?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol' width='750' height='750' frameborder='0'&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</textarea></p>
<p class='highlight-text'>
Embedded puzzles are also available via Wordpress by installing the new Puzzel.org Wordpress plugin! A new experiment that is interesting to try out! :) - <a href='/en/features/general/wordpress-plugin'>
Discover the new Wordpress Plugin
</a>
</p>
<h2>Embedded crossword puzzles are premium</h2>
<p>
Embedding crossword puzzles is a premium feature, which means it is available to you as a teacher for 30 dollars per year, or as a non-teacher for 10 dollars per month. You can read more about the pricing <a href="/en/pricing">here</a>.
</p>
<h2>Custom crossword puzzles</h2>
<p>To make sure that the crossword puzzle is in its optimal form, you can also adjust the width/height of the iframe in the code above. This also impacts if a scrollbar is shown or not.</p>
<p>
A different way to customize the puzzle is to make use of the brand new custom styling feature. This allows you to create a personalized puzzle which fits your website perfectly. Read more about <a href= 'https://puzzel.org/en/features/create-crossword/with-custom-styling'>customized crossword puzzles</a>.
</p>
<h2>Discover the crossword builder</h2>
<p>Would you like to start building crossword puzzles right away? <a href="/en/crossword/create">Create your first crossword puzzle</a> with potential to be embedded! :)
</p>

Crossword puzzles embedded directly within your website!

Embed Crossword Puzzle

A lot of the features are free, just because I like it.

Free

<p>To make it more easy to create and solve (cryptic) crossword puzzles, and find other (puzzle) lesson methods&nbsp;as a teacher, I am building a list of handy resources that can help you with these challenges.</p>
<p>Do you have a good recommendation? Please let me know via <a href="mailto:daan@puzzel.org">daan@puzzel.org</a>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Inspiration Resources</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.mathguide.com/">MATHguide.com - All sorts of cool mathematical resources for teachers&nbsp;</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

Discover awesome other websites that offer puzzle help.

Inspiration

Create interactive crossword puzzles online and share! Easily fillable digitally!

Interactive Crossword Puzzles

<p class='highlight-text'>To add an interesting element for online competitions, I added the option to register user information once the puzzle has been completed! :)</p>
<h2>Know your puzzle players</h2>
<p>A lot of companies would like to be in touch with their puzzle players after the puzzle has been completed. The lead generation feature achieves this with great ease! It allows to gather the name, email and phonenumber (optional) of the user.</p>
<p class='highlight-text'>Do you need extra fields? Let me know your idea via <a href='mailto:daan@puzzel.org'>daan@puzzel.org</a></p>
<h2>Export puzzle players</h2>
<p>To allow the greatest flexibility, Puzzel.org allows for an Excel-export (xlsx) of the gathered leads. This way, you can easily import the data into the software of your choice and use it in any way you like.</p>
<h2>How to use?</h2>
<p>To use the lead generation feature, you will need to activate the '<a href='/en/features/general/with-custom-success-message'>Show (custom) success message on solving puzzle</a>'. This allows for multiple custom options, one of which is the lead generation option.</p>
<p>Just check the 'Ask for contact information' option and you are all set to go! :)</p>
<h2>More / other ideas?</h2>
<p class='highlight-text'>
Do you have additional ideas on connecting with your puzzle players? Let me (<a href='daan@puzzel.org'>daan@puzzel.org</a>) know and we can look at the options.
</p>

Generate leads via your puzzle players and register their information for an awesome competition! 

Lead generation

Currently available in Dutch and English. New languages are welcome!

Multilangual interface / support

<p class="highlight-text">
Quartets games also deserve to be able to be played on multiple channels. From now on, quartets games are also available for sharing and playing online, in the classroom.</p>

<h2>For the teacher</h2>
<p>The teacher / quartets-maker only has to share the quartets-link with the students and the game can begin!</p>
<img src="/static/kwartet-speelveld.png" width="800" />
<h2>For the students / players</h2>
<p>
As a player, you only have to go to the shared link and fill in your name. If there isn't an active online game yet, then the system will automatically create one.
</p>
<p>Next, you can adjust the number of players needed to start the game, to 3 or 4 players. If the game is full, the game will automatically start and others will not be able to join anymore.
</p>
<h2>The course of the game</h2>
<p>At the start of the game, the cards are shuffled and a random player is chosen to start picking cards. The current players is always shown at the top of playing field. Next, the current players chooses a person and asks a valid card</p> 
<p class="highlight-text">Pay attention, only the cards from the same set as a set of a card that you already have, are allowed. The Puzzel.org system will make sure this is validated, so no worries :).
</p>
<p>
The goal is to build up as many quartets as possible and then the winner is selected when all quartets are complete!</p>
<h2>Two game formats</h2>
<p>
The owner of the quartets game has the freedom to change the settings to a normal quartets game or a quartets game with a learning question. The normal quartets game plays out the way you would expect. The version with the learning question is a nice online variation with an educational twist, which I have written about here:
<br /><br />
<a href="/en/features/create-quartets/with-learning-question">Quartets with learning question</a></p>


Make your quartets game available online and offline!

Online Quartets

All of the puzzles can be managed online, via your own account.

Online control

<p class="highlight-text">Our online crossword puzzle maker creates printable and online playable crossword puzzles very easily via our mobile- &amp; userfriendly website. Ideal for teachers, companies and puzzle lovers!</p>
<p>For automatically generating your crossword puzzle, we have implemented several algorithms that help to create the best possible crossword puzzle.</p>
<p>The same algorithms can also be used to <a href="/en/features/create-crossword/cryptogram">create cryptic crossword puzzles</a></p>
<h2>Crossword Puzzle Maker Algorithms</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Compass-algorithm</strong>: This one makes sure that as many words as possible are entered into the generated crossword puzzle grid</li>
<li><strong>Light-algorithm: </strong>After placing as many words as possible, the Light-algorithm tries to reduce the number of black squares and select the crossword puzzle with the most connections between answers.</li>
<li><strong>Custom algorithm</strong>: Do you have a specific idea in mind for your (crossword) puzzle? We love to help you out. Send an email to Daan of Puzzel.org (<a href="mailto:daan@puzzel.org">daan@puzzel.org</a>).&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h2>Crossword Puzzles for Teachers &amp; Students</h2>
<p>I love the fact that the use of (crossword) puzzles within education enrich the learning experience of the students. But the necessary tools to accomplish this online from your own school LMS (Learning Management System), were not available. That's why I started Puzzel.org, to create the technology that enables teachers to easily generate crossword puzzles from their own learning materials.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Teachers, you are the pillar of this society and I hope to help in any way I can by developing new tools or further&nbsp;improving the current crossword puzzle maker. If you have any questions or ideas about&nbsp;the Puzzel.org platform, please let me know. &nbsp;</p>
<p class="highligh-text">To accompany the development of puzzles within education, I have created a premium teacher account that enables even more features specifically for teachers, like own answer/question databases to generate crossword puzzles from and removing advertisements from the puzzles.</p>
<p><a href="/en/pricing"><button class="big-button">Check out the Premium Teacher</button></a></p>

The best crossword puzzle maker out there!

Crossword Puzzle Generator

<p class="highlight-text">Create and find printable crossword puzzles easily online!</p>
<p>Before you can print your own crossword puzzle, you will first have to create one. Or, if you are looking for (cryptic) crossword puzzles that have been created by other people, check out the 'As an example layout, look at <a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/play?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol">this example puzzle</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/play?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol"><img src="/static/kruiswoordpuzzel-printen-voorbeeld.png" alt="printable crossword puzzle example" width="497" height="452" /></a></p>
<h2>Premium versus free puzzles</h2>
<p>The free printable crossword puzzles are a good and simple way of utilizing my crossword puzzle generator for puzzles that you want to use for yourself or a small group. It contains the ads, the footer, and some other less clean details but is functional either way. To use a representative version of the printable crossword puzzle for a birthday or other occasasions, I would advice to pay the small 'gift' amount use your own styling.&nbsp;</p>
<p>At Puzzel.org I will make sure that the printable version of the premium crossword puzzle has its own styling, so irrelevant parts like the menu, logo and buttons will not be shown while printing. As long as the puzzle isn't too big, it will fit on one A4-page. When it doesn't fit immediately, you can always try to adjust the printer settings from 'Portrait' to 'Landscape'.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="highlight-text">
Check out what you can do with a premium puzzle on <a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/print?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol">this print-demo puzzle page</a> :)
</p>
<p>Besides that, it is possible to use your own images instead of the standard neutral black squares! This is pretty awesome and funny for someone's birthday, for example.</p>
<p><img src="/static/puzzel-daan.png" alt="printable crossword puzzle premium" width="800" height="556" /></p>
<p>The premium printable crossword puzzles of Puzzel.org are always clean and will only contain the crossword puzzle, the questions and the name of the puzzle.</p>

Printing puzzles to enjoy puzzles the oldschool way!

Print crossword puzzles

<p>You are puzzeling online and all of a sudden you have to leave or the computer does something crazy. Pity, all of your filled in answers are gone! Or you would like to make a puzzle online but after you have created it, it isn't reachable or adjustable anymore.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="highlight-text">There must be better ways to solve this, we thought at Puzzel.org.</p>
<h2>Puzzle saved online while playing</h2>
<p>We built a nifty feature that makes sure that filled in answers are saved locally in your browser. This is a feature that is available for most modern browsers. See the diagram below to check if yours supports local storage.</p>
<p><a href="http://caniuse.com/#search=localStorage"><img src="/static/lokale-opslag-kruiswoordpuzzel.png" alt="save crossword puzzle locally" width="600" height="224" /></a></p>
<h2>Puzzle saved after creating it</h2>
<p>For the other challenge we had to make sure that people who wanted to use our crossword puzzle maker, could easily access their puzzles later on. So we needed an account form. A place where all of your developed puzzles could easily be found and stored.&nbsp;</p>
<p>To accompany this process, we improved the workflow for our users by facilitating users to use crossword puzzle maker without having an account. After creating the puzzle, you can then choose to create an account and save the created puzzle automatically within your new account!</p>

Your puzzle will always have it own spot in our digital database

Save puzzles online

All puzzles are shareable, because they are playable online!

Social integration

<p class="highlight-text">All questions, comments and custom requests are very welcome via <a href="mailto:daan@puzzel.org">daan@puzzel.org</a>&nbsp;or +31614277844.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Do you encounter a problem, then please let me know. Puzzel.org is being improved upon daily and thus the improvements you see are always interesting to hear.</p>
<p>The support is available for all type of accounts and I'll react within 12 hours to your diverse requests.</p>

I love helping people. Please share your feedback.

Support / Contact

<p class="highlight-text">One of the most fun ways to puzzle / play, is the multiplayer-form, in which you try to solve problems together! And with a little bit of competition, it is even more awesome!</p>
<img src="/static/create-crossword-puzzles-teams-en.png" width="800" />

<h2>As a teacher</h2>
<p>To facilitate this for schools, I have built a feature where the teacher can construct teams or let Puzzel.org construct the teams at random. After you start the crossword puzzle for teams, you will receive a link to share with the students. Then, you will see the students join the teams in real-time, on your overview-page.</p>

<p>After the teams are complete, start the battle between the teams! You will be able to see the stream of correct answers live on your overview page. This way, you will know the progress of the teams and which team finishes first! It is awesome to show this overview / team-progress on a central screen such as a digital schoolboard, so students themselves are aware of the progress of other teams.</p>

<h2>The students</h2>
<p>Via the link, students can fill in their name and pick a team, or be randomly divided into teams, depending on your settings. Afterwards, they will have to wait until the teacher / puzzle-owner starts the crossword puzzle battle. This will be accompanied by a short countdown clock :).</p>  
<p>
The players within the teams will then work on the solving of the crossword puzzles. Every correct answer will be shared directly with the other team-members and will appear in their own crossword puzzles. This way, everything will stay up to date and you can really work together as a team, in real-time. Multiplayer-style!
</p>

<h2>Try it out!</h2>
<p>Solving crossword puzzles with multiple players at the same time is a unique feature which I hope teachers and students will enjoy!</p>
<p class="highlight-text">Start a new team-battle by going to your Account and clicking on the icon in the Multiplayer-column, next to the name of your crossword puzzle</p>
<p><a href="/en/crossword/create">Create a crossword puzzle for teams!</a></p>
<img src="/static/team.png" width="100" height="100" />

Solve a puzzle together, at the same time! As a teacher, great to use in class!

Solving puzzles in teams

Clear colors & compact interface. Very suitable for mobile as well!

User-friendly & mobile-friendly

No logo, no direct Puzzel.org recognition. Just a clean puzzle.

White label puzzles

<p class="highlight-text">
The crossword puzzle maker that creates fully personalized and customized crossword puzzles, which combines perfectly with embedding puzzles on your own website.
</p>
<h2>Add custom styling</h2>
<img src="/static/crossword-puzzle-custom-personalized.png" />
<p>
With a number of simple options you can now easily add your own custom styling to the crossword puzzle. The options that are currently available:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Image instead of black squares</li>
<li>Logo</li>
<li>Primary color</li>
<li>Secondary color</li>
<li>Size of the crossword puzzle cells</li>
</ul>
<p>
Each puzzle can be customized in its own way, so please experiment, discover and surprise your puzzle players with your unique crossword puzzles!
</p>
<h2>Print?</h2>
<p>
Even within the print-version, the styling is applied just the way you would expect it. Create thematic crossword puzzles with awesome background images and matching colors!
</p>
<h2>Create your own custom crossword puzzle</h2>
<p class="highlight-text">
You can easily <a href="/en/crossword/create">create</a> your own custom crossword puzzle as a premium user by filling in your puzzle questions/answers <a href="/en/crossword/create">here</a>.
</p>

Create unique personalized crossword puzzles with custom styling in a heartbeat!

Personalized crossword puzzle with custom styling

<p class="highlight-text">
From scavenger hunts to online competitions to a nice bonus for the students, your own custom success message after solving a puzzle offers a range of possibilities!
</p>
<h2>Add your own custom message</h2>
<p>The puzzles within Puzzel.org all have the option to add a success-message once the puzzle has been solved. To customize this, you as the puzzle owner have the following types of input:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Title</li>
<li>Description</li>
<li>Image</li>
<li>Link</li>
<li>Confetti! :)</li>
<li><a href="/en/features/general/lead-generation">Lead generation form / contact details form</a> (great for contest/prize questions!)</li>
<li>Audio-file to play</li>
</ul>
<h2>Puzzle scavenger hunt</h2>
<p>
A very nice way to use this, is to unlock a secret code/link once the puzzle has been solved. In that way, puzzle players can be sent from link to link of can unlock a code which can be used elsewhere, like a physical lock, a password, you name it!
</p>
<h2>Subject introduction</h2>
<p>
Via image and text you have the opportunity to introduce a new subject once the puzzle has been solved. The puzzle itself can used to ask a number of basic questions about the subject and then follow through with the introduction and a link to read more about it.
</p>
<h2>Also interesting</h2>
<p>
This type of functionality is comparable to/an extension of the crossword puzzle feature: '<a href="/en/features/create-crossword/with-solution">crossword puzzle with solution</a>'.
</p>

Surprise your players with a custom message when the puzzle is done! Allows a link and a image as well!

Puzzles with custom message on completion

<p class="highlight-text">
Creating a word search with the traditional solution at the end is very tricky when you don't have a database of words to fill the word search with. But luckily, I have built a nice alternative!</p>
<h2>Word search with own solution</h2>
<p>
As a puzzle maker, you would like to the puzzle player to discover a secret code, message or something else, so that the player can then continue to the next puzzle challenge
</p>
<p>
Because creating a word search with a hidden word, based on your own input, is technically almost impossible / very impractical, I have created a premium feature for the interested puzzle lovers where you can surprise the puzzle player with a custom made message as soon as the word search is solved!</p>
<h2>Custom made message</h2>
<p>This part is directly related to the page about '<a href="/en/features/general/with-custom-success-message">your own custom success message</a>'.</p>
<p>To elevate your word search to the next puzzle level, the scavenger hunt leven, you can hint the user to the next step with the following means: 
<ul>
<li>the next puzzle link</li>
<li>a clarifying image</li>
<li>a hint/question in a paragraph of text</li>
</ul>
<p class="highlight-text">And it has confetti as an option as well! :)</p>
<h3>Extra technical description: why no solution in the word search itself</h3>
<p>
When you would like to make a word search with solution, then there are two challenges. First, there is limited set of words. Let's say that you filled in 16 words. As soon as all of the words are placed within the grid, then a certain number of cells are left. Since you cannot control how well words overlap (there are only 16 words), and more importantly, <strong>you do not have control over the length of the answer</strong> (as the tool).
</p>
<p>
But, you might think, the puzzle magazines can do it as well! :) That's right, but they have a vast database of words and can play with the combination of words and a fitting answer, which exactly matches the characters that are remaining.
</p>
<p>
For now, there will be no word searches with solution (in the traditional way) at Puzzel.org. I will definitely look into the algorithm and the possibilities to improve the current version, by leaving words out or by hinting to the user that the answer should be longer/shorter.
</p>


Creating a word search with solution is very popular, but also challenging..

Word search with solution

<p>When I was thinking about creating a quartets game builder that could be used within the classroom, I had the idea for an online version.</p>

<p class="highlight-text">What if you could ask for a specific quartets-card and the one being asked, received the question as a real question instead of the card.</p>

<p><strong>For example:</strong> I ask for the card 'Banana' of the set 'Fruit'. As a learning question/description I add 'Crooked and yellow'.</p>

<img src="/static/heb-jij-kwartet-kaart-leervraag.png" width="800" />

<p>Because you can influence in the online interface which part of the card is being shown (answer or learning question), you can give the game a special educational touch :).</p>

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And students that make the wrong choice at first (Yes while the answer is No, or the other way around), receive feedback that they didn't see it correctly and they will still have to give the correct answer.</p>

<p>So, no cheating allowed, but nice learning moments! :)</p>

<h2>Try it out</h2>
<p>You can now simply start by building a quartets-game and sharing the link to it via the button 'share this puzzle'.</p>
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<a href="/en/quartets/create">Create a quartets game!</a>
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Add an extra educational touch to the game quartets! 

Quartets with learning question

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The ideale alternative to crossword puzzles with textual descriptions! Give students picture clues for the answer and create compelling, diverse educational material :)</p>
<h2>Example</h2>
<p>To illustrate, I have created a small example puzzle with images. See the screenshot and the link below for the online playable version.
<a class="image-link" style="display: block" href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/play?p=-LEs-xMrcLlIshD85ew6"><img src="/static/crossword-puzzle-with-pictures.png" /></a>
<a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/play?p=-LEs-xMrcLlIshD85ew6">Example: Crossword puzzle with images</a>
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<h2>Placement of the images</h2>
<p>Currently I have developed a beta-version which only supports landscape images. Ideally, for now, you select pictures that fit the 16:9 proportions so that the images look awesome :).</p> 

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If you encounter this as a huge obstacle for creating the visual puzzles, please let me know (<a href="mailto:daan@puzzel.org">daan@puzzel.org</a>), so that I know there is enough demand for different kinds of orientation :).
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<h2>Create your own crossword puzzle with pictures</h2>
<p>This is very simple! Go to <a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/create">this page</a> and select 'Image' instead of 'Normal' and you can immediately start uploading your images as descriptions.</p>
<p>Have lots of fun and please let me know if you walk into any problems or other cool suggestions!</p>

Great visual puzzle alternative for students of any age!

Crossword puzzles with pictures

<p>Whenever you are building a crossword puzzle, it is of course extra nice if there is a hidden treasure at the end. A puzzle within a puzzle. A (acrostic) crossword puzzle with a central word, solution or prize question. And this is available at Puzzel.org!</p>
<p>I have built the option to add a central solution / word to your question set. Based on the letters in the questions, the <a href="/en/features/create-crossword/online-generator">crossword puzzle maker</a>&nbsp;tries its best to fill&nbsp;in matching squares within the crossword puzzle to unlock parts of the final solution.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Whenever you unlock a 'contest square' (marked purple), then the character will automatically appear in the right spot within the answer, below the crossword puzzle. With the print version there is only the purple squares, without the automatic filling, so there is an extra puzzle element to constructing the right answer :).&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Example&nbsp;</h2>
<p>I like to build acrostic crossword puzzles myself and I like the prize question feature a lot! That's why I have created an <a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/print?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol">example puzzle</a>, so that you have a visual image of what the end result might look like. The image below is linked to the interactive version of the crossword puzzle.</p>
<p><a href="https://puzzel.org/en/crossword/print?p=-L1v2n-yhlUB-bGDzGol"><img src="/static/kruiswoordraadsel-met-centraal-woord.jpg" alt="crossword puzzle with solution" width="800" height="664" /></a></p>
<h2>Use all of the characters of your central word! :)</h2>
<p>Often, I see people enthusiastically adding amazing amounts of characters to their end solution, while their crossword puzzle is pretty small. This is a pity, because the algorithm won't be able to fill all of the answer squares in the end!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Currently there is a new feature included to help with this. It will check if the letters in your central word, match characters within the answers to your questions. If the solution misses a number of characters, it will block the submitting of the puzzle until you add more questions or add a different solution.</p>

Build a climax to your acrostic puzzle. Or offer a prize question!

Crossword with solution at the end

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This crossword puzzle feature makes it possible to see user statistics per question!
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Nothing is less fun then to manually check exams and assignments. To make this process more fun and automated, I have developed the register-functionality with statistics. 
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<h2>Registration</h2>
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Students register themselves for the puzzle and therefore have permanent access to their own answers. From a different comuter, at a different time, they can still log in to their account and see/complete their puzzle. Everything is directly connected to the backend of Puzzel.org, and thus with your accont as a teacher.
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<h2>Statistics</h2>
<img src="/static/crossword-puzzle-stats.png" /><br />
<em>{ Example questions are in Dutch }</em>
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As the owner of the puzzle, you can easily follow the statistics in the backend. In real-time! The stats will be updated automatically as soon as a student fills in a new correct answer.
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There are aggregated results for the:
<ul>
<li>Total users</li>
<li>Average spent time</li>
<li>Correct answers</li>
<li>Correctly answered questions</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Stats per user</h2>
<p>
To complement the aggregated results, I have added individual statistics to the live statistics feed as well.
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This makes it possible to use the puzzle as an exam/checkable assignment, since you as the teacher have direct access to the results of the individual! :)
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It can also be used to host a sort of behind the scenes high score list / contest and see who finished the puzzle first.
</p>

Register your crossword puzzle players and keep track of their stats, real-time!

Crossword puzzle stats and registration

<p class='highlight-text'>For the premium members who would like to integrate their puzzles with more ease into their Wordpress website, this is now possible!</p>
<p>
The plugin is a new experiment of mine and is still in beta-mode. Therefore, it not yet available in the official Wordpress plugin overview.
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<h2>Install the Puzzel.org Wordpress plugin</h2>
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Note: the current version of the plugin is not compatible with Wordpress 5+ / new Wordpress Gutenberg Editor.
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To install the plugin, please follow the following steps:
<ol>
<li><a href='/static/puzzel-org.zip'>Download the plugin ZIP-file</a></li>
<li>Login to Wordpress and go to Plugins > Add new</li>
<li>Click on 'Upload plugin' at the top and select the downloaded the puzzel-org.zip file</li>
<li>Click 'Install now'</li>
<li>Click 'Activate plugin' once the installation has succesfully been completed</li>
</ol>
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<h2>Loading puzzles into Wordpress</h2>
<p>
The next step is to authenticate with Puzzel.org and load your puzzles into Wordpress.</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to the new Puzzel.org settings menu in the sidebar</li>
<li>Fill in your Puzzel.org credentials (email/password) and click 'Authenticate with Puzzel.org'</li>
<li>Once this is succesful, click on the 'Retrieve all puzzles' button</li>
<li>Watch your beautiful list of puzzles get loaded :)</li>
<li>Click 'Save Puzzles' at the bottom to save the puzzles into Wordpress</li>
</ol>
<h2>Embedding puzzles into Wordpress Posts/Pages</h2>
<p>
Once all of the puzzles are loaded into Wordpress, it is time to use them within your posts and pages! To make this as easy and visual as possible, I have created an extension for the Wordpress editor. This can be used in the following manner:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open up a (new) page/post within Wordpress</li>
<li>Click on a empty spot within the editor where you would like to have a puzzle</li>
<li>Click the new available and colorful black/yellow icon [P]</li>
<li>Fill in the settings (width/height/language) or leave them as defaults if you currenly don't know</li>
<li>Click on the puzzle that you would like to embed within your post/page</li>
<li>And there it is! Visually loaded into your page, waiting to be saved :)</li>
<li>After you save the post/page, check out the published post/page on the website and see if you solve your own puzzle. :)</li>
</ol>
<h2>Only for premium users</h2>
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Since the embedded puzzles are only available for premium users, the Wordpress plugin is only useful for premium users as well. If you are a new user and want crossword puzzles, word search puzzles, memory or quartets embedded right into your website, please upgrade first and then have fun with the plugin :).
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<h2>Beta feedback</h2>
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I have just developed the Wordpress plugin and I am very curious to here if people enjoy it, miss features or any other questions that come to the top of your mind. If so, please let me know at <a href="mailto:daan@puzzel.org">daan@puzzel.org</a>
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<a href="/en/">Create your first puzzle here!</a>
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Add puzzles to your Wordpress website with this easy-to-use new Wordpress plugin

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