Freeform crossword books for Amazon KDP & Etsy

A crossword whose words cross each other freely, as in a criss-cross puzzle, instead of filling a symmetric square grid. Only the answer squares print, with empty space (or black squares) around them, and the rows do not have to be full. It is the standard style of crossword books on Amazon KDP and Etsy, because any themed word list can become a puzzle.

Five English themes (animals, food, nature, space and sports) have over 1,100 hand-written clues, checked so that no clue gives its answer away. Your own CSV can bring a clue for every word, in any language. Themes without clues, and books in other languages, print the fill-in word list style.

Instead of clues, the answers are listed by length (3 letters, 4 letters…) and the solver fits each word into the grid where it crosses the others. One word is printed in the grid as a start. It suits kids, seniors and quick puzzles, and works with every theme and language.

Yes. Upload or paste a CSV with the columns Title, Word and Clue: the rows with the same title become one crossword. A plain word list (Title,Word1,Word2… or # Title followed by words) makes fill-in puzzles. Phrases such as ICE CREAM print as one answer with the lengths (3,5).

Yes. Books generated on paid plans and with credit packs include a full commercial license, KDP trim sizes with safe margins and answer keys, and you keep 100% of your royalties.

The Pro and Publisher plans and the free trial. Books in languages other than English need the Publisher plan or the free trial.

One credit per puzzle (one freeform grid up to 17×17 with its clues or word list). A 50-puzzle book costs 50 credits, and re-exporting the same book with design changes is free.

Yes. Mixed books can contain Crossword, Sudoku, Word Search, Maze, Word Scramble, Missing Vowels, Fill-In, Classic Number Search, Missing Vowel Word Search, Codewords, Cryptogram, Anagram, Mine Finder, Hidden Message Word Search, Number Search, Wordoku, Nonogram, Color Nonogram, Zebra Nonogram and Triangle Nonogram chapters in any order. Every plan makes mixed books from the puzzle types it includes: Starter mixes Sudoku, Word Search, Maze, Word Scramble, Missing Vowels, Fill-In, Classic Number Search and Missing Vowel Word Search; Pro mixes 17 types (all but Color Nonogram, Zebra Nonogram and Triangle Nonogram); Publisher mixes all 20 types.

Yes, on the Publisher plan and in the free trial. Pick one of 10 book languages, one for each Amazon marketplace: English (amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca, amazon.com.au, amazon.in), German (amazon.de), French (amazon.fr), Spanish (amazon.es, amazon.com.mx), Italian (amazon.it), Dutch (amazon.nl), Brazilian Portuguese (amazon.com.br), Japanese (amazon.co.jp), Polish (amazon.pl), Swedish (amazon.se). Wisdom Effect then prints the texts it writes into the book in that language: puzzle and solution titles, chapter headings, the table of contents, difficulty labels, the copyright page (10 legal templates), the intro and thank-you pages and the labels on the puzzle pages, seasonal editions included. The built-in themes come translated into German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish and Swedish (Japanese books use the English words), and the grid keeps the letters of the language, such as Ä, Ñ, Ł or Å. Your own word lists print as you type them. Built-in clues are English; in other languages the puzzles use the fill-in word list or the clues of your own CSV. Japanese books (one of the 10 book languages) use English words. Texts you write yourself are not translated, so write them in the book's language. Starter and Pro books are printed in English.