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How to make a word fill-in (kriss-kross) puzzle

Make a free kriss-kross word fill-in: let AI write a mixed-length word list, and PuzzlePage builds an interlocking grid; pick the size and word list order, check the answer key and print.

0:52 · Narrated, with captions (turn them on with CC)

Step by step

  1. 1Open the Word Fill-In Maker.
  2. 2In Let AI write it, type a topic — for example, kitchen and cooking words for a family activity book.
  3. 3Press Generate · 1 credit. The AI mixes short and long words so they interlock. Press Use this.
  4. 4PuzzlePage builds a kriss-kross grid where every word crosses another.
  5. 5Choose a puzzle size — Small and Medium are free, Large and Full-Page are Plus. If a word can't fit, it tells you.
  6. 6Choose the word list order: by length, alphabetical or random.
  7. 7Turn on Answer key to see the letters filled in, then press Download PDF and print.

Transcript

Here's how to make a word fill-in. It takes about a minute. Type your own word list. Or, with Plus, give the AI writer just a topic. It uses one credit. It mixes short and long words on purpose. Then every word crosses another. Next, the puzzle size. Large and Full-Page come with Plus. Go too small, and it tells you which words won't fit. Everything else you just saw is free. Now pick how the word list reads. Hard is random. Easy groups the words by length. Check the answer key. The answers show up in blue. Click Download PDF. It builds your sheet, answer key and all. Then print it. And there's your word fill-in. Fourteen words, every one crossing, ready to hand out.

Chapter by chapter

0:04 Let AI write the words
Type a topic and the AI writes a mix of short and long words, so the grid interlocks.
0:16 Pick the puzzle size
Small and Medium are free; Large and Full-Page are Plus. If a word can't fit, the maker tells you.
0:26 Choose the word list order
List the words by length, alphabetically or in random order.
0:31 Check the answer key
The answers fill the grid.
0:36 Download & print
Download the PDF and print.

AI writing is a paid extra (the day pass or a plan) and is in beta — you read what it writes before it goes into your puzzle. Parts marked Plus in the video need PuzzlePage Plus or a day pass. Everything else shown is free. See the plans.