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Solve crosswords, anagrams, word-based puzzles and nonograms

The purpose of Cross+A is to simplify the solution of crosswords, word-based puzzles, anagrams, criptorithms and nonograms. Cross+A is a useful application which provides very flexible and powerful search tools. User can search English words by known letters and descriptions as well as find anagrams and word-combinations.

Cross+A uses a dictionary of 159000 English words (part of them - with descriptions). User can add new words, delete and change descriptions or copy them to the clipboard. Cross+A has a nonogram editor for the puzzle creating. Cross+A contains the list of English proverbs and sayings.

This is a multilingual version of the popular Russian program Cross+A by Sergey Kutasov and Ilya Morozov. It uses a dictionary of 159000 English words (part of them - with descriptions).

User can add new words, delete and change descriptions or copy them to the clipboard. Cross+A also includes the list of English proverbs and sayings. The lists of words for other languages are available for downloading.
Here are some key features of "Cross+A":

Search by Letters:

· Search word by known length and letters.

Anagram Search:

This mode has two special options:

Descending Search:

· Search for all words that can be created from the text letters.

· For example, for the word option the program will find the words list: point, piton, top, into, tip, etc.

Ascending Search:

· Search for all words that include all letters of the text.

· For example, for the word element the program will find the words list: settlement, development, experimental, acknowledgement, electromagnetism, etc.

Search by Description:

· This search mode is used when some words in the target word description are known.

Search by Pattern:

· Search with use of special wildcard characters.

Word-combination Search:

· The program tries to create word-combinations using the text letters.

· For example: incredible = nice + bridle.

Telephone Number Search:

· The program finds word equivalents for the telephone numbers. Telephone number digits are substituted by letters written on telephone set buttons.

· For example: 728-74-68 = PATRIOT.

Search by Syllables:

· The program creates words using syllables from the user's list.

· For example: at,be,e,for = ate, beat, bee, before, fore.

Coupling Words Search:

· Search for pairs of words where the first word ending is equal to the second word beginning.

· For example: ?????(gen)???? = PATHOGEN and GENESIS.

Trackword Search:

· Search for words, which can be made by moving from letter to letter horizontally or vertically in the grid.

Cryptarithm:

· Cryptarithm is an mathematical puzzle involving words where there is a one-to-one mapping between letters and digits that makes the arithmetic equation true. For example: MOTHER+FATHER=PARENT => 196753+286753=483506.

Word-chain Search:

· Search for chains of words, where every word differs from its neighbors by one or few letters. For example: FLY - FAY - FAT - CAT.

Nonogram Solving:

· Solve black-and-white and multicolored nonograms (griddlers). User also can create his own nonogram.

Sudoku Solving:

· 9 x 9, 16 x 16, Sudoku X, Geometry Sudoku (Kikagaku Nanpure), Godoku (Wordoku), Samurai Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Greater Than Sudoku, Even-Odd Sudoku, Flower Sudoku, Consecutive Sudoku.

· Kakuro Solving

Requirements:

· Intel Pentium 500 MHz

· 512 MB of RAM

· about 12 MB free disk space

· 1024 × 768 screen resolution

Limitations:

· The unregistered version allows to use only a part of English words database (words with 6 letters length) and solve nonograms not larger than 16 x 16. In order to have access to all database it is necessary to register the program.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Added solving and creating of puzzles:

· Island

· Dominion

· Tren

· Tripod Sudoku

· Creating of Word Finder puzzle

· Export of puzzles to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)