Crossword is the classic free online word puzzle. Read the clues and fill the grid with the right answers — no download or sign-up needed.
With Easy, Medium and Hard puzzles, it is perfect for a quick brain teaser or a longer solving session.
The crossword is barely a century old, yet it feels timeless. The first one, called a “word-cross,” was published by Liverpool-born journalist Arthur Wynne in the New York World on 21 December 1913. A printing error soon flipped the name to “cross-word,” and it stuck. The puzzle sparked a full-blown craze in the 1920s — dictionaries chained to railway station platforms, crossword-themed songs, even a Broadway revue — and The New York Times, which once sniffed at the fad as “a primitive sort of mental exercise,” finally launched its own now-famous puzzle in 1942.
Solving daily is more than a habit; regular solvers build a private arsenal of crosswordese — handy short answers like ERA, OREO and ETA that grid makers lean on — and learn to read clues the way setters write them. A question mark usually signals wordplay, while abbreviations in the clue hint that the answer is abbreviated too. Each Wobblox puzzle is generated fresh for the day, so yesterday's answers never spoil today's grid.
Fill every white square with letters so that all the across and down answers match their clues.
Click a square to select a word, then type your answer. Click a clue to jump to it; click a square again to switch between across and down.
There is no running point total — the crossword is complete when every white square is filled and all answers match their clues. Race the clock if you like a challenge, or take an unhurried approach; a finished grid with no errors is the win either way.
Start with the clues you are sure of, then use the crossing letters to crack the harder ones. Fill short common words first.
Is this crossword free to play?
Yes — free online crosswords with no download or sign-up.
How do you solve the crossword?
Read each clue, click a square in the grid and type your answer; fill every square correctly to complete the puzzle.
Are there different difficulties?
Yes, pick Easy, Medium or Hard for simpler or trickier clues.
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