Create Your Own Crossword Puzzle - Free!

I love games that let me learn something. I'm particularly fond of trivia and any kind of word puzzles.

Let's talk crossword puzzles.....Love 'em. And I read that doing crossword puzzles regularly helps keep an aging mind sharp, so I make a point of doing the big one in the Sunday morning paper every week.

So far, so good.

I got to marveling about what a talent it is to actually CREATE a crossword puzzle...it's quite a creative effort to make sure that all the words line up, down, and across...not to mention creating clues and themes within the puzzle itself. My hat is off to the clever puzzle creators that produce my Sunday treat!

Create Your Own CrossWords...And thanks to the Discovery Channel website, you can easily create your own crossword puzzles! It's free and easy to use, too. Just think of the potential: teachers and trainers can create a weekly puzzle for students based on the week's lessons...

It's easy enough to create the puzzle and import it into Word or PowerPoint. You can print it, hand it out, and keep young and old minds agile. It took me only a few minutes to create a half-decent puzzle. (No where near as creative as the Sunday paper, but not bad!)

Give it a go! ¶ 8/18/2005 12:43:00 PM