Free printable Fill-in with answers
A fill-in (also called Kriss-Kross) is a crossword with no clues: you are given the grid and a list of words, and you fit every word in so that the crossing letters agree. Every puzzle here fits exactly one way.
By size
Size is what makes a fill-in harder: a bigger grid holds more words and more crossings to keep straight. Start small and work up.
Easy fill-in
Free printable easy fill-in (Kriss-Kross) puzzles with answers. A small grid with a short word list, filled one way. No sign-up.
Medium fill-in
Free printable medium fill-in puzzles with answers. An everyday grid and word list, filled one way. Print with the answer.
Hard fill-in
Free printable hard fill-in puzzles with answers. A bigger grid with more words to place, filled one way. Print with the answer.
Large fill-in
Free printable large fill-in puzzles with answers. The biggest grid, for a long solve, with the answer on page two. No sign-up.
By audience
A smaller grid with short, familiar words is the easiest way for a child or a beginner to start.
Fill-in puzzles for kids
Free printable fill-in puzzles for kids with answers. Small grids and short, familiar words, filled one way. No sign-up.
Fill-in puzzles for beginners
Free printable fill-in puzzles for beginners with answers. Small grids to learn the knack, filled one way. Print with the answer.
One answer, every time
What makes a fill-in book worth printing is the guarantee most sellers cannot make: that the word list fits the grid exactly one way. Every puzzle is generated by laying the words into a criss-cross skeleton and proving no other arrangement works. The filled grid prints as the answer key.
How to solve a fill-in
Fit every word from the list into the grid so that all the crossings agree. There are no clues: the words and the shape are what you have.
The method
- 1Start with the rare lengths. Count how many slots and how many words there are of each length. A length with only one word has only one home, so place it first.
- 2Work the crossings. Every white square where two slots meet must hold the same letter in both words, which rules most candidates out fast.
- 3Cross words off as you go. Each word is used once. Strike it from the list when placed, so the remaining choices shrink.
- 4Let one letter cascade. A placed word fixes letters in every slot it crosses, which often forces the next word, and the next.
- The one rule
- Every word from the list goes in once, and all crossings agree.
- What the answer page shows
- The fully filled grid is printed at the back.
- How the grades differ
- Bigger grids hold more words and more crossings to track.
- Good for
- Solvers who like a crossword without the trivia.
Make one now
Pick a size, then print the skeleton with its word bank and the filled answer. No sign-up, no watermark.