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title: "Easy fill-in: free printable with answers"
description: "Free printable easy fill-in (Kriss-Kross) puzzles with answers. A small grid with a short word list, filled one way. No sign-up."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in/easy"
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# Easy fill-in

An easy fill-in is a small grid with a short word list, the best place to learn the knack: start with the lengths that have only one word. Every puzzle fits exactly one way.

PuzzleDesign

Difficulty

A bigger grid holds more words to place. Every puzzle fits exactly one way.

11×11 grid. Fit all 9 words into the grid so every crossing agrees.

Theme

ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa

**Customise colours**

Block squares

Cell borders

Frame

Cell fill

Letters & numbers

Page background

Style

StandardClean

Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid.

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

Two pages: the empty grid with its word bank, and the filled answer. Every puzzle fits one way, checked by the same engine as our KDP studio.

## Want the whole book?

This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn it into a full Fill-in book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs.

[Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/fill-in/edit?from=fill-in&v=2&s=eyJkaWZmaWN1bHR5IjoiRUFTWSIsImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0)

Free to build · pay once to export

Preview

The skeleton with its word bank, and the filled answer.

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- Fill-in Easy

  5 GNOME · IGLOO

  6 GRATER · TURTLE

  7 ALABAMA · BUILDER · JASMINE · LANTERN · MERCURY

  1

  Puzzle
- Fill-in Easy · Solution

  5 GNOME · IGLOO

  6 GRATER · TURTLE

  7 ALABAMA · BUILDER · JASMINE · LANTERN · MERCURY

  2

  Solution

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

## 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

1. Start 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.
2. Work the crossings. Every white square where two slots meet must hold the same letter in both words, which rules most candidates out fast.
3. Cross words off as you go. Each word is used once. Strike it from the list when placed, so the remaining choices shrink.
4. Let 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.

## Making a whole fill-in book?

This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP fill-in maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-fill-in-maker) generates hundreds of graded puzzles from a themed word bank, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.

## More printable fill-in puzzles

- [Medium fill-in](https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in/medium)
- [Hard fill-in](https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in/hard)
- [Large fill-in](https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in/large)
- [Fill-in puzzles for kids](https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in/for-kids)
- [Fill-in puzzles for beginners](https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in/for-beginners)

[See every printable fill-in](https://www.oncebooks.com/fill-in)

## Questions

**Are these easy fill-in free to print?**

Yes. Generate the puzzle above and print it with its answer, at no cost and with no sign-up.

**Does every puzzle fit one way?**

Yes. Every puzzle is generated and checked so the word bank fits the grid exactly one way, verified before it prints. The answer is on the second page.

**Can I make a fill-in book to sell on KDP?**

Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. The KDP fill-in maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles from a themed word bank, at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.