Hard fill-in
A hard fill-in is a bigger grid with more words of each length, so you lean harder on the crossings. It still fits exactly one way, printed on page two.
A bigger grid holds more words to place. Every puzzle fits exactly one way.
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Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid.
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.
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The skeleton with its word bank, and the filled answer.
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.
Making a whole fill-in book?
This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the KDP fill-in maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles from a themed word bank, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF.
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Questions
- Are these hard 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.