crossword

Algorithm to generate a crossword

Given a list of words, how would you go about arranging them into a crossword grid? It wouldn't have to be like a "proper" crossword puzzle which is symmetrical or anything like that: basically just output a starting position and direction for each word. ...

PHP: Script for generating Crossword game?

I need an script for generating crossword game. I have a list of 8 words for which I wnat to generate a crossword game, let's say for 15 column and 15 row. I am not getting the concept of this problem. How to generate this using PHP ?? Can anyone tell me how to do that ?? ...

Java Crossword Application - what package to use?

Hi guys, I'm about to create a java crossword application but I am unsure of what packages to use to draw the crossword grid. I know you can manually draw grids with Graphics2D etc. but I'm not sure if this is the easiest way to do it as I'll need text fields in the grid squares. Anyone have any suggestions as to creating the crossword...

PHP-based Crossword Creator code

Possible Duplicate: PHP: Script for generating Crossword game? Does anyone know any PHP-based simple Crossword Creator API? Thanks in advance. ...

Generating all unique crossword puzzle grids

I want to generate all unique crossword puzzle grids of a certain grid size (4x4 is a good size). All possible puzzles, including non-unique puzzles, are represented by a binary string with the length of the grid area (16 in the case of 4x4), so all possible 4x4 puzzles are represented by the binary forms of all numbers in the range 0 ...

logics for crossword

I have a task to create a crossword, a specific one. All the answers are given, but their places are unknown. Program must read a file with board scheme like this : 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 S 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 S 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0...

Crosswords Puzzle Database or Web Service

Hi, I would like to obtain an existing db dump of a collection of crossword puzzles or a web service through which I can get one. Is any one aware of any web sites that provide you with free dumps? Thanks in advance John ...