Arkadium's Fill Ins
Rate itA crossword without clues: fit each day's list of words into the grid.
Every day: A new fill-in grid each day, picked by date from Arkadium's puzzle feed, so every player gets the same grid that day; Arkadium tells players to come back each day for a new one. New puzzle: Once a day; the game does not say at what hour.
Arkadium's Fill Ins is a free daily word puzzle in the browser. Instead of clues you get the answers, sorted into Across and Down lists, and the job is to work out where each word goes from its length and the letters it shares with its neighbours. A reveal button helps when you are stuck.
About Arkadium's Fill Ins
Fill Ins is one of Arkadium's word games, played free in the browser on arkadium.com with ads, and also carried on game portals such as azgames.io under the name Daily Fill Ins. Arkadium describes it as a classic variation of the crossword without any clues, and asks players to come back each day for a new one.
Each puzzle is a crossword-shaped grid with a list of words beside it, split into Across and Down. Every word in the list fits somewhere, and the only question is where. You start from a word whose length matches just one slot, place it, and its letters then decide which words can cross it.
The game picks its puzzle by date, so everyone playing on a given day gets the same grid. A reveal button at the top right shows a letter or a word if you get stuck, and the Arkadium page keeps a leaderboard for the game.
It suits crossword players who enjoy filling a grid but want a puzzle that is all fitting and deduction, without needing to know the answers to clues.
How to play Arkadium's Fill Ins
- Open the game and look at the Across and Down word lists beside the grid.
- Find a word whose length matches only one slot in the grid and place it there.
- Use the letters it puts in place to decide which words fit the slots crossing it.
- Keep placing words until every word on the list is in the grid.
- Use the reveal button if you are stuck on a letter or a word.
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Tips
- Start with the longest words or a length that appears only once: they have the fewest places to go.
- Cross words off as you place them, and count how many of each length are left.
- When two words of the same length could fit a slot, look at the letters the crossing words need.
Questions
Is there a new Fill Ins puzzle every day?
Yes. Arkadium asks players to come back each day for a new fill-in crossword, and the game loads its puzzle by date.
How is a fill-in different from a crossword?
A fill-in gives you the answers instead of clues. You only have to work out where each word goes.
Is it free?
Yes. It plays free in the browser with ads; Arkadium also sells an ad-free membership.
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