Gridz

About Gridz

Gridz looks like a crossword but has no clues. The only thing you know is the shape of the grid, and the job is to find letters for every white square so that each run across and down is a word. Without clues the puzzle becomes one of deduction: which word can sit here and still let the crossing words work?

The keyboard helps you along. It highlights the letters that belong in the word you are filling, so you are choosing from a small set rather than the whole alphabet. If you get stuck you can check or reveal a letter, a word or the whole grid; correct letters turn green and wrong ones red.

There are three sizes each day. The Mini is a small five by five grid, the Main is the standard puzzle and the Mega is a large board. Puzzles ramp up from Monday to Sunday, so Monday is a warm-up and Sunday the hardest. A results page records your Main solving times by weekday, and arrows let you go back to earlier days.

It suits crossword players who enjoy the grid more than the clues, and fans of clueless word grids like Knotwords.

How to play Gridz

1. Open Gridz and choose Mini, Main or Mega for today.
2. Tap a square and look at the keyboard, which highlights the letters in the word you are filling.
3. Type or tap letters so the word across and the word down both work.
4. Switch between Across and Down with the direction button and move with the arrows.
5. Fill every white square to finish, using Check or Reveal if you are stuck.

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Tips

• Start with the shortest words and the corners, where fewest words can fit.
• Use the highlighted keyboard letters to rule out words before you type them.
• Play the Mini first on a hard day; it warms you up for the Main and Mega.

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