Sympathy Crossword Construction is software that allows users to create crossword puzzles with ease. It includes TEA Crossword Helper for improved accuracy and efficiency.
If you're looking for a tool to create professional crosswords for the web or for print form, Sympathy is the solution for you. This crossword puzzle software has numerous features that assist compilers in creating quality crosswords. Its flexibility in terms of grid drawing and puzzle layout makes it perfect for crossword publishers. Sympathy can support US style fully checked, diagramless, blocked, Italian style and barred grid puzzles. Start the crossword by either using a stock grid or by creating a bespoke grid. The software allows you to fill the grid using any one of four different techniques, and check the construction and fill quality using statistics. The integrated dictionary and thesaurus help compilers look up words or define them online without leaving the software. The cryptic clue helper or Wordplay Wizard assists in creating clues and their explanations. Export the puzzles in various formats for publication or print them directly from the software. Add HTML for the crosswords as well, with the grid in HTML or bitmap formats like JPEG and PNG.
Another feature-packed software for crossword puzzles is TEA. Packed with over 900,000 words and phrases classified by familiarity, it lets you see the most likely answers first. TEA is faster and more convenient than traditional books like crossword completers, dictionaries, or keys. It solves anagram clues, finds crossword answers, and helps with other word games such as Scrabble and Countdown. Its letter variables help to solve cryptograms and find unusual properties of words like palindromes. Punctuation matching finds phrases and hyphenated words, and macros find vowels and consonants. Logical operations successfully combine patterns in useful ways. The software also has a built-in dictionary and thesaurus with over 180,000 definitions and 130,000 citations. It integrates with web browsers to look up words using internet search engines. Save results to file, copy to clipboard, and print them from TEA. For Scrabble, Literature, and Language lists, the software comes loaded with helpful lists, including Word List Merge and Dictionary Builder tools to add your own word lists. For the command line version, TEA can be used in scripts.
Another feature-packed software for crossword puzzles is TEA. Packed with over 900,000 words and phrases classified by familiarity, it lets you see the most likely answers first. TEA is faster and more convenient than traditional books like crossword completers, dictionaries, or keys. It solves anagram clues, finds crossword answers, and helps with other word games such as Scrabble and Countdown. Its letter variables help to solve cryptograms and find unusual properties of words like palindromes. Punctuation matching finds phrases and hyphenated words, and macros find vowels and consonants. Logical operations successfully combine patterns in useful ways. The software also has a built-in dictionary and thesaurus with over 180,000 definitions and 130,000 citations. It integrates with web browsers to look up words using internet search engines. Save results to file, copy to clipboard, and print them from TEA. For Scrabble, Literature, and Language lists, the software comes loaded with helpful lists, including Word List Merge and Dictionary Builder tools to add your own word lists. For the command line version, TEA can be used in scripts.
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