Robo Crosswords
Robo Crosswords is a free, open-source crossword puzzle app for Android. It was forked from Shortyz Crosswords by Robert Cooper.
Robo Crosswords is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3. See the file COPYING.html for the license text.
Robo Crosswords was formerly known as Words With Crosses, until in 2017, I was demanded by Zynga to change the name. This app has never been associated with or related to Zynga or its app Words With Friends.
If you'd like to support the continued development of Robo Crosswords, please donate. This is a side project of mine done in my spare time, outside of my day job.
Download Robo Crosswords on Google Play
Features
- Automatic download of over 20 different daily, weekly, and monthly puzzles
- Download .puz and .jpz files from the web or from your email
- Supports circled letters appearing in some puzzles
- Optional puzzle timer
- Optional hinting feature to reveal letters, words, or the whole puzzle
- Supports phones and tablets running Android 1.6 and higher
Puzzle sources
- American Values Club xword
- Andy Kravis, Cruciverbalist at Law
- Brendan Emmett Quigley (manual download required)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- CRooked Crosswords
- Crossword Nation
- Daily Record
- Der Standard (thanks to Wolfgang Groiss!)
- Erik Agard
- Ink Well Xwords
- Jonesin' Crosswords
- Joseph Crosswords
- Los Angeles Times
- Muller Monthly Music Meta
- New York Times (paid subscription required)
- Premier Crosswords
- Sheffer Crosswords
- Stan Newman's Newsday Crossword
- Universal Crossword
- USA Today
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post (aka CrosSynergy)
- Washington Post Puzzler
License
Robo Crosswords is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Verion 3.
Third-party libraries