Play a Crossword on the Big Screen
Use Crossword to fill in a crossword together on the TV. You read the clues, residents call out the answers, and the grid fills in for everyone to see. Play as one group or in teams.
The grid on the TV is the same as the printed one, with the same numbers, so residents with a printout can fill theirs in as you go.
Start a Game
- Open any crossword with 5 or more clues
- Click Play, then Crossword
- Choose None to play as one group, or 2, 3 or 4 teams and give them names
- Click Let's play!
How to Play
Pick a clue. Click it in the list, or click any of its squares in the grid, and read it out. Its squares light up so everyone can see how long the answer is. Picked the wrong one? Click Not this clue.
Someone calls the answer. Click Got it. Playing in teams? The game asks Which team got it? Click the team that called it and the answer writes itself in, in their colour. Pressed Got it by mistake? Click Wrong answer? Go back.
Playing as one group? There's nobody to choose, so the answer goes straight in.
Stuck? Click Give a letter to fill in one letter, and again for the next one. Letters from answers that cross it help too. Still stuck? Show answer writes it in with no point.
The team with the most answers at the end wins.
Handy for Hosts
Letters too small for the back of the room? Use the two A buttons at the top to make them bigger or smaller. The game remembers your choice.
Gave the point to the wrong team? Undo last answer takes it back out of the grid.
Running out of time? Finish the game takes you straight to the scores.
Closed the page by accident? Open the game again and choose Carry on to pick up where you left off.
On a keyboard, use the arrow keys to move through the clues and Enter for Got it. Press L to give a letter, and a team's number to give them the point. Esc backs out of a clue you picked by mistake.
Sound is on to start. Turn it off with the speaker button at the top.
The game plays the whole crossword, as printed. Crosswords with more than 40 clues are too big for the screen, so split them into two.
For tips on getting games onto your TV, see Playing Games and Videos on Your TV.
Have fun! x
