Questions and answers

Crossword AI is a free website that generates crosswords and scanwords in English, Russian and Armenian. An AI model writes the words and clues natively in each language, code builds the grid, and each device only gets words it hasn't seen before.

Yes. Every crossword and scanword is free to play — no account, no sign-up, no subscription and no ads.

No. There is nothing to sign up for. Your progress, your settings and the list of words you've already seen are kept in your browser, on your device.

It is an independent project by developer Michael Navasardyan: puzzles that read as if a local author wrote them, in Armenian, Russian and English.

A crossword lists numbered clues beside the grid, Across and Down. A scanword prints each clue inside a grid cell, with an arrow pointing to where its answer goes — the format puzzle magazines across Russia and Armenia are full of.

There are three sizes. A classic crossword fills a 9×9, 13×13 or 15×15 grid with roughly 8–14, 16–24 or 22–34 words, then is cropped to the words it holds. A scanword uses an 8×10, 10×13 or 13×17 grid — taller than it is wide, because most are solved on a phone.

Easy uses everyday words with direct definitions. Medium draws on a broader vocabulary. Hard brings rarer words and clues that make you think twice.

Twelve: everyday words, nature, animals, food & drink, geography, history, science, sport, arts, home & everyday, professions and local culture — or mix them all in one puzzle.

Not on the same device. It remembers up to 4,000 words per language — about 130 puzzles' worth — and leaves them out of every new puzzle; only after that do the oldest drop off the list. Clearing your browser's site data starts the list over.

Google's Gemini model writes words and clues directly in each language, following a style guide by native speakers. Code then checks every one — the right alphabet, one real word, a fair clue that doesn't give the answer away — and a second AI pass acts as an editor. Anything that fails is dropped, never patched. The grid itself is built by code, not by the AI.

Open the ⋯ menu above the grid and choose “Report a clue”. Once three different players report the same clue, it is retired and never appears again.

On a computer, just type: even if your keyboard is set to English, the keys type the puzzle's letters in their usual places, so there is no layout to switch. On a phone or tablet, the puzzle's own keyboard appears below the grid, and the system keyboard never covers it.

Yes. Check marks wrong letters in one cell, one word or the whole puzzle, and Reveal fills in a letter, a word or everything. Turn on “Check as I type” in the settings to see mistakes the moment you make them.

In Armenian puzzles ու and և are single letters and each fills one cell, as in printed Armenian crosswords; the on-screen keyboard has both, and typing ո then ւ joins them into ու. In Russian puzzles Ё is written as Е, as in printed crosswords.

Yes, automatically, as you play. “My puzzles” lists the last 30 puzzles on your device, so you can pick up exactly where you left off.

Yes. Crossword AI installs from your browser like an app (on iPhone: Share → Add to Home Screen). Every puzzle you open is saved with your progress and keeps working without a connection; only new puzzles need the internet.

Yes. Tap Share above the grid to copy the link, or send it through WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, X, VK or email. Your friend gets exactly the same grid and clues.

Yes. The grid works fully from the keyboard and with screen readers: every cell is labeled, the active clue is announced, and checks and reveals are read out. Wrong and revealed letters are marked by shape, never by color alone.

Very little. Your puzzles, progress, settings and seen-word list stay in your browser. The server stores the puzzles that are created (so a shared link opens the same grid), clue reports with a one-way hash of the IP address, and anonymous solve counts. No names and no profiles.

No. Only puzzle settings — language, topic, difficulty — and lists of words go to Google's Gemini models, never anything about you.