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Puzzle settings

Objective

Understand the settings available for puzzle types

This page covers all the settings available for puzzle types.

Series-Level Management

Some puzzle-specific settings can now be managed at both the individual puzzle level (as described in this document) and at the series level. Series-level settings provide a way to ensure consistency across all puzzles of the same type within a series.

When a setting is configured both at the series level and the individual puzzle level, the individual puzzle setting takes precedence.

Publication settings​

These settings are available for all puzzle types.

Publication date and time​

This setting is available for all puzzle types.

Set when your puzzle becomes available to solvers. You can schedule puzzles to be published at a specific date and time in the future.

Behavior with different embedding methods:

  • Direct embedding: Visitors will see a 404 error if they try to access the puzzle before the scheduled publication time
  • Series picker: The puzzle will automatically become visible in the series picker at the scheduled publication time

Timezone​

Select the timezone for your publication date and time. This ensures your puzzle publishes at the correct local time for your target audience.

Dashboard display

The dashboard automatically converts all publication times to UTC for display. Contact us if you'd like the dashboard to show times in your local timezone instead.

Play settings​

Common settings​

Show start pop-up​

A pop-up with the puzzle title and start button will be shown, even if there is no start message.

Available in: Quiz, Word Search, Sudoku, WordroW, Word Flower, Kriss Kross, Picdoku, Wordoku

Show word lengths in clues​

Word lengths will be shown along with clues.

Available in: Crossword, Word Search, Kriss Kross

Hide clue list​

The clue lists will be hidden; only the grid and a single clue bar will be visible.

Available in: Crossword, Word Search, Kriss Kross

Clue display​

Choose how clues are displayed:

  • Media & Text: Image shown in clue list
  • Only Media: Image shown in clue list
  • Only Text: Text only, no images

Available in: Crossword, Word Search, Kriss Kross

Puzzle-specific settings​

Krazy Word Search: Add a twist to your puzzle and challenge players with these effects.

  • Rotate letters: Letters in the grid will be rotated randomly.
  • Scale letters: Letters in the grid will be scaled randomly.

Word directions: Control how words are placed in your word search grid by selecting which directions are allowed. This feature helps you create puzzles with specific difficulty levels or visual patterns.

Directions that go from left to right

Left to right →Top to bottom ↓Upward diagonal ↗Downward diagonal ↘

Directions that go from right to left

Right to left ←Bottom to top ↑Downward diagonal ↙Upward diagonal ↖

WordroW​

Dictionary enabled: You can disable the dictionary check for your WordroW if it is for some themed set of words like movie titles, or proper nouns.

Advanced settings​

Common settings​

Upload print PDFs​

This feature lets you upload your own PDF files—both blank and with solutions—that will be shown to users when they choose to print the puzzle. These PDFs will override the default PuzzleMe blank and solution print format. It's especially helpful if your PDFs have a custom layout or design that differs from the default print format.

Upload options:

  • Upload blank puzzle PDF
  • Upload solution puzzle PDF
File requirements

You can upload one PDF at a time. Each PDF should be less than 5MB.

Available in: Codeword, Crossword, Kriss Kross, Sudoku, and Word Search

Puzzle-specific settings​

Quiz​

Tags (separate with spaces): The tags typed here are used for assigning puzzle classification and metadata. For quizzes, each question can be assigned one or more comma-separated tags. The tags field in this panel will contain the tag-to-count specification, which decides the number of questions per tag that will appear in the quiz. The tag-to-count specification must be provided in the following format: <tag name>=<number of questions>

For detailed information about tag management, randomization, and question banks, see the advanced Quiz options documentation.

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