The purpose of Cross+A is to simplify the solution of crosswords, word-based puzzles, anagrams, criptorithms and nonograms.

Cross+A is a useful application which provides very flexible and powerful search tools. User can search English words by known letters and descriptions as well as find anagrams and word-combinations.

Cross+A uses a dictionary of 158000 English words (part of them - with descriptions). User can add new words, delete and change descriptions or copy them to the clipboard.

Cross+A has a nonogram editor for the puzzle creating. Cross+A contains the list of English proverbs and sayings.

This is a multilingual version of the popular Russian program Cross+A by Sergey Kutasov and Ilya Morozov. It uses a dictionary of 158000 English words (part of them - with descriptions). User can add new words, delete and change descriptions or copy them to the clipboard. Cross+A also includes the list of English proverbs and sayings. The lists of words for other languages are available for downloading.

Here are some key features of "Cross+A":

· Search by Letters
· Search word by known length and letters.
· Anagram Search
This mode has two special options:
· Descending" Search
· Search for all words that can be created from the text letters.
· For example, for the word option the program will find the words list: point, piton, top, into, tip, etc.
· Ascending" Search
· Search for all words that include all letters of the text.
· For example, for the word element the program will find the words list: settlement, development, experimental, acknowledgement, electromagnetism, etc.
· Search by Description
· This search mode is used when some words in the target word description are known.
· Search by Pattern
· Search with use of special wildcard characters.
· Word-combination Search
· The program tries to create word-combinations using the text letters.
· For example: incredible = nice + bridle.
· Telephone Number Search
· The program finds word equivalents for the telephone numbers. Telephone number digits are substituted by letters written on telephone set buttons.
· For example: 728-74-68 = PATRIOT.
· Search by Syllables
· The program creates words using syllables from the user's list.
· For example: at,be,e,for = ate, beat, bee, before, fore.
· Coupling Words Search
· Search for pairs of words where the first word ending is equal to the second word beginning.
· For example: ?????(gen)???? = PATHOGEN and GENESIS.
· Trackword Search
· Search for words, which can be made by moving from letter to letter horizontally or vertically in the grid.
· Cryptarithm
· Cryptarithm is an mathematical puzzle involving words where there is a one-to-one mapping between letters and digits that makes the arithmetic equation true. For example: MOTHER+FATHER=PARENT => 196753+286753=483506.
· Word-chain Search
· Search for chains of words, where every word differs from its neighbors by one or few letters. For example: FLY - FAY - FAT - CAT.
· Nonogram Solving
· Solve black-and-white and multicolored nonograms (griddlers). User also can create his own nonogram.
· Sudoku Solving
· 9 x 9, 16 x 16, Sudoku X, Geometry Sudoku (Kikagaku Nanpure), Godoku (Wordoku), Samurai Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Greater Than Sudoku, Even-Odd Sudoku, Flower Sudoku, Consecutive Sudoku.
· Kakuro Solving

Requirements:

· el Pentium 200 MHz (2.0 GHz recommended)
· 32 MB RAM (64 recommended)
· Screen resolution 800 x 600 (1024 x 768 recommended)

Limitations:

· The unregistered version allows to use only a part of English words database (words with 6 letters length) and solve nonograms not larger than 20 x 20. In order to have access to all database it is necessary to register the program.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New kinds of sudoku
Solving of puzzles:
· Hidato
· Numbrix
· Shikaku
· Creating of hidato and numbrix