Acrostics Crossword Puzzles
Designed for fast and easy play, Acrostics lets you concentrate on solving the clues without all the erasing of pencil and paper solving. The result is pure puzzle solving fun with no ads or distractions!
Advanced play features include automatic grid updating and indexing, see related cells, multi-level undo, remove errors, and hints. A wide range of difficulty levels will challenge beginners and seasoned players alike.
Acrostics includes more than 50 additional puzzle packs available for purchase, each for about the price of a mocha java caramel swirl Frappuccino. Pick your favorite author or try something different. These will provide HOURS and HOURS of fun!
If you like word games, crosswords or cryptograms, acrostics are a fun way to exercise your brain!
Quality Software by Egghead Games. Contact us at [email protected] or www.eggheadgames.com. We stand by our products and will happily refund your purchase if you’re not completely happy.
This app contains puzzles licensed from: www.acrostica.com, www.acrosticsbycyn.com, www.pennydellpuzzles.com and www.puzzlebaron.com.
Category : Word
Reviews (30)
A few minor UI issues. (Ex.: why do we have to open the onscreen keyboard EVERY TIME we play? why doesn't the app prevent overwriting an already-entered letter, a la the NYT crossword app? etc.) But on the whole, I love this rich collection and really enjoy working through each puzzle.
They vary from not to tough to fairly difficult, depending on your experience. As a 63 year old life long crossword fan, they are challenging enough for most. Not so simple that they aren't fun while not being impossible to solve. One of my favorite apps.
I had problems with the app (it wouldn't open) I cleared the app cache & it started working again. I love these puzzles! I've been doing these for years & had to give them up after 2 surgeries on my right hand (I can't write very long anymore) Penny press is my favorite thank you! Now that I can get them on my phone I can finally do them again. The price for the volumes is very reasonable. (Almost half the cost when ordered by mail). I hope you keep them coming I do lots of them!
Great app, challenging acrostics. My favorites are from Acrostica; I have a large vocabulary, so it's an unexpected pleasure to find as many as eight words I've never seen in a single Acrostica puzzle.
Worth the two bucks. Some of the starter puzzles nastily hard, but overall a good mix. Play with the display to get your preferred version- mine is having the key visible in the middle.
the customer service was fast and very friendly with helping me get a refund on this game. the only reason i didnt like this game is because it was different from the ones in the brain games book. also im not good at crossword type puzzle clues.
There's a good range of puzzle difficulty in the starter pack, but the extra puzzle packs after the initial 4 (for a total of 40 puzzles) can be a bit too steep.
No surprise so many 5 stars ratings. The devs are *right on it* with the tiniest suggestion for improvement. Emails have been answered at 2 in the morning. --I've loved all these games in mags for decades, but they are so much better electronically. No wasted time erasing or filling in squares. This is the only dev mags like Penny Press/ Dell will license to present their puzzles as an app, because of their super high standards. $2.99 each for new volumes is cheap for hours of fun.
I would give 5 stars, but it would be nice to be able to go back into the puzzle to see all of the answers. Also, it seems odd that I have to exit the game to get the next group of puzzles. But otherwise, very well done and fun to play.
this app is pretty good if you enjoy acrostics but is hard to work with on a phone screen. acrostics need more room. if you have a tablet it would probably be much better.
Reinstalled on new Android tablet. It remembered the volumes I purchased, but did not remember that I had solved them. Now the home screen is cluttered with volumes waiting to be solved. Just a small nit.
One of my favorite puzzle styles, with an interface that produces easy play. Given good puzzle sources, this should be a winner.
Great puzzles! Love that you can go easiest to hardest, and the variety of puzzles available.
Sorry... I can't leave a review right now, I am too busy being addicted to this amazing acrostics crossword puzzle app. Go away now... I'm trying to figure out if "tinhorn" is actually a word and if it fits this definition.....
I love this app! So much more fun than plain crosswords, in my opinion. Wish the additional packages weren't so expensive :(
Love this game. The puzzles are challenging, creative, and satisfying.
Great fun. A few puzzles are too big to fit on the screen when keyboard is open.
Mixed experience. Some puzzles are very challenging while others are easy
Love the themed puzzles. It makes them more solvable. Keep releasing new puzzles.
So much fun! Good mental workout without the constant pressure to empty your wallet!
I enjoy these acrostics! Good mix of puzzles. The ads are not intrusive.
So satisfying. I with there were more acrosticon apps or even books.
I had to reinstall acrostics on my new tablet and lost all my purchased puzzles and the app won't open.
overall fun and well done. wish there were more free puzzles but I enjoy it
Enjoyable puzzle game with samples at various difficulties.
These are good and challenging!! I have always loved acrostics!
CynAcrostics volume 5 came out in print. I hope to see it become available in the app soon.
I love acrostics, and this has several levels of difficulty.
I love puzzle games. Puzzles are challanging.
If you complete the puzzle but there is an error - usually due a typo - you get a message that the puzzle is not solved correctly. That is fine. However, that message counts as a "hint" and cost you an trophy icon. Very very frustrating when I complete the puzzle without hints and I get penalized anyway. The message that is isn't correct doesn't point out where the error is, so not a hint. *Update* I figured out what happens is that the cells to enter in letters is so close to the lightbulb it is very easy to accidently hit the lightbulb hint. Frustrating but not a huge problem since you don't unlock anything or gain any benefit by not taking hints.