Acrostic Crossword Puzzles

In-app purchases
4.3
446 reviews
10K+
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Teacher Approved
Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

Acrostic puzzles, also known as Anacrostics and Double-Crostics, are like crossword puzzles with a bonus prize. The app includes 50 quality puzzles from Acrostica, Acrostics by Cyn, Lovatts, PuzzlesPenny Press and Puzzle Baron. Your goal is to reveal a hidden quote in a grid by correctly answering crossword-style clues. This combination of crossword and cryptogram will stretch your brain with an entertaining workout. Each letter in the quote is linked to a letter in one of the clue answers. As you fill in more and more answers, more letters will begin to fill the quote grid, until eventually the entire quote is revealed. You can also do this in reverse. As words of the quote become clear, they will fill in the clue answers!

Designed for fast and easy play, Acrostic Crossword Puzzles 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.

Acrostic Crossword Puzzles 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 publisher or try something different. These will provide HOURS and HOURS of fun!

If you like word games, crosswords or cryptograms, acrostic puzzles 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, www.puzzlebaron.com and lovattspuzzles.com.
Updated on
Jul 31, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
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Data is encrypted in transit
Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

4.3
324 reviews
Jeff Davis
February 6, 2022
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.
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Egghead Games LLC
October 28, 2021
Hi, I'm sorry this is happening. I was not aware of it. Do you mind emailing [email protected] with a screenshot of this? I'm having trouble reproducing it and would like to get it fixed :( I agree that it must be extremely frustrating!! Cheers, Michael
Jennifer Andall
April 23, 2024
Edit: Bug was fixed very quickly and my purchases were still there. This really is my favorite game and the publishers handle the problems well. I used to love this app, but I had to uninstall it because it stopped working. I'm really annoyed that I bought a pack of puzzles and won't get to play them because the app keeps crashing.
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Egghead Games LLC
April 14, 2024
We've fixed the app in version 3.2.11, available now. Please update and you should be good to go, and any previous purchases will be restored. Sorry about the problem. Fortunately we were able to fix it within 24 hours.
Rebecca Boyce
September 15, 2020
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!
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What's new

Six new Penny Dell Volumes. A new design for the "Congrats" page that doesn't truncate long quotes and shows your timings more clearly along with other statistics. These can all be disabled if you prefer a more zen-like playing experience.

Contact us anytime with questions or suggestions. We love to hear from you! Email: [email protected].

Cheers, Michael & the Egghead Games team