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genxword is a crossword generator written in Python

It creates a crossword from a list of words and clues, or just words, in a text file, and it outputs a crossword with clues in pdf format, and / or the crossword in png / svg format together with a text file containing the word bank and clues.

How to format the word list file

Some examples of how to use genxword

• genxword word_list.txt n

The above command uses the word_list.txt file to produce png versions of the empty grid and the key and a text file containing the word bank and clues.

• genxword -n 40 very_big_word_list.txt p

This command uses the very_big_word_list.txt file to produce A4-sized pdf versions of the empty grid with the clues and the key with the clues. The '-n' option allows you to decide how many words are used from your 'very big word list' file. The default is 50.

• genxword -a -o "Monty" python_words ls

In this case, the '-a' option means that genxword is being run non-interactively. It is using the 'python_words' word list file, and it will produce letter-sized pdf versions of the empty grid and key, with clues, and svg versions of the empty grid and key, together with a text file containing the word bank and clues.

For more information about all the options available, please consult the man page.