CompuCrissCross
A challenging crisscross word game. 12,000-word dictionary allows the creation of more than 2 billion unique puzzles. Although similar to crossword puzzles, CompuCrissCross blanks are not numbered. There are no clues. The only hints are the way the blanks intersect and the number of letters in... The puzzle is completed when all the words have been successfully placed. ... Drag and drop words from the word list into the appropriate spaces in the puzzle. ... To remove a word from the puzzle, drag it away and drop it elsewhere, or double-click the word to send it back to its original...
http://compunac.homestead.com/files/criscros.zip - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Puzzle generator
The puzzle generator software is an educational/teaching tool. It generates puzzles and other worksheets that could be used as class activity. This program makes teachers' life easy. Sometimes when kids are bored the puzzle game can warm them up and become an ice breaker. ... The program includes a built-in puzzle collection and also large vocabulary list with about 4000 words which are categorized into the groups. ... However you still can add new words and if you already have a word lists it's possible to import them into puzzle database.
http://puzzleservice.com/downloads/puzzle.exe - 795Kb - Download - Screenshot

Dougs Word Search
Create and play your own customized word search puzzles or download puzzles (by the author and other users) from the web directly into the program. Play it "On-Screen" or "On-Paper". Play your puzzle on-screen by dragging circles around the hidden words or print it out and play it on paper. ... Print puzzles with a background picture representing the subject of your puzzle. ... Features include a built-in spell checker, the ability to pre-seed words, optional timer, optional hints and sounds, multiple paper sizes and print preview.
ftp://ftp.famcal.com/dwssh.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Word Search Construction Kit
Word Search Construction Kit is a great tool for educators, students, publishers, corporate trainers and puzzle enthusiasts to quickly produce professional looking puzzles. Just enter the words, select a puzzle shape and page layout, and press a button to generate the puzzle. ... Features: Spell check in 8 different languages, 50,000 word thesaurus for help in generating clues, Create puzzles in different shapes using included shapes or Design your own, Organize puzzles by category, Manually fit in additional words, Optionally include clues, Scramble the word list, Use clues instead of...
http://www.wordsearchkit.com/download1/wsksetup.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

Word Link
Word Link is an interesting variation of a word search puzzle. The objective of the game is to find as many words as possible from a letter grid. Improve your vocabulary by forming words from given letters by linking them. Only adjacent letters can be linked to form 3 letter to 7 letter words. ... The maximum number of possible words from the given set of letters are given as a goal. ... Try to find all words taking your own time, or in arcade mode you can go through 10 levels of increasingly difficult puzzles.
http://www.yoogi.com/demodwn/wlink_setup_v1.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Animated Words
A spelling program for children from pre-school through first grade. The child is helped to match the word with it's picture. When the word is correctly matched, pieces are added to a puzzle; after five correct words the puzzle becomes animated. Guessing what the puzzle will be and do is half...
ftp://ftp.a-direct.com/adds/wordsw.zip - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

WordHide
Based on a word game popular for many decades, WordHide can hide a list of words in a random square of letters, placing the words vertically, horizontally, diagonally-- both forward and backward-- creating a puzzle on the screen as you watch! You can create and save any number of your own lists... so they can try to solve your custom-made puzzle using a special list of words just for them! ... WordHide is especially appropriate in an educational environment as an effective learning tool that students find interesting and entertaining.
http://www.radsoftware.org/evals/rad-wh.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Ultimate Word Search Puzzler
Ultimate Word Search Puzzler (puzzler. exe) allows you to create many different variations of the popular word search puzzle for print out, play on your computer, and as web pages. With Ultimate Word Search Puzzler you can create and save your own word lists, control the directions words appear... These editors are so powerful that you can create and save shaped puzzle grids in a varriety of colors. ... You can turn your word search puzzles into colorful pictures that add a whole new dimension to your puzzles.
http://www.qwerks.com/download/6317/Puzzler17.exe - 715Kb - Download - Screenshot

Puzzle Player
Puzzle Player allows users to solve puzzles created with Crossword Construction Kit or Word Search Construction Kit on their computer. Trade puzzles with friends, family and colleagues or download puzzles from our Puzzle Connection web site. Puzzle Player is a less expensive alternative for... Install Puzzle Player on workstations to allow students, employees, family and friends to solve the puzzles. ... Puzzle Player is a fun way for others to solve the great puzzles you create. ... Timers and sound effects can be utilized to enhance the experience.
http://www.puzzleconnection.com/puzzleplayer/download1/pzplay.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

PuzzLex
Crossword Solver. PuzzLex will help you to solve a wide range of word-based puzzles, such as crosswords, incomplete words, anagrams, multiple-word anagrams, and Countdown. Use the integrated Crossword Grid or simply type in the known letters of a word representing any unknown letters with a... (Evaluation version only allows access to words up to 8 letters in length) You can add and delete words, create your own lexicons, or import one from other sources. ... The program will search its comprehensive lexicons of words and phrases to show a listing of all possible matching words.
http://www.nbentley.co.uk/puzzlex6/puzzinst.exe - 10Mb - Download - Screenshot