TickWords

words.Scan a specification document for key facts, and get a ‘fill in the blank’ style crossword using only text extracted from the document.Work directly from the educational clue database: you can just pick a subject, set a difficulty level and the number of words, and then press generate.Don't get bogged down in jargon: load a scientific publication, and get a summary crossword of just the obscure terms used. Then do that crossword before reading the publication.Features:Automated crossword creation. Supports: PDF, DOCX, ePub, HTML, Markdown, RTF, ODT, LaTeX and TXT.Spaced-repetition based follow-up crosswords using the same principle that makes flashcards effective.Generate random crosswords on any subject.Solve it on screen, or print it out.6 hours of study music composed by Joel Steudler: 150 tracks of lo-fi, piano, acoustic, ambient and zen.400+ pre-made crosswords across 38 subject areas.Changeable backgrounds to suit your study mood.A database of 2.7 million unique words and terms, with multiple clues for each: a total of 11.4 million possible clues.Get help when needed: letter by letter hints, and flag words you need to revisit in follow-up crosswords.Runs on your own computer, no AI subscription, just the one-time purchase.I was a university lecturer for over 10 years, and created this to fill a gap in how students revise textbook content. I wanted an education focused data-mining tool for inspecting textbooks, notes, and course materials. I combined that with spaced repetition and crossword generation to offer a relaxed way to do revision.The software is particularly well suited to terminology heavy subjects such as medicine, anatomy, law, biology, languages and geology.Using crosswords for study is a very obvious thing to do, so why didn’t it already exist?General crossword creation tools can only create crosswords by choosing words from a large dictionary. Creating puzzles using only specific words is quite difficult, and most crossword generators can't do it.Text-mining techniques can find key terms without using generative AI, but they were not built to help students. I created new methods specifically to detect concepts worth revising.