license

spread the word(list) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

you’re welcome to use spread the word(list) in a product you’re offering free of charge, with attribution. let us know: we’d love to hear about it!

talk to us

feedback? success stories? resources we’ve missed? something we need to add to our blocklist? email us at spreadthewordlist at gmail dot com

we are especially interested in knowing about any grids you’ve used our wordlist for that are published or blogged! we would love to add them to our gallery.

follow Brooke Husic (she/her) on twitter or bluesky and check out her crossword blog

check out Enrique Henestroza Anguiano (he/him)’s blog

acknowledgements

we are grateful to:

  • Saul Pwanson for maintaining xd.saul.pw

  • Peter Broda for doing the good work for way longer than we have been at peterbroda.me/crosswords/wordlist

  • Amanda Rafkin, David Steinberg, Erik Agard, and Paolo Pasco for their high standards at the Universal and USA Today crosswords

  • Parker Higgins for his puz file downloader

  • Jim Horne of XWordInfo for astrological advice

  • our intrepid beta testers, especially Ada, Adam, Jinghua, Matthew, Nate, Rachel, and Will