How to create Secret Word and Letter Hint puzzles with Puzzle Maker Pro - Secret Word Column

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This tutorial shows how to create Secret Word and Letter Hint puzzles with Puzzle Maker Pro - Secret Word Column.

The main tutorial for Crossword Variations shows all the steps and information that applies to all the different puzzle types.

Introduction

Secret Word Column is an acrostic Crossword puzzle where a list of words is printed, and one column contains a secret word.

There are many different types of Secret Word and Letter Hint Crossword puzzles. Secret Word Column is the name we give to the type of Secret Word Crossword where a list of words is shown, and a single 'secret' word can be found in one of the columns.

Secret Word and Letter Hints Settings

For Secret Word Column puzzles, the "Secret Word" option is always enabled, since this is the main characteristic of the puzzle.

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/9BhHyojE8q/Secret-Word-Column-Default%20.png (Secret Word Column Puzzle Screenshot)

Additionally, you can add "Alphabet Hints", which will make the puzzle easier to solve:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/ACCXtPsVgu/Secret-Word-Column-Letter-Hints.png (Secret Word Column with Letter Hints)

In this screenshot you see a different puzzle, and all the small numbers in the puzzle. Each number corresponds with a single letter. The numbers are randomly assigned to the letters, so each puzzle will have a different key.

Image Options

When you use the additional image options (for social media images, etc), you can specify which information is used for the image title and description:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/sgIsI2L3iE/Secret-Word-Column-Image-Settings.png (Secret-Word-Column-Image-Settings)

For both the Title Description you can use the Word Set Title, Word Set Description, Secret Word Description (Clue) or a Custom word or phrase.

How to create Secret Word and Letter Hint puzzles with Puzzle Maker Pro - Secret Word Column

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