The reverse crossword puzzle
Crosswords,
turned inside out.
ScrivLo gives you the words. You find where they land. Drag tiles onto a free 8×8 board, discover the words that form whenever letters touch, and clear the grid to keep the game alive.
| B | O | A | R | D | ||
| AART +20 | ||||||
| R | ||||||
| T |
BOARD crossed ART — now ART scores as its own word too.
How a turn plays out
No clues, no blanks — just words to place and a board to fill.
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01 — PLACE
Drag a word onto the grid
Pick any word from your tray and set it anywhere on the open 8×8 board — across or down, wherever it fits.
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02 — DISCOVER
Watch hidden words appear
Wherever your letters touch an existing word, new words can emerge. Every valid sub-word scores its own bonus — unplanned placements pay best.
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03 — CLEAR
Keep the board breathing
Cross two words and the connected group clears. Build a cluster of four or more and it clears too. Stay ahead or run out of room.
What makes it different
ScrivLo flips the crossword — instead of solving, you're building.
Build, don't solve
Classic crosswords give you a blank and a clue. ScrivLo gives you the answer — finding where it belongs is the puzzle.
Unexpected bonuses
Every placement can accidentally spell something new. Those emergent sub-words score automatically — sometimes your best plays are surprises.
Free placement
Parallel adjacency is legal. Pack words tight, side by side or stacked — the board rewards density as long as everything spells out.
Two ways to clear
Cross two placed words and the cluster evaporates. Grow four connected words and they clear too. Each clear unlocks fresh space and a scoring streak.
A real game,
in progress
STATS crosses ART to score both words simultaneously. UPBY waits in the tray. The right placement here could chain a clear and open the whole left side of the board.
Every session plays differently — words are drawn fresh, and the board evolves move by move.
The board
Paper-textured cells on a sage green frame. Clean, tactile, and easy to read at a glance.
Be there on day one
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