Puzzle Solver

Puzzle Solver is a screenshot solver tool. Puzzle Solver reads photos of word searches, sudoku grids and crosswords with OCR, lets you correct the extraction, then solves them with puzzle-specific AI. One free credit is available daily, with prepaid credit packs for more.

Puzzle Solver is a web tool that turns a photo of a puzzle into a solved, interactive grid. It covers three formats: word searches, sudoku grids and crossword clues. Instead of typing a puzzle in by hand, the user uploads an image, and optical character recognition reads the letters, numbers or clues before a solver built for that specific puzzle type takes over. The workflow has three stages. A photo is taken or a file is dragged in, or chosen with the regular file picker. The tool then shows what it extracted so mistakes can be corrected before anything is solved, which matters because a misread digit in a sudoku or a wrong letter in a word search grid would otherwise spoil the result. After the solve button is pressed, found words are highlighted in the grid or missing numbers are filled in. For crosswords, the solver proposes several candidate answers for each clue and says it can handle both standard and cryptic styles. The audience is mostly casual solvers who are stuck on a printed puzzle, parents and teachers checking worksheets, and hobbyists who want a quick answer key. A free example can be tried first, and the first photo solve requires no account. Access runs on credits: one free credit is available per day, with two one-time packs for heavier use. Credits in the paid packs do not expire and no subscription is involved, which suits people who solve in bursts rather than daily. Among alternatives, Puzzle Solver sits between generic chatbots that can read an image but often misplace grid cells, and single-purpose sudoku or crossword helper sites that require manual entry. Its focus on three puzzle families and an editable review step makes it narrower than a general assistant, but more dependable for the specific job of reading a grid from a picture. Users who want broader puzzle types, offline use or an app should look elsewhere, since the homepage describes a browser-based service only.