I wonder how hard this is, I thought. I know—I'll try to make a 4x4 puzzle for
It turned out to be a little tricky, and I covered many pieces of scrap paper with words and almost-words. I eventually had a few successes. (I tried to make a 5x5 grid, but I found it frustrating and I gave up.) After a weekend of making little 4x4 puzzles, I decided I should share them with everyone, and built a javaScript application that mimics the Play Four! Java applet so that you can play them online:
4x4 Puzzle Game
I can't promise that the puzzles themselves are very good—in fact, I used one word that was mentioned in the "creating crossword puzzles" chapter under the "if you used any of these words, GIVE UP and STOP making puzzles" section—but let me know if the application works properly, or if I botched any of the puzzles.
And go see Wordplay and look for