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4 Tips to Improve Your Crossword Puzzle-Solving Skills

by ViraScoop December 3, 2019, 6:07 pm 620 Views

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Crossword puzzles have been around for decades now. It’s a hobby that will never grow old and some people even master it and enter tournaments for it. It helps in exercising your mind and memory, too. You get a lot more than just passing the time when it comes to solving crossword puzzles.

Solving crossword puzzles helps improve your problem-solving skills because this activity forces you to find different solutions and spot errors. It also helps enrich your vocabulary to enhance your language and spelling skills.

Crossword puzzles are for everyone. If you’re new at it, here are four tips to help improve your skills in solving crossword puzzles.

Don’t Overwhelm Yourself

Puzzle makers, like PennyDell Puzzles Company, offers a variety of crossword puzzle in different levels. When it comes to solving puzzles, you have to start with easier ones first before moving on to a difficult level. Huge newspaper companies like “The New York Times” start with easier puzzles that eventually increases in difficulty as the days go by.

Do not get discouraged if you cannot solve a puzzle during your first few tries. You will discover that as you go on, you will develop important strategies you can use for solving future puzzles.

Take Advantage of Google


You might think of this as cheating, but sometimes, you can come across a word you are completely unfamiliar with. There is no shame in trying to Google when answering a crossword puzzle, especially if you are just starting.

You can also try to ask your friends and family if they know the answer. The more heads you get into it, the wider the vocabulary will be. You also don’t always need to search for the answer itself because even a clue can get you far enough to get the right answer.

Remember the Words

Once you’ve come across an unfamiliar word that you’ve had extreme difficulty with solving, you should make sure to remember this word for future references. If you are not good when it comes to remembering, then list the word and the clue down so you can refer to it for your next crossword puzzle adventure.

Some words can appear in certain books and newspapers over and over, and it will be a great help if you could remember a few that’s been mentioned in there before.

Don’t Get Frustrated

It’s easy to lose your cool and become frustrated if you cannot think of or find the answer to a certain puzzle. This can become even more aggravating if you only have one more box left to solve.

However, you should try your best to remain calm and cool during the whole process. Getting discouraged and frustrated will get you nowhere, and if you want to ace this, then you should be patient when it comes to solving puzzles.

Just like what everyone says, practice makes perfect. This adage applies to solve crossword puzzles as well, so get your book today and start crossing out those clues and words.


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