# Anybody know of any online acrostic puzzles?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710 "2006-01-26T16:17:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/1 "2006-01-26T16:17:06Z")

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For quite some time I have been visiting [E-crostic Software’s](http://www.ecrostics.com/) website on a daily basis, spending a fun half-hour or so working the latest puzzle. But here lately the new puzzles aren’t coming out daily. Sometimes weeks go by with nothing new.

Do any of you have other sites like this with online acrostic puzzles to work without having to use pencil and paper?

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/2 "2006-01-26T17:32:27Z")

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It may not sate your addiction for long, but [All-Star Puzzles](http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/) has a mini-crostic section. I believe it’s updated twice a week.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/3 "2006-01-26T17:39:02Z")

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> [@Kizarvexius](#):
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> It may not sate your addiction for long, but [All-Star Puzzles](http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/) has a mini-crostic section. I believe it’s updated twice a week.

Thanks! Look fun and something to keep me busy for a while.

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**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/4 "2006-01-26T22:28:21Z")

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Not an acrostic, but I like the offerings at [crickler.com](http://crickler.com) they have an enigma puzzle, daily fill-ins for news and crossword and a pretty cool vocab puzzle.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/5 "2006-02-11T00:42:14Z")

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> [@Kizarvexius](#):
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> It may not sate your addiction for long, but [All-Star Puzzles](http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/) has a mini-crostic section. I believe it’s updated twice a week.

Those were fun! Got myself caught up and am jonesing for more. Any more sites like this one?

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**Author:** ![kiernan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@kiernan7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiernan7)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/6 "2011-01-21T05:11:37Z")

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I’ve just recently made a web version of ECrostics.

Free website with over 1,700 free acrostics to play or print. Even a cell phone version!

> **[NetCrostics](http://netcrostics.com)**
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> NetCrostics - The website that allows you to play and print over 2,000 Acrostic puzzles for FREE.

– John Kiernan

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/7 "2011-01-21T12:07:13Z")

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> [@kiernan7](#):
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> I’ve just recently made a web version of ECrostics.
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> Free website with over 1,700 free acrostics to play or print. Even a cell phone version!
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> [http://netcrostics.com](http://netcrostics.com)
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> – John Kiernan

Magnificent! You’re one of my heroes from the OP site. I see you have puzzles by some of my other favorites, too. Now I have something to do for the next few weeks!

Thanks for the link and welcome to SDMB!

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**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/8 "2011-01-21T12:24:45Z")

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Awesome! I love crostics! Are there any magazines dedicated strictly to these fun puzzles?

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**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/9 "2011-01-24T05:26:31Z")

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In the words of Darth Vader: “This is all too easy!” Link: [Acrostics.Org.](http://www.acrostics.org/)

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**Author:** ![kiernan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@kiernan7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiernan7)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/10 "2011-01-26T05:00:02Z")

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[Acrostics.org](http://Acrostics.org) seems to me to be a dead website. Nothing much there.

– John

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**Author:** ![eshevin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@eshevin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eshevin)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-any-online-acrostic-puzzles/341710/11 "2013-01-27T18:51:44Z")

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I’ve recently started a new site, [The Acrostic Connection](http://www.acrosticconnection.com). I hope you enjoy it.
