PUZZLE Converter

Extract text from Crossword files (PUZZLE)


Drop or upload your .PUZZLE file
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How to extract text from your PUZZLE file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PUZZLE file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert PUZZLE to another file type

To convert PUZZLE Crosswords to another format, you need Crossword or other Game software.

Convert a file to PUZZLE

To convert other file formats to the "Crossword Data File" file type, you need software like Crossword or a similar tool.


About PUZZLE files

A .puzzle file is a crossword puzzle data file typically associated with software by Stand Alone, Inc. or generated as an XML export from Crossword Compiler. Unlike the industry-standard PUZ (Across Lite) binary format, this file uses structured XML text to define the grid layout, clues, answers, and metadata. Users often encounter these files when exporting puzzles for specific mobile apps or archiving their crossword collections. The main challenge with .puzzle files is their limited compatibility; most generic crossword solvers and desktop programs like Excel cannot interpret the XML structure to render a playable grid. Furthermore, users without the original Stand Alone Crossword app often find themselves unable to print the puzzle or access the clues. For accessibility and wider use, we recommend converting these files to PDF for printing and solving on paper, or to TXT/XML to extract the clue data for use in other applications.

Convert.Guru analyzes your PUZZLE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PUZZ, SCU and ATK files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PUZZLE file to , you can use Crossword or similar software from the "Crossword Puzzle Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to PUZZLE, try Crossword or another comparable tool in the "Crossword Puzzle Data" category.



The PUZZLE Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PUZZLE converter.