Bible crosswords: getting started with À la croisée
A free mini Bible crossword every day. Learn how clues, crossings, timing and hints work in À la croisée, with practical tips for your first puzzle.
A clue brings a Bible story to mind, but the name stays just out of reach. Then a crossing letter makes it click. That is the appeal of a Bible crossword: combining remembered stories with the information already on the grid.
À la croisée offers a free daily mini crossword with six or eight words. It opens in a phone or computer browser, with no app to install. You can start today’s crossword or use this guide to understand the clues, shared letters and optional hints first.
A crossword, rather than a word search
A word search asks you to spot answers already hidden among other letters. In a crossword, you supply the answers yourself. Each clue describes a person, place or another Bible reference. The number of cells gives the word’s length, and across and down answers share letters.
Instead of scanning a block of letters, you connect a clue to a memory and check whether the answer fits. In À la croisée, a correct word turns green and locks. Other guesses remain editable until they are validated, so an early idea does not have to become a permanent commitment.
Start with a clue you understand
Press “Lancer la partie” to begin. After the countdown, the timer starts and the clues become available. Tap a cell to select a word. At a crossing, tapping again changes direction; the direction button also helps you move between words. You can type with the on-screen keyboard or a computer keyboard.
Do not feel obliged to solve the first clue immediately. Look for a familiar context: a journey, a meeting, an object or a town. An answer connected to a story is a stronger starting point than a name chosen only because it has the right number of letters.
- Read the whole clue. A person can appear in several events. A small detail may distinguish the intended answer.
- Check the length. A plausible idea that does not fit the cells needs reconsidering.
- Use confirmed letters. Green letters belong to validated words and give you reliable evidence.
- Move on when needed. Another crossing can settle a doubt more effectively than repeated random guesses.
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What a crossing actually tells you
Imagine an example unrelated to today’s puzzle: you cannot recall a place, but recognize an object from the same story. If those answers cross, completing the object supplies one letter of the place. It is not the whole solution, but it narrows your options and lets you read the difficult clue with fresh information.
A letter you just entered is not automatically correct. In À la croisée, validated green words lock their letters. An unfinished answer can still need editing. Accents and diaereses are ignored; names are entered without accents in the grid.
Understand the timer before you begin
The timer cannot be paused. Switching tabs, closing the page or returning later does not stop it. Start when you have an uninterrupted moment. There is no maximum time forcing you to finish, but your final time determines the daily ranking.
The Indice button reveals and locks one useful letter in the selected word. It adds five seconds to the result and becomes available again after five seconds. A hint can be helpful when it opens a new line of thought. If your aim is to discover Bible words, finishing with help can be more enjoyable than remaining stuck on an unfamiliar clue.
The puzzle ends automatically once all words are found. The lowest final time, including hint penalties, leads the daily ranking. Monthly rankings compare completed crosswords first, then the lowest combined time. A streak of consecutive days gives no scoring bonus.
Follow an answer back to its story
Clues draw on the 66-book Protestant canon and Louis Segond 1910 references. After a win, the answers include Bible references. Revisit a passage that made you hesitate: who meets this person, why does this place matter, and what happens before or afterward?
Remembering a word in context makes it more meaningful than a string of letters. You can still keep the experience light: every crossword does not have to become a study session. When sharing a result, leave out the solutions so other players can enjoy the same challenge.
Daily puzzles, missed days and saved progress
A new crossword arrives at midnight, Paris time. Published days from the current month remain accessible in the menu. A catch-up win can count once toward that month; it does not change today’s ranking or your streak. Reopening a crossword already started preserves its elapsed time.
You can begin as a guest. Optional Google sign-in lets you access your progress and join the leaderboards with a nickname. Each game has its own progress, so a crossword result does not become a result in another puzzle.
Choose your next daily Bible puzzle
The free daily solo games page compares three ways to play. Dans la Bible asks you to identify a person, place or event by comparing characteristics. Its Bible deduction guide explains how to learn from each guess.
Quel verset ? displays a passage and gives you five guesses to find the book, chapter and verse. The verse reference guide explains its color clues. Neither of these games uses a response timer, making them options for a break that may be interrupted.
For group play, discover REMEZ ! and its three guessing rounds or the full Bible games selection. For a puzzle of your own, open À la croisée and let the first answer lead you to the next.
