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by ekorbia
4 days ago
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I'm working on xword-pipeline: https://github.com/ekorbia/xword-pipeline It's a pipeline for generating dense crossword puzzles with a Rust grid fill engine and optional Claude based clue writing and QA processes. I use it to generate the crossword puzzles on https://wordfuzz.com/. The quality is already good for smaller (5x5 and 9x9) puzzles. I'm working on improvements for larger 15x15 NYT style puzzles. I'm also working on Ekorbia: https://github.com/ekorbia/ekorbia-desktop. It's a lightweight, MIT licensed, Rust/Tauri desktop app for private local LLMs with a prompt library, chat overlay, ephemeral chat, model comparisons, and folder/RSS/URL watches. The builds are unsigned but you can build it yourself to avoid the warnings. It has a bundled engine on macOS and requires an OpenAI-compatible server on Windows/Linux. Any feedback would be appreciated. |
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Looks like we actually exchanged a bit of conversation on this a while back:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45097346
I think you've done a good job improving on the clue's specificity. As I mentioned in that thread, part of the deep satisfaction of solving a crossword puzzle is the specificity of the answer. It’s far more gratifying to fill in something like “shortwave” than “radio,” or “gallium” instead of just “metal.”
I attempted (over a decade ago at this point) to manage word types using frequency corpuses to help ensure a healthy balance of specific vs filler answers with varying degrees of success...
Small bit of feedback:
On the 9x9 puzzle for Sunday 2026-07-19, one of the three-letter clues was “Cook of Apple fame.” I don’t think this is much of a spoiler, but the answer in the puzzle was WOZ, referring to Steve Wozniak. However I’ve never heard anyone call him a cook. It's made even more confusing because there is a Cook at Apple, aka Tim Cook who took over as CEO after Steve Jobs.