How to create a puzzle or activity book
This shows you how to create an activity book filled with puzzles — word searches, mazes, crosswords, sudoku, and 22 other puzzle types — each with auto-generated answer keys.
Before you start
- You need credits (1 credit = 1 puzzle page).
- Puzzle books work best at 20-50 pages.
Steps
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Click New Book from the sidebar.
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Tell Rosie you want a puzzle book. Example prompts:
- "A dinosaur puzzle book for kids ages 6-8, 30 pages"
- "An adult activity book with word searches and cryptograms, 40 pages"
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When Rosie asks for details, select Puzzle Book or Activity Book as the type.
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Choose your puzzle mix — how much of each puzzle type appears:
- Pick a preset (Balanced, Word-heavy, Maze-heavy, Visual-heavy, Math-heavy)
- Or use the manual sliders to set weights for each of the 26 puzzle types
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Set age-appropriate options:
- Age range affects difficulty and which puzzles are available.
- Some puzzles (Cryptogram, Word Ladder, Diamond Math) require reading ability and are hidden for ages 3-5.
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Confirm and generate. Puzzles are created in batches of 4 pages at a time.
What to expect
A completed puzzle book where every puzzle is uniquely generated (not pulled from a template library). Each puzzle includes validated solution data, and the exported PDF automatically includes a full answer key section at the back.
Common issues
Some puzzle types didn't appear Puzzle selection is weighted random. If you set a type to weight 10 among 26 types, it may not appear in a short (15-page) book. Increase the weight or the page count.
Generation is slower than coloring books Puzzle generation involves additional quality validation (crossing ratios, solvability checks, deduplication). A 30-page puzzle book typically takes 5-10 minutes.