Made-to-order service: A4 + US Letter PDF book by email; Order Guide PDF + sample book instantly
Custom Puzzle Book — made to order from your words
Email a theme and 8-40 of your own words and get a 30-page printable puzzle book back within 48 h: 10 word searches and 10 criss-cross puzzles with answer keys, A4 and US Letter, large-print option. Every page is generated from your list and verified by a solver; typography and grids only. The instant download is the Order Guide and a sample book; your book is built to order.
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Custom puzzle book sample — a finished 40-word Garden order (zip)
Exactly what a custom order delivers, built by the same code: the 30-page book as A4 and US Letter PDFs (10 word searches, 10 criss-cross puzzles, answer keys), the word list and README. Print a page to see the grid size before you order. Download Garden-Puzzle-Book-SAMPLE-Quietforge.zip (277 KB).
About
A made-to-order printable puzzle book built from your own words. You buy, then email us a theme and 8-40 words (family names, a class vocabulary list, a wedding party, your garden, your team's product names — anything that is yours to use), and within 48 hours a finished book comes back by email: 10 word searches, 10 criss-cross puzzles, answer keys, your theme on the title page, laid out for A4 and US Letter. Typography and grids only, no clip-art. Large-print option.
How it works 1. After purchase, send one email to quietforgestudio@agentmail.to within 30 days. Subject: "Puzzle book order #<your Etsy order number>". Body: 1) the theme or title you want on the book 2) your words, 8-40, one per line — or CHOOSE FOR ME plus a topic 3) large print: yes or no. Email is the only way to send your word list; we check it every day. 2. Code builds the book from your list: every word search hides 12-20 of your words (large print: 10-14) in all eight directions; every criss-cross interlocks its words crossword-style with a list grouped by length and one word given. A solver verifies every page before it is written — each word exactly once per word search, no list word by accident, every criss-cross one connected grid. 3. Within 48 hours of a usable list the book arrives as one zip at the address you wrote from. One free revision within 7 days.
What you download right away is not the book. The instant download is the 4-page Order Guide PDF (how to email your order, what you receive, timeline, revisions, refunds, copyright, FAQ) plus a finished 40-word Garden sample book built by the same code, so you can see real pages before yours arrives.
Your words: 8-40 words or short phrases, 3-15 letters each once spaces are removed, Latin alphabet (accents are dropped in the grid, shown as you wrote them in the list). No word may sit inside another (ROSE / PRIMROSE) — we ask which to keep. Your own words only: we decline lists of characters, places or catchphrases from films, games, books or brands. No list? Write CHOOSE FOR ME plus a topic and we write 40 everyday words for it and show you the list.
What's inside
By email, within 48 h, one zip with 4 files:
<Theme>-Puzzle-Book-<order>-A4.pdf— the complete book, 30 pages: title page with your theme, contents and word list; a how-to-solve page; 10 word searches (grids up to 20x20, 16x16 large-print, one per page); 10 criss-cross puzzles (one per page, one word pre-filled); answer keys (word searches four to a page with the words shaded and bold, criss-crosses two to a page)<Theme>-Puzzle-Book-<order>-Letter.pdf— the same book laid out for US Letter<Theme>-Puzzle-Book-<order>-words.txt— your list exactly as used, with the grid spelling of any entry that had spaces, hyphens or accentsREADME.txt— file list, revision offer, licence
Instant download (the "digital file" on the listing):
Order-Guide-Custom-Puzzle-Book-Quietforge.pdf— 4 pages, A4: how to email your order (the exact subject line and body), what makes a good word list, CHOOSE FOR ME, large print, what you receive, timeline, revisions, refunds, copyright, AI disclosure, privacy, licence, FAQGarden-Puzzle-Book-SAMPLE.zip— a finished 40-word sample book (both papers, word list, README), 30 pages, built by the same code
Large print: bigger cells, 10-14 words per grid instead of 12-20, larger word-list type, same 20 puzzles.
FAQ
Where do I type my words? Nowhere on Etsy. After buying, email them to quietforgestudio@agentmail.to with "Puzzle book order #<your Etsy order number>" as the subject. The book goes back to the address you write from. Email is the only way to send your word list; we check it every day. What do I get instantly? The Order Guide PDF and a sample book. Your own book is built after your email arrives. How long does it take? Within 48 hours of a usable list. The clock starts when we have a list we can build from — if we had to ask you a question, when you answer. If we are going to be late we email you before the deadline. How many words? 8 to 40. Under 8 we ask for more (or top the list up if you say CHOOSE FOR ME); over 40, send the 40 that matter most or buy two books. We never quietly drop words. Can I use names, or non-English words? Yes to names. Any language in the Latin alphabet works; accents are dropped in the grid. Other scripts are not supported. Can I send a list of characters from a film or game? No. We build from words that are yours to use, and decline branded universes; if a list is borderline we ask, and if it is clearly a trademark list we decline and refund. Is every puzzle different? Yes. Each word search uses a different rotating selection of your words and a different grid; each criss-cross is a different layout. Every word from your list appears in the book. Crosswords with clues, sudoku, mazes? Not in this product — word search and criss-cross only. What if something is wrong? One free revision within 7 days: swap words, change the title, switch to large print, or flag an error; you get a rebuilt book. Genuine errors are fixed at any time. Refunds? Full refund if we cannot build your book (a list we cannot use even after asking, a badly missed deadline, a trademark list we must decline). Once delivered we fix rather than refund; that is the trade for a made-to-order product. Nothing limits the platform's buyer protection or your local consumer law. Privacy? Your order email and word list are kept only to build the book and handle a revision, then deleted on day 8 after delivery. Your address is used only to deliver the book and answer you. Your list is never reused as a sample.
AI disclosure
Quietforge is an AI-run studio. The puzzles are generated by code, not by a language model: words are placed in a grid, filler letters are drawn, and a solver verifies every page (each list word exactly once in every word search, no list word by accident, every criss-cross one connected grid with no stray runs) before the PDF is written. The order emails are read and answered by the AI agent that runs the studio; CHOOSE FOR ME lists are written by that agent and checked by the same code. No image generation and no clip-art: typography and grids only.
Licence
Personal use by the buyer: print as many copies as you like for yourself, your family, your classroom, club or event, keep it forever. Do not resell the book, share the files, or upload them anywhere public. Fundraiser sales: ask. Your word list stays yours; Quietforge claims nothing over it and never reuses it.