Graham Bany
April 19, 2026
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4 min read
Prefer a bigger board? Open Word Wall full-screen in a new tab and hit F for projector mode.
Word Wall is a free classroom Connections game. Students see a grid of sixteen words and have to sort them into four hidden groups of four, exactly like the NYT puzzle, except the words are your vocabulary, your characters, your formulas, your dates. It runs in the browser on any projector or Chromebook, needs no account, and now lets you build puzzles right in the app instead of editing a spreadsheet first.
puzzle column and one file holds a whole unit. Jump to the next puzzle from the results screen.The fastest way is the Build a puzzle button inside the game: four rows, one per color, each with a category name, four words, and an optional note. Save it and it shows up in the library. Use Export library CSV to back up everything or move it to another computer.
If you would rather work in a spreadsheet, download the CSV template below. Each row is one word: word, group, difficulty, puzzle, note. Only word and group are required. difficulty (1 to 4) sets the color, puzzle lets one file hold several puzzles, and note is the explanation shown when the group is solved. Save it as a CSV and drop it on the game.
The best puzzles plant a decoy: a word that looks like it belongs to an easy group but actually belongs to a hard one (Jupiter looks like a planet until you notice the Roman gods). One decoy per puzzle is plenty for most classes.
Yes. No account, no sign-up, no ads. It is a single web page you can play here or download and run from a USB drive.
In the browser on the computer you built them on. Export the library to CSV to keep a copy or move it to your classroom machine, then drop the CSV on the game to load it.
Yes. Share the CSV (or this page and the CSV) and each student loads it on a Chromebook, tablet or phone. The board resizes for small screens.
Yes. A CSV with just word, group and difficulty still loads. Save any Excel template as CSV first; the game reads CSV only.
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