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NEW

Verbatrix are pleased to announce the imminent release of version 1.1 with a huge increase in the number of features in the Educator Plus and Creator Plus versions of GridForge Studio, and a new Ultimate Educator tier. All this and discount prices held!

For more information see the 'For Educators' and 'For Creators' sections, or the comparison chart.

MASSIVE DISCOUNTS - END SATURDAY 28th MARCH,
12 MIDNIGHT GMT

Version 1.1 Release: Late February 2026

Your Puzzle, Your Way

Stop making word searches. Start creating interactive art, best-selling puzzle books, and powerful educational experiences. GridForge Studio is the professional, all-in-one suite that puts you in complete creative control.

GridForge Studio is not just a puzzle generator; it's a complete creative ecosystem. Whether you're an educator shaping young minds or a creator building a publishing empire, we have a version tailored for your success.

One Tool. Infinite Possibilities.

For Educators

Create differentiated, pedagogically sound worksheets that go beyond simple word searches. From phonics practice to anti-cheating classroom sets, build the exact resource you need in minutes.

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For Creators & Publishers

Design beautiful, unique puzzles that stand out and sell. Leverage different cell styles, custom shaped puzzles and advanced visual tools to dominate the Amazon KDP and Etsy markets.

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For Digital Innovators

Transform your puzzles into fully playable, interactive HTML5 experiences. Embed them on your website, blog, or in your digital learning environment to engage your audience like never before.

Unmatched Word Control

Use up to 8 distinct wordlists, each with its own directional rules.
Assign words to cognitive categories based on their direction.
Challenge users by removing vowels, initial, or final letters from words.

Flexible Exports

Export to PDF, PNG, and SVG with transparent backgrounds.
Generate playable HTML5 puzzles for interactive web content.
Create grids of any size, from a compact 5×5 up to a massive 60×60.

Your Instant Linguistic Powerhouse

GridForge Word Library - not just a dictionary; it’s a linguistic engine.
Fully tagged and searchable lists including Fry, Dolch, New General Service List (NGSL), New Academic Word List (NAWL), and the latest research-based Children's Picture Book Sight Words list.
Classroom-Ready: Instantly filter for phonetic patterns (CaC, CCVCe) or curriculum lists. Find the exact words you need for your phonics lesson in seconds.
Fully Extendable: Add your own words, definitions, images, and context sentences. GridForge grows with you.

Your Imagination is the Only Limit

Unrivalled Versatility: Choose from over 25 unique element types. From anagrams, morpheme trees, and image matching to jumbled sentences, spelling die, and grapheme removal—you have the power to create the perfect activity
Seamless Integration: Every element is intelligently linked to the Word Library. Drag in a "synonym" element, and GridForge populates it. Drag in an "image" element, and instantly choose from a library of diverse and inclusive clipart
Design with Freedom: Forget rigid templates. Drag, drop, resize, and arrange elements to design beautiful and effective layouts. Create visually rich materials that your students will love

Innovative Puzzle Modes

Paired word lists: link words from different lists
'How Many?' mode: Count multiple instances of the same word in a single grid.
Automatically generate a series of unique puzzles from a single word list.

Lightning-Fast Workflow

Drag-and-drop to load word lists, images, masks, and full project setups.
Automatically sorts and links bilingual vocabulary pairs on import.
Saves all your settings, including masks and images, for easy reuse.

Know Your Text Before You Teach It

Visualise Complexity: With a single click, generate beautiful, exportable graphs for Rolling Readability, Fry, and Raygor estimates. Instantly see how difficulty changes from one paragraph to the next.
Go Deeper Than the Score: Get a precise breakdown of any text against key vocabulary lists (new Dolch Words, Fry, CPB, NGSL etc.). Instantly see the percentage of high-frequency words and get a targeted list of challenging words that need pre-teaching.
You Control the Data: Fine-tune your analysis with adjustable bands for ranked word lists, and instantly see word repetition counts to identify key vocabulary.
Report and Share: Export all statistics and graphs as clean text files and high-quality images. Perfect for documentation, departmental planning, and student reports.

Your Workflow, Transformed

For the Individual Teacher: Imagine this: you find a chapter from a book for next week's lesson.

Paste it into the GridForge Text Analyzer. Instantly, you see the readability profile and a list of challenging, high-frequency words
Create a dedicated Collection in your Word Library containing only the words from that chapter
In the next 20 minutes, you create:
- A beautifully shaped wordsearch using key vocabulary, with a thematic image as the background.
- Two differentiated worksheets: one focusing on definitions and images for struggling learners, and another with morpheme word sums for advanced students.
- An interactive cloze exercise removing all the verbs, which you upload to your class website.

Advanced Customisation

Create shaped puzzles using SVG or bitmap masks, with a built-in editor.
Style your grid with square or circular cells and adjustable padding.
Use any Google Font, or even convert fonts to outlines for custom styling.

Radical Accessibility

Built-in support for BSL and ASL fingerspelling fonts.
Create puzzles using Braille font to introduce the script to sighted learners.
True bilingual support automatically links paired vocabulary items.

More Than Just Missing Words

Grammar in Focus: Don't just remove random words. Choose to remove a percentage of nouns, verbs, adjectives or other PoS to create powerful, grammar-focused activities.
Not Just a Gap Creator: Use the unique word relacement features to create different types of challenge
Letter Pattern Literacy: Choose to remove graphemes or punctuation, not just full words
Interactive Learning: Export your cloze exercises as interactive HTML files for use on tablets, whiteboards, or in remote learning environments.

Multiply Your Team's Creative Power

Your department is starting a new topic on "The Rainforest."
Create a master collection in GridForge Studio: One teacher takes the lead. They spend an hour adding topic-specific vocabulary, high-quality images, and age-appropriate definitions.
Export this Collection: a single file and a zip folder of images is shared with the team.
Everyone else imports the file. Instantly, their GridForge Studio is populated with the same rich, curated content.
Every teacher can create their own unique worksheets, wordsearches, and activities, all drawing from a consistent, high-quality, and pre-approved foundation
Build a shared, ever-growing library of your school's best resources