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Hoyle Word Games Demo

Solve crosswords and other word puzzles in Sierra's Hoyle collection, with clue lists, hints and a newspaper-style grid.

Sierra On-Line, 1999

Hoyle Word Games Demo gameplay

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Crossword time

Hoyle Word Games Demo

Pick a word game from the hub and play. The crossword offers full Across and Down clue lists and hints, and lets you reveal a letter, word or whole puzzle.

Click a clue or square, then type your answer. Press the spacebar to switch between Across and Down.

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Game archive

License
Maintainer-accepted freely distributed promotional demo
Rights holder
Sierra On-Line
Redistribution
Recorded as permitted

Permission

Hosting was accepted by the Systemless maintainer on 1 November 2026 under the policy for unchanged, freely circulated promotional demos. The unchanged demo appeared on period Macintosh magazine cover discs. The bundled documents contain no explicit redistribution grant or restriction. Preserve the complete unchanged archive and remove it if a rights holder objects.

Notes

PowerPC demo of Sierra's word-game collection. Only Crosswords and a few other games are playable in the demo.

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