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xWords — Live Laravel Crosswords Platform

A hand-built crossword platform powered by Laravel 11. Crosswords are sourced from live APIs and third-party puzzle databases. Features include a custom CMS for puzzle management, a responsive solver UI, and optional user accounts. Visit the live site at https://xwords.power-nas.info/

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xWords — Live Laravel Crosswords Platform

Project Overview

xWords is a live, self-hosted crossword platform built with Laravel. It aggregates crossword puzzles from external APIs and curated sources, presenting them in a polished browser-based player interface. The site runs on a home NAS and is publicly accessible.

Key Features

  • Live puzzle ingestion from external crossword APIs and web sources
  • Responsive in-browser crossword grid player with keyboard and touch support
  • Full Laravel backend admin panel for puzzle review, editing, and publishing
  • Category and difficulty tagging for puzzle discovery
  • Clean, mobile-friendly UI built with Laravel Blade

Technical Highlights

Built on the latest version of Laravel with a MySQL database, served behind Nginx on a Synology NAS. The admin panel uses Laravel's built-in authentication and policy layer, keeping puzzle management secure without third-party CMS overhead.

Technology Stack
Laravel PHP 8.3 MySQL Blade JavaScript Nginx
Hosting & Infrastructure

Self-hosted on a Synology NAS running PHP 8.3, Nginx, and MySQL. Publicly accessible at xwords.power-nas.info with SSL/TLS. Managed and maintained by Eddie Power.

Site Status

This is a live production site. It handles real user traffic and data in a production environment.

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