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Scrabble Names Poster
Family names crossword-intersected on scrabble tiles — rendered exactly on canvas (perfect spelling, free) with an optional AI polish pass.
At a glance
Everything you need to know
Exact canvas render — free
The crossword is solved and drawn locally: exact letters, exact crossings, real scrabble point values, exact caption. Free and instant — misspellings and extra tiles are impossible by construction. Toggle AI polish (1 credit) to add texture and atmosphere — the exact tiles and caption are redrawn on top afterwards.
The source layout, exactly
The default: JAMES horizontal, RACHEL crossing its shared A, OLIVIA crossing RACHEL's shared L, LUCAS crossing OLIVIA's shared A — dark reddish-brown wood tiles with white letters and real point values, white hearts + snowflakes, and "The William Family / 2026" in elegant white script.
8 holiday scatter themes
Christmas (hearts + snowflakes), Valentine’s, Halloween, Easter, Celebrations, Autumn, New Year, and Birthday — one tap swaps the scatter, the matching palette, a themed watercolour scenic backdrop (snowy pines, rose sunset, moonlit night, spring meadow, firework sky, autumn forest, starry night, birthday sky), the solid background, and a themed caption (Merry Christmas!, Happy Halloween!, With All Our Love…).
21 scatter elements
Fine-tune any theme or build your own mix — plus a Watercolour backdrop chip row (None + the 8 scenes) under Background — hearts, snowflakes, bats, pastel eggs, fireworks, maple leaves, confetti, balloons, gold stars, and more.
Script + year caption
Elegant script below the tiles ("The William Family" default × 13 presets incl. the holiday greetings) with the year in a slightly bolder sans-serif (2026 default × 4 + None) — and **colour chips for both lines** (Auto, White, Cream, Black, Gold, Red, Burgundy, Sky, Pink, Sage; Auto = white on dark backgrounds, dark on cream).
Your names, crossword-arranged
Add as many names as you like — the first runs horizontally across the top; each following name has **crossing controls**: pick which earlier name it crosses, then pick the shared letter from chips showing only letters both names actually share. Each name also has a **direction toggle** — the base picks horizontal or vertical (rotating the whole board); others pick Auto ⟂ or an explicit direction (colliding picks fall back to perpendicular automatically).
5 tile styles × 5 art styles
Classic dark wood (default), honey oak, vintage cream, midnight black, chalkboard — × Warm Digital Illustration (default), Textured Woodcut, Clean Vector, Watercolour Sketch, Vintage Print — × 6 backgrounds and 8 palettes.
Start here
Holiday scatter themes
One tap sets the scatter, palette, background, and caption — then fine-tune any of them.
- Christmassmall white hearts · snowflakesMerry Christmas! · deep forest green
- Valentine'ssmall red hearts · small pink hearts · tiny rosesWith All Our Love · rich burgundy
- Halloweensmall white pumpkins · bats · tiny starsHappy Halloween! · warm, near-black
- Easterpastel eggs · tulips · butterfliesHappy Easter! · soft cream
- Celebrationsstars · sparkles · fireworks burstsCelebrate! · deep navy blue
- Autumnmaple leaves · acorns · tiny pumpkinsThankful & Together · deep, warm charcoal-brown
- New Yeargold stars · confetti · champagne bubblesHappy New Year! · deep plum purple
- Birthdayconfetti · balloons · birthday candlesHappy Birthday! · deep navy blue
Art styles:
- Warm Digital Illustration
- Textured Woodcut
- Clean Vector
- Watercolour Sketch
- Vintage Print
8 themes
Christmas · Valentine's · Halloween…
Every chip
Tiles, caption & scene
Tile styles:
Script presets · year presets:
Backgrounds:
JAMES · RACHEL@A · OLIVIA@L · LUCAS@A
Shared-letter crossword on wood tiles
The scatter pool
Mix any elements
Every theme is just a starting point — tap any mix:
21 elements
Pick any mix, or None
Walkthrough
How to use Scrabble Names Poster
Enter your names
The William family default (JAMES, RACHEL crossing its A, OLIVIA crossing RACHEL at the L, LUCAS crossing OLIVIA at the A) — add, edit, or remove names; each crossing is yours to control.
Pick a holiday theme
Christmas (default), Valentine’s, Halloween, Easter, Celebrations, Autumn, New Year, or Birthday.
Choose the tiles
Classic dark wood (default), honey oak, vintage cream, midnight black, or chalkboard.
Fine-tune the scatter
Tap any mix of the 21 elements — or None for a clean board.
Write the caption
Elegant white script + the year, with preset chips for both.
Build
Background + palette + ratio (1:1 default) → Build Poster (free) — or tick AI polish for one restyling pass (1 credit).
Tips
Good to know
Intersections need shared letters. Each name crosses a previous one at a letter they share — names with no letters in common with the others will still render, just less woven.
Themes set scatter + palette together. Picking Halloween swaps in pumpkins, bats, and stars AND the Halloween Night palette — then you can override either independently.
Spelling is guaranteed by construction. The tiles are drawn on canvas from your list — the AI never draws letters; in polish mode the exact tiles are simply redrawn on top of the restyled scene. Every name is sent letter-enumerated (“RACHEL” = 6 tiles: R, A, C, H, E, L) with a critical no-extra-letters clause, so the board spells your names exactly.
Names render upper-cased on the tiles, exactly as spelled in your list; the caption is quoted verbatim (and covered by the spelling guard too).
Credit cost — same as a standard generation.
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