NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell

NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell

The New York Times Company · 4.8 ★ · FREE

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Description

Play with friends, compete and connect in Crossplay, the first 2-player word game from NYT Games that blends socializing and strategy. Play distraction-free and build words with letter tiles. Use built-in tools to learn, improve and win, or simply enjoy the challenge of this multiplayer game.

App Features:

PLAY
• Take turns placing letter tiles on a shared word game board.
• Build words and rack up points with easy-to-play, focused gameplay.
• No in-app ads. Focus on your word game strategy.

CONNECT
• Easily play word games with friends and family.
• Share strategies and friendly banter with in-game chats.
• Grab your letter tiles and go word-to-word in this multiplayer game.

COMPETE
• Start a friendly competition and climb the leaderboard.
• Play multiple word games against friends or random opponents simultaneously.
• Get matched up with equal opponents.

IMPROVE
• Get tips from Cross Bot after every 2-player game and computer game.
• Spell and sharpen your word game skills against the computer.

LEARN
• Expand your vocabulary with the word of the day and a built-in dictionary.
• Check your game history and review your thewords you made on the game board.

STATS
• Track your progress and lifetime stats, including wins and losses, average scores, longest words and more.

BY DOWNLOADING THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSPLAY APP, you agree to:
• The New York Times Privacy Policy: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/privacy-policy
• The New York Times Cookie Policy: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/cookie-policy
• The New York Times California Privacy Notices: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/california-notice
• The New York Times Terms of Service: https://www.nytimes.com/content/help/rights/terms/terms-of-service.html
• Crossplay Acceptable Use Policy: https://help.nytimes.com/35116654771220-Crossplay-Acceptable-Use-Policy

Developer

What's New

Version 2.16.0 · May 27, 2026

This version contains improvements to keep Crossplay running smoothly. Have feedback? Email us. nytgames@nytimes.com

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.8

170,403 ratings

N/A downloads

Google Play

4.7

14,118 ratings

500,000+ downloads

5★
85%
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10%
3★
2%
2★
1%
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2%

Recent Reviews

leah ireland

Google Play

Addicted to this game. Love it 🥰

Jun 1, 2026

Darcy Kovacs

Google Play

an addictive, challenging, and fun game to play against friends and family!

Jun 1, 2026

E83063

App Store

Great game and fun to use

It’s like playing words with friends but without the slop. Great UI, lots of little features, and no pop ups, micro transaction, or stupid challenges

Jun 1, 2026

Cheryl R.

Google Play

I absolutely love Crossplay! It keeps my mind sharp while helping me relax. I enjoy the strategy of finding and connecting words, especially when I can use double and triple word scores with high-value letters. Every game is a fun challenge that makes me think creatively. I also love playing against different people and being able to communicate with them. It's the perfect mix of fun, strategy, learning, and social interaction! 😊

May 31, 2026

Jonnieray

App Store

Typical moron programmers

When you get a bunch of H1B morons to build a game, this is what you get: a ripoff of a working game, except it no longer works. Made up words that work; existing words that don’t work…yeah; this is what happens when you pretend that taxi drivers have degrees and can code.

May 31, 2026

Lindsay Meeks

Google Play

A basic Scrabble clone. Needs dark mode terribly. Would like the chat feature to bridge games. Nice that there are no distracting sounds or animations.

May 31, 2026

Melanie Hicks

Google Play

Good on the phone but the app doesn't work correctly on tablet.

May 31, 2026

VAnTN

App Store

Questionable dictionary

This game is great to play with my adult kids, however it allows strange, obscure words and doesn’t allow some normal words. Most recently, I tried to play TILDE and it was not allowed. My daughter played a word that even in the game didn’t have an actual definition provided.

May 31, 2026

Cookingwithmud

App Store

Great app

It’d just like scrabble but better

May 31, 2026

Don in Fort Collis

App Store

Just fun

Fun , fast game with few annoying ads.

May 31, 2026

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