NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell

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4.6
11.9K reviews
Content rating
Everyone
1M+
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Everyone
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About this game

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.
• 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
Updated on
Apr 15, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 5 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
11.6K reviews
Marsha HT
April 1, 2026
This game nearly earns five stars, but it's buggy, causing my phone to overheat, drain the battery, and crash often—no issues with my other games except crossplay. I tried changing my game setting optimization to standard, battery save, and even put it in deep sleep mode. But as soon as I start playing crossplay, my phone gets very hot again, nothing works. My Samsung S25 Edge is a powerful phone, so this shouldn't happen. Very disappointing.
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Kat
March 30, 2026
Enjoying the app. The dictionary is an interesting one (not what I'm used to for Scrabble), but it's nice that you can look up words in the app. One complaint: the computer is too easy to beat, even on Hard. I have yet to lose, and only one game was even close. A higher difficulty option would be fun.
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Steve Ryan
March 31, 2026
Unusable. My wife had to make a second account so I could get a game started with her. Inviting each other by text message failed repeatedly. By the time we started a game we could both play she had six or seven games with no moves made just because of all the false starts. Once we finally got a game going sometimes one of our words would not appear on the other person's screen. Then no one could take a turn. Not worth the trouble. Uninstalling.
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What’s new

This version contains improvements to keep Crossplay running smoothly.

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