NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.7
11.6K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

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

App Features:

COMPETE
• Take turns by placing letter tiles on a shared game board to build words and score points.
• Start a friendly competition with the leaderboard.
• Spell and sharpen your word game skills against the computer.

CONNECT
• Easily play with friends and family.
• Get matched up with equal opponents.
• Share strategies and friendly banter with in-game chats.

IMPROVE
• Get tips from Cross Bot after every 2-player game.
• Expand your vocabulary with the word of the day and a built-in dictionary.
• Check your game history and review your moves.

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

DISTRACTION-FREE
• Focus on your word game strategy with easy-to-play, focused gameplay.

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 11, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows
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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

4.7
11.2K reviews
Dylan J. Cole
April 5, 2026
Very buggy and slow on my phone, which runs everything else just fine. Crashes often, seems to restart itself from scratch every time you navigate away and come back, and has a glitch where you end up with eight letters on your rack. Also feels a little half–baked; for example, when you double tap to zoom, it simply zooms to the center of the board, rather than to the location you tapped.
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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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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

Crossplay is now available in more countries:

Switzerland, Norway, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Chile, Bahamas, Iceland, Jamaica, Pakistan, Guatemala, U.S. Virgin Islands, Serbia, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and the Cayman Islands.

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