NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell

The New York Times Company

Contains adsIn-app purchases

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

Ratings and reviews

a couple quality-of-life requests/comments!! it's hard to get a tile off the board and back into my lineup - maybe a double tap can send it back to my "hand?" when placing tiles that create more than one word, I wish there was a way to see if one of those words is a valid move instead of it only being green when both words are valid. wish I could try out multiple blank tile letters without having to move it back and forth I wish there was more than one zoom option. close is too close!

Good idea, but, the dictionary is awful. Common place words don't get accepted, but non English words, and words that are gibberish do get accepted. Abbreviations get accepted. It's like words with friends, but, with a different, less sensible dictionary. Also, the screen zooms in anytime you place a tile on the board, which is really annoying. It would be nice to be able to disable that.

Fun to play with friends. Very fast to play versus the computer. The dictionary they decided to use has a lot of entries I wouldn't consider valid if you were playing Scrabble such as different languages or even "kbars" they define as a unit of pressure (k is short for kilo). Overall, it's been great to have this game to play throughout the day in addition to the single player NYT Games.

What’s new

This version contains improvements to keep Crossplay running smoothly.

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