NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell

Name: NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell
Rating: 4.8 (163072 reviews)
Author: The New York Times Company

Friendly multiplayer word game

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

163K Ratings
Age Rating

13+
Years
Category

Word
Developer

The New York Times Company
Language

EN
English
Size

111.5
MB

iPhone

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

Events

MAJOR UPDATE
Play Smarter. Every Time.

Now you can use Cross Bot to review all of your moves, whether you’re playing against a friend or the computer.

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

163K Ratings

Iconic, Must have for NYT Games as well as Word Games.
Jan 21

Justin Courtemanche
The interface, gameplay, clean graphics, the ability to save my progress to Apple ID with my NYT account, the whole core mechanics of this game is incredible. It is so addicting placing words and adding friends and seeing everyone’s statistics in each profile and watching my own stats in my profile rack up! Very smooth and crisp! The ads also isn’t an issue with NYT games ads only them only being 5 seconds feels endless and seamless between some games, they also don’t pop up after every turn that some other word games have as an issue. This is a simple clean cut word game where there isn’t any currency or other type of power up’s to help with words/ having the game find them/place them for you, this is purely and entirely your own mind and tiles! Also this game makes it unique where it feels fresh and different from say scrabble or words with friends making this game even better! Please keep this going forever with updates! The best game on the Apple Store that I have played in a long time! A must have for word games on your phone. Again, Better than other leading ones in the same category!
Iconic, Must have for NYT Games as well as Word Games.
Jan 21

Justin Courtemanche

The interface, gameplay, clean graphics, the ability to save my progress to Apple ID with my NYT account, the whole core mechanics of this game is incredible. It is so addicting placing words and adding friends and seeing everyone’s statistics in each profile and watching my own stats in my profile rack up! Very smooth and crisp! The ads also isn’t an issue with NYT games ads only them only being 5 seconds feels endless and seamless between some games, they also don’t pop up after every turn that some other word games have as an issue. This is a simple clean cut word game where there isn’t any currency or other type of power up’s to help with words/ having the game find them/place them for you, this is purely and entirely your own mind and tiles! Also this game makes it unique where it feels fresh and different from say scrabble or words with friends making this game even better! Please keep this going forever with updates! The best game on the Apple Store that I have played in a long time! A must have for word games on your phone. Again, Better than other leading ones in the same category!
Total love, and some thoughts!
Mar 25

Ladianne
Thoroughly enjoying the game, and I’m playing daily with friends and family members. I would ask that you make the hard level of the computer challenge game, harder, and that you consider making the letters on your board at the end at the deduct from your score. I would also love some sort of an information bit about why the dictionary as you use are used. I’ve been playing Scrabble forever, and it’s interesting to see how word use and spellings have changed over the decades, I would also love to understand how the dictionaries are used for this game were selected. Thank you so much for making an amazing game!
Total love, and some thoughts!
Mar 25

Ladianne

Thoroughly enjoying the game, and I’m playing daily with friends and family members. I would ask that you make the hard level of the computer challenge game, harder, and that you consider making the letters on your board at the end at the deduct from your score. I would also love some sort of an information bit about why the dictionary as you use are used. I’ve been playing Scrabble forever, and it’s interesting to see how word use and spellings have changed over the decades, I would also love to understand how the dictionaries are used for this game were selected. Thank you so much for making an amazing game!
Needs Improvement
Feb 21

hjgur
This is basically a copy of Words With Friends but with a few tweaks, including a slightly different board layout and slightly different tile scoring. Unfortunately, none of these tweaks improve the game over other on-line iterations of the concept. Bothersome is that the game promises to pair you with a player equal to your playing level, but this is not the case. You can see others’ stats, and I’m often paired with someone who’s playing level is not close to mine. Most bothersome is the option to play against the computer, as even the hardest level is far too easy. My scores against the computer are consistently in the range of +200 points and double the computer’s score. Why not have a very hard level? It’s difficult to fathom why NYT Games wouldn’t create a more innovative and challenging product. But it is typical of the “dumbing down” of NYT games recently, especially the crossword. Clearly this new addition to NYT Games is a money grab. It’s sad the NYT no longer sees an investment in quality over mediocrity as a factor in the success of the NYT brand.
Needs Improvement
Feb 21

hjgur

This is basically a copy of Words With Friends but with a few tweaks, including a slightly different board layout and slightly different tile scoring. Unfortunately, none of these tweaks improve the game over other on-line iterations of the concept. Bothersome is that the game promises to pair you with a player equal to your playing level, but this is not the case. You can see others’ stats, and I’m often paired with someone who’s playing level is not close to mine. Most bothersome is the option to play against the computer, as even the hardest level is far too easy. My scores against the computer are consistently in the range of +200 points and double the computer’s score. Why not have a very hard level? It’s difficult to fathom why NYT Games wouldn’t create a more innovative and challenging product. But it is typical of the “dumbing down” of NYT games recently, especially the crossword. Clearly this new addition to NYT Games is a money grab. It’s sad the NYT no longer sees an investment in quality over mediocrity as a factor in the success of the NYT brand.
Okay game, but a few problems …
Mar 30

RBDC111
Game is okay fun. I prefer to play anonymously, as I don’t really want to do the game with friends. Main problems are (1) the opposing player has basically up to seven days to play. So boring to play someone who plays only once a day. I wish they would change the rule, or at least divide the players into categories where some games go faster; (2) the fun of the Scrabble challenge is non-existent — I guess in this internet day and age, there’s no other option; (3) the computer “hard” game programming is really dumb — doesn’t use good strategy at all; and (4) the way the game ends is weird — seems like once a player draws the final tiles, that means the opposing player has one more turn, and then the “last tile drawer” player gets the last play, which leads to weird and unfair results.
Okay game, but a few problems …
Mar 30

RBDC111

Game is okay fun. I prefer to play anonymously, as I don’t really want to do the game with friends. Main problems are (1) the opposing player has basically up to seven days to play. So boring to play someone who plays only once a day. I wish they would change the rule, or at least divide the players into categories where some games go faster; (2) the fun of the Scrabble challenge is non-existent — I guess in this internet day and age, there’s no other option; (3) the computer “hard” game programming is really dumb — doesn’t use good strategy at all; and (4) the way the game ends is weird — seems like once a player draws the final tiles, that means the opposing player has one more turn, and then the “last tile drawer” player gets the last play, which leads to weird and unfair results.

This version of Crossplay introduces a new way for you to connect with your friends using a unique Friend Code. You can invite and accept Friend Code invites via the Friends Tab. Have feedback? Email us. nytgames@nytimes.com

Version 2.14.0 May 5

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Seller: The New York Times Company
Size: 111.5 MB
Category: Word
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.1 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.1 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 13+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

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