Enjoy daily crossword puzzles with stunning travel destination backgrounds. Thousands of puzzles are available for all skill levels, with hints and solution checking. Unlock more content and features with an optional subscription.
Reviews of Crossword Puzzles! are mostly positive: the game is rated 4.7/5 from 8.9K App Store ratings. What users like most: daily fun, fun and challenging puzzles. Top complaints: subscription too expensive, too many ads. Summarized from real user reviews.
4.0.2
October 27, 2026
v4.0.2 ----------- Bug fixes. v4.0.1 ----------- Layout bug fixes related to iPad mini. v4.0 ----------- Our biggest update ever! Crosswords set against the world's most beautiful places, now with more to play, more to earn and more to collect. • FREE DAILY PUZZLES ALL MONTH LONG Every daily puzzle in the current month is free, not just today's. Missed a few days? Catch up any time before the month ends. Each month has its own calendar page showing your stars, your progress, and the rewards still to earn. • NEW MINI PUZZLES A fresh set of 24 quick minis every month, free all month. Play them in any order, earn tickets halfway through, and finish the set to unlock a brand-new destination. • WEEKEND CHALLENGES A special set of puzzles every few weekends, free for everyone. Every puzzle scores up to 100 points for solving on your own and solving fast. Reach bronze, silver and gold to earn tickets and the event's painting as a permanent destination, see how you rank on the leaderboard, and collect a souvenir pin for finishing them all. Missed one? Every past weekend stays ready to play. • PASSPORT STAMPS AND BADGES Collect a bronze, silver and gold passport stamp each month by finishing daily puzzles. The new Awards page gathers your stamps, your souvenir pins and dozens of badges for streaks, perfect solves, minis and more. • MORE WAYS TO EARN TICKETS Earn tickets for finishing the daily puzzle, for each month's stamps, for the minis, for Weekend Challenge medals, and for sharing the app with friends. • MORE DESTINATIONS New places to visit and new ways to earn them. Mark your favorites, and let the background cycle daily through all of them or just the ones you love. • PROTECT YOUR STREAK Life gets busy. A streak freeze keeps your daily streak alive through a day away. • STARS FOR EVERY SOLVE A new finish panel celebrates each puzzle with up to three stars, shows what you've earned, and lets you share your result. • A FRESH LOOK THROUGHOUT A new home screen, new month pages, new panels and redesigned settings, all built around your destination.
MoreUnlimited puzzles, hints, locations. Ad free.
Monthly minis, weekend challenges, and a new look
Oct 22, 2026 — Nov 22, 2026
Trick or treat yourself to a weekend of crosswords
Oct 30, 2026 — Nov 2, 2026
4 issues
Puzzle download failures
Incorrect letter input
6 requests
Ability to remove ads
More free puzzles or ways to earn tickets
Crossword Puzzles! is a mobile application that offers daily crossword puzzles. It features a variety of puzzles for different skill levels and is enhanced with beautiful high-definition images of travel destinations as backgrounds.
Key features include a new puzzle every day, thousands of additional puzzles, stunning travel destination backgrounds, hints to help you get unstuck, and the ability to check your work or see the solution. It also supports both portrait and landscape orientations.
The app offers free daily puzzles and has an optional 'Wanderlust Pass' subscription. This subscription provides benefits like unlimited hints, full access to the puzzle library, all destinations, and removes advertisements. The subscription can be purchased on a 1-month, 3-month, or 1-year basis.
The Wanderlust Pass subscription unlocks unlimited hints (letter reveals, word reveals, marking incorrect letters), unrestricted access to the entire puzzle library including past daily puzzles, all available and seasonal destinations, and removes all advertisements from the game.
Yes, you can cancel your subscription. Auto-renewal can be turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period through your iTunes Account Settings. You may also cancel during a free trial period, but this must be done 24 hours before the end of the current billing period to avoid being charged.
