Crosswords With Friends

Crosswords With Friends

A new crossword puzzle daily!

62K ratings
643 reviews
With Ads#17 in top-grossing Trivia
🎮 Games
🧠 Trivia
📝 Word
Free
In-App PurchasesWith Ads

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 4, 2017
  • June 3, 2026
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Engage your mind with daily crossword puzzles featuring themes from current entertainment, pop culture, and sports. Compete with friends, earn rewards, and access a vast archive of puzzles. Offers mini and midi puzzles alongside themed daily challenges.

Daily themed crossword puzzles
Mini and midi puzzles
Leaderboard competition with friends
Weekly challenges and rewards
Collectible puzzle packs
Helpful hints
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What's New in Crosswords With Friends

51.32.558

June 3, 2026

Introducing Daily Trivia - the ultimate brain-boosting experience! Test your knowledge with a quick and fast-paced trivia challenge that will keep your brain ringing. Update now and let Daily Trivia engage your brain with quick challenges. Get ready to unlock your inner trivia genius! You can now be a VIP Subscriber and avail exclusive benefits! Add friends to enhance your social crossword adventure! Stunning visuals, faster Gameplay, and more of your favorite puzzles and events, packed with rewards galore! **Now with VIP Subscription and Daily Challenges!

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Subscription plans

Subscription VIP Bundle

30 Day Subscription, No Ads, Free Puzzles!!

$9.991 Month
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In-App Purchases

$11.99

Bundle - 1150 Coins, 17 Hints

1150 Coins,8 See Wrong,4 10Letters,5 Reveal

Charts

Top Grossing

📊 17

Trivia games

The game has maintained its position at 17 recently.

Last updated on July 19, 2026.

Top Grossing

📊 55

Word games

The game has maintained its position at 55 recently.

Last updated on July 19, 2026.

User reviews

Not as good as it was

Tends to crash with IOS 26. Have to use coins on all the extra word games—and the game no longer remembers what I already did, so I have to start the event puzzles over and over.

Keeps Bugging

Really like this game but for the past few weeks it keeps freezing mid game! Please fix!

Word seeker reset

Once again, the word seeker mini game has reset. I completed each day and now it says I haven’t. I’m not spending coins to redo puzzles I have already completed. I don’t understand how it worked for years and now it keeps breaking.

DO NOT give this one your time until the developers fix it

The game freezes or glitches all the time. You have to completely close the app and reopen to continue a puzzle, but it might freeze again before you can finish one. And sometimes the freeze-ups cause your entire phone to lock up for minutes at a time, and you can’t do a thing about it until your phone recovers itself. I’ve been a subscriber for a long time, but cancelled last week because these issues won’t stop. I’m not giving money to an app and its developers when a simple freezing glitch can’t even be fixed over months and months. Worked for years. Now it doesn’t. Find another game to play because this one is no longer worth your time, unless you enjoy your phone locking up and having to reboot the app multiple times to play a single puzzle.
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Same Problem

My game has, also, been locking up for no reason. It would be a shame to lose it after enjoying it for so long. Please remedy this problem as quickly as possible.

Developer apps

User experience

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Coins disappearing without explanation

Bug

Inability to claim earned badges

Bug

Inconsistent tournament scoring

Bug

Ads not properly rewarding coins

Bug

Requested Features

5 requests

Easier way to earn free coins

Feature

More international/global content

Feature

Option to disable ads for a fee

Feature

Ability to play past puzzles without paying

Feature

Improved stability and performance

Feature

FAQ

What is Crosswords With Friends?

Crosswords With Friends offers a new, daily crossword puzzle designed around current entertainment, pop culture, and sports news. It provides a challenging and engaging way to test your vocabulary and general knowledge.

What are the key features of this app?

Key features include daily themed crosswords, mini and midi puzzles, the ability to compete with friends on a leaderboard, weekly challenges with rewards, collectible puzzle packs, and helpful hints for when you get stuck.

Is Crosswords With Friends free to play?

The app is free to download and play, offering daily puzzles and challenges. It also includes in-app purchases, such as a VIP subscription that removes ads and provides access to archived puzzles.

What kind of puzzles can I expect?

You can expect daily themed crosswords with unique themes each day of the week, such as Movie Monday or Sports Fan Friday. Additionally, there are free daily mini and midi puzzles available, as well as thousands of puzzles in the calendar archives.

Who creates the crossword puzzles?

The crosswords are created by industry experts, including crossword champions and writers from top newspapers, led by co-editors Trip Payne and Amy Reynaldo. This ensures a high-quality and challenging puzzle experience.