Best Nytimes Crossword Apps &amp; Games

4.8😊(293K ratings)

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Engage your mind with a daily collection of popular word, number, and logic puzzles. Enjoy classic challenges like Wordle and The Crossword, alongside new brain teasers. Track your progress and compete with friends.

What We Love

🚀 Excellent brain teasers
👍 Part of daily routine
👍 Great for the brain
👍 Perfectly acceptable way to waste time
👍 By far the best puzzle app
👍 Love the variety
👍 Fantastic casual gaming
👍 Worth every penny

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy, crashes frequently
🐛 Leaderboards and stats issues
🐛 Keyboard issues
🐛 Sync issues across devices
🐛 Ads in paid subscription
🐛 Unreliable streak tracking
🤔 Too many American-centric words and references
🤔 Missing some games from website

NYT Crossplay: Word Games by The New York Times Company

Build Words, Play with Friends

Strong Contender

4.9(226K ratings)

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Engage in a strategic two-player word game that combines social interaction with competitive gameplay. Build words, track your progress, and improve your skills with helpful tools and a built-in dictionary. Enjoy distraction-free play with friends, family, or AI opponents.

Crossword Puzzle Redstone by REDSTONE GAMES LTDA

Human-made crossword puzzles

Worth Considering

Daily Themed Crossword Puzzles

4.8😊(115K ratings)

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Solve thousands of free crossword puzzles with various difficulty levels and themes. Enjoy a polished interface, smart hints, and offline play. Improve your vocabulary and challenge yourself daily with puzzles from top constructors.

What We Love

🚀 Great crosswords
👍 Lots of choices
👍 Enjoyable experience
👍 Free with optional ad-free version
👍 Customizable gameplay
👍 Variety of difficulty levels
👍 Favorite crossword writers
👍 Responsive and accessible
👍 Keeps brain active

Room to Improve

🐛 Incorrect answers
🐛 Repeating words/clues
🐛 Spelling/grammar issues
🐛 Overly difficult clues
🐛 Ads too frequent
🐛 Keyboard issues
🐛 Crashes on opening app
🐛 Cluttered interface
🐛 Puzzles not updating frequently enough

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Fun New Crossword Every Day!

New themed puzzle dailyHundreds of puzzles availableHints for difficult words

Engage your mind with daily themed crossword puzzles. Enjoy a new puzzle every day, covering diverse topics like movies, sports, and technology. Improve vocabulary and general knowledge while having fun.

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Daily puzzles from The Times

Times Puzzles

Daily crosswords and logic puzzlesTwo-week puzzle archivePlay anywhere, anytime

Engage your mind with a daily collection of renowned crosswords and logic puzzles. Access a vast archive and enjoy a variety of challenges on the go, anytime and anywhere. Perfect for puzzle enthusiasts seeking a mental workout.

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Relax playing Crossword puzzle

Thousands of puzzles for all levelsPinch to zoom functionalityDaily Classic and Mini Crosswords

Engage in challenging American-style grid crossword puzzles with fresh content added monthly. Perfect for all skill levels, this app offers a fun way to expand vocabulary and sharpen your mind. Enjoy daily themes, rewards, and a zoom feature for an enhanced experience.

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Solve good crosswords daily

Omni Crosswords

Daily puzzles from major outletsError highlightingCustomizable settings

Enjoy daily crosswords from major publications with this free and simple iOS app. It offers a quick solving experience with helpful features like error highlighting and customizable settings. Track your progress with statistics and compete with friends using the built-in timer.

American style crossword grid

Adjustable grid zoom and movementMultiple grid sizes and difficulty levelsOn-the-fly grid generation for unlimited play

Engage with a vast collection of American-style crosswords, featuring adjustable grid sizes and difficulty levels. Enjoy unlimited on-the-fly generated puzzles and utilize helpful tools like validation and a built-in solver. Supports multiple languages and spelling preferences for a personalized experience.

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Crossword Light

Crosswords to go!

Daily crossword puzzlesHints availableView clues

Solve daily crossword puzzles from various newspapers on your mobile device. Get hints, view clues, and track your progress. This light version includes 40 puzzles, with more available in the full version.

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by Monster Brain Studios Ltd

Crossword Champ

Daily free crossword puzzlesCryptic crossword puzzlesMemory and vocabulary improvement

Engage in daily brain training with free online crossword puzzles. Learn new words and facts while challenging yourself and others globally. Enjoy a classic, interactive puzzle experience with beautiful designs and no third-party ads.

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The best American crosswords!

Devarai Crosswords

Weekly puzzles in multiple languagesFull-screen puzzle viewLandscape and portrait mode

Enjoy a wide variety of high-quality American crosswords on your mobile device. This app offers puzzles ranging from easy to difficult, with features designed for a smooth and engaging experience. Improve your vocabulary, concentration, and general knowledge with daily challenges.

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Crossword answers & clues

Crossword Solver & Helper

USA TODAY PLAY Crosswords

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Daily Crosswords & Sudoku

Daily crossword puzzlesSudoku challengesQuick Cross puzzles

Engage your mind daily with a variety of popular puzzles including crosswords, sudoku, and quick challenges. Track your progress, access a vast archive of past puzzles, and utilize hints to overcome difficult clues. Enjoy a personalized and engaging puzzle-solving experience.

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Daily Crosswords and Puzzles

Crossword Puzzles!

Daily new puzzlesThousands of puzzles for all skill levelsBeautiful travel destination backgrounds

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.

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Crossword Quiz - Word Puzzles!

Crossword Puzzle Word Games!

Multiple clue types (descriptions, emojis, photos)Earnable in-game coins for hintsHint options: expose letter, remove letters, solve puzzle

This app offers a fresh take on classic crossword puzzles, incorporating word descriptions, emoji combinations, and photos as clues. Earn coins to use for hints like revealing letters or solving puzzles, or unlock all categories with a subscription.

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Crossword

Improve your word power

750+ professional puzzles45 free puzzlesPinch zooming grid

Enjoy over 750 professional crossword puzzles designed for casual play. This app offers a clean, ad-free experience with features like pinch zooming and landscape mode to enhance your word-solving sessions.

Crossword - classic word search puzzle game on english for lovers of games guess words, hangman and boggle

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freemium

by Anton Kartunov

Guess words and solve crosswordsEarn coins for solved words and levelsUtilize hints when stuck

Engage your mind with a classic word search puzzle game. Solve crosswords, guess words, and complete various levels. Features include a random crossword mode and the ability to compete with others.

Classic crossword word puzzles

800+ free crossword puzzlesMultiple puzzle types (classic, keywords, anagrams, scandinavian)Modern design with multitouch gestures

Enjoy a vast collection of classic crossword puzzles on your iPhone and iPad. This app offers over 800 puzzles across various types, with a modern design and intuitive controls. Participate in a community rating system with thousands of players.

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Daily Trivia Crossword Puzzles

Crossword Explorer+

Daily new puzzlesThousands of puzzles availableVariety of daily themes

Engage your mind with daily crossword puzzles and trivia. Access thousands of puzzles with new themes each day to expand your vocabulary and general knowledge. Play anytime, anywhere on your iOS device.

Daily crossword puzzles

Fresh daily puzzlesVarying difficulty levelsFriend leaderboards

Engage your mind daily with original crossword puzzles of varying sizes and difficulties. Compete with friends on leaderboards and share your achievements in this intuitive mobile game.