The Games team recently launched its first two-player game, Crossplay, on a new app for iOS and Android devices. The gameplay ...

The game will be familiar to Scrabble or Words with Friends players, but the Times is adding a few twists of its own.

The 2-player word game has its own app, and it's already making waves.

The New York Times Games ’ multiplayer word game Crossplay has surpassed one million downloads on mobile. The game launched on January 20th 2026 as a free-to-play title following NYT's efforts to ...

Fans of word games have something to celebrate in 2026: the recent launch of Crossplay, a new puzzle from NYT Games. Similar ...

Some of these word games are challenging while others are more casual.

We’re delighted to introduce our brand new puzzle, Mini Cogs. As you might have guessed from its name, Mini Cogs is a smaller version of our new puzzle, Cogs: a unique twist on a word game that blends ...

“Shuffalo is an anagramming challenge with a twist: your goal is to unscramble a set of letters to make a word—but every time you do, an additional letter gets added to the set. As you play, the words ...

There’s an art and a science to picking a good starting word for Wordle. Here are my suggestions for the best starters—and ...

The New York Times is adding a new game to its wheelhouse: “Crossplay,” a two-player word game where participants can build ...