Crossy Word

A calm word puzzle for short breaks. A grid of letter tiles is hiding a few words. Drag your finger or mouse through touching tiles, diagonals included, to spell a word. When you find one, its tiles disappear and the tiles above fall down, so the board keeps changing. Clear every word to solve the puzzle.

How it plays

• Spell by swiping. Drag across neighbouring tiles. Slide back over the last tile to undo a step.
• Words come in order. Because tiles fall, the order you find the words in matters. If you get stuck, think about which word should go first.
• The slots show the way. Under the board you see one blank slot per letter for every word you still need to find.
• Hints. Stuck? A hint lights up the path of the next word. You start with a few and earn another each time you solve a puzzle.
• Lucky Wheel. Spin it to choose how many words your next puzzle hides, from one to four.
• Easy to hard. Puzzles start on small boards and grow to bigger ones with longer words.

Three languages

Switch language any time in Settings. The whole game changes, and so do the puzzles.

• English and Français use letter tiles.
• 日本語 uses kanji tiles. You build common kanji words, from two-character words to four-character sayings, and the reading in hiragana is shown above each slot as a clue.

Also inside

• A profile screen with an avatar, a country and a "brain IQ" score that goes up as you solve puzzles. It is just a number for fun, not a real IQ test.
• A leaderboard with made-up practice rivals. It is not an online ranking.
• Music and sound effects you can switch on and off separately.
• A short how-to-play guide that appears the first time you play.

Good to know

• Plays in a portrait window and works with mouse or touch.
• Your progress is kept while the page is open. It may not be saved after you close the page.
• No ads, no purchases, and nothing is collected.