DownAcross

Built for people who like each other.

Start a fresh puzzle.

Plays in the browser · iPhone and iPad app in development

A crossword you solve together.

Play solo or with up to seven friends: one grid, no turn order and no clock. Every square keeps the colour of whoever filled it, so you can see at a glance who has been carrying the puzzle.

How big a puzzle
How hard

Been sent a code? Join a puzzle

Four players, one grid. Colour is who filled the square, not who owns it.

Brandon Jenn Hilary Ashley

Built for people who like each other

Most word games make you race. This one only asks you to finish.

Work it out together

Every square stays editable while you solve. Player colours and letter counts show contributions; answer scores appear when the puzzle is finished.

Credit is never taken back

Landing the last letter of an answer credits it to you and keeps it there, even if somebody later breaks the word through a crossing.

No clock, no turns

Solve one in ten minutes or leave it open for a week. Run several puzzles at once with different groups.

How it plays

Four steps, and the third one is the whole game.

  1. Start a puzzle

    Pick a size and get a six character join code.

  2. Share the link

    It opens the puzzle in a browser, with no app and no account. Everyone who joins picks up their own colour.

  3. Type

    Tap a square to select it, tap again to flip between across and down.

  4. Finish it

    The scoreboard counts answers landed. That is the only competition.

Get the app

Everything above works in a browser, on a phone as well as a laptop. The iPhone and iPad app, for iOS and iPadOS 17 and later, sits on the same boards: a code started here opens in the app, and one started in the app opens here.

Download on the App Store

Tell somebody

It is a better game with four people in it than with one, and a link is the whole invitation: no app to install and no account to make on either end.