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January 22, 2026

	By Isaac Aronow

Yesterday, we launched Crossplay, The New York Times’s first two-player game. Now you can face off against your friends, enemies, lovers, haters or any other word game obsessive in your life. The game is in a dedicated app that you can download for iOS or Android here. My favorite part is the post-match review with Cross Bot, which has helped me improve as I keep playing. We’ll have more to say about the game in Monday’s edition of Gameplay, but you can always send any feedback or ideas to crosswordeditors@nytimes.com.

PLAY TODAY’S GAMES

Wordle → Connections → Strands → Spelling Bee → Crossword → Mini → Wordle → Connections → Strands → Spelling Bee → Crossword → Mini →

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