CodyCross: Crossword Puzzles
A New Word Game Experience!
Ratings
Age
13+
Category
Games
Languages
English
Mon Sep 14 2026
Greetings, Earthlings!
CodyCross is now available in Swedish! And to celebrate this new language, we’re preparing a special mission inspired by the country and culture just for you!
By the way, did you spot CodyCross and his friends on the game’s new home screen?
We’re also continuing to make general improvements and bug fixes.
Thanks for being part of the CodyCross journey!
Team Fanatee
CodyCross: Crossword Puzzles is an innovative word game that reinvents the traditional crossword experience. Players help a charming alien named Cody explore Earth by solving themed puzzles. Each grid contains hidden words that, when solved, reveal letters to help uncover a secret vertical phrase. With hundreds of levels organized into 'Worlds' like Planet Earth, Under the Sea, and Invention Time, the game offers an educational journey through trivia. Features include a subscription-based 'Pro' mode, daily missions, and a variety of power-ups to assist with difficult clues.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
CodyCross is an absolute masterclass in how to modernize the classic crossword puzzle for a mobile audience. What sets it apart immediately is the 'connected' nature of the grid; as you solve horizontal words, letters are revealed in a vertical hidden phrase, providing those much-needed 'aha!' moments that keep you hooked. The alien protagonist, Cody, adds a layer of charm that makes the journey through various space-time themes feel like a cohesive adventure rather than just a list of menus.
The difficulty curve is expertly balanced. It starts off gently, allowing you to breeze through early 'Earth' levels, but eventually demands a broad range of trivia knowledge covering history, science, and pop culture. The UI is clean, and the animations are fluid, making the act of typing in letters feel tactile and satisfying. While the in-app purchases for hints and tokens are present, the game is remarkably generous with its daily rewards, making it entirely feasible to enjoy the vast library of content without spending a dime. It is a must-have for any word-game enthusiast.
Features
Innovative crossword gameplay with connected letters.
Hundreds of themed worlds and thousands of levels.
Offline play mode available for puzzles on the go.
Cloud sync to keep progress across multiple devices.
Regularly updated with new content and seasonal events.
Upcoming Events
Kickoff Season
Fashion Week
The Queen of Mystery
Rhinestone Legend
Rivers of the World
Tips & Walkthrough
Look at the clues provided for each horizontal line. As you enter the correct letters, notice that some circles carry letters over to other rows or the central vertical secret word. Use these 'free' letters to help you guess the harder clues.
If you get stuck, drag the 'Sparkly' icon onto a specific letter to reveal it, or use the 'Hammer' to reveal an entire word. These cost tokens, which can be earned through daily play.
Gameplays
The game is structured into various worlds. Each world has multiple groups, and each group contains five puzzles. Completing a group unlocks the next set of challenges.
Participate in daily challenges to earn unique rewards and keep your streaks alive, helping you accumulate resources for the main campaign.
Screenshot
Q&A
Completing a world unlocks new themed packs and often rewards you with tokens or unique badges.
Yes, once packs are downloaded, you can solve most puzzles offline.
Ratings & Reviews
A refreshing take the classic crossword
Sat Sep 23 2017 Cherry TeaI don't frequently enjoy crossword puzzle games, because they are often packed full of questions about TV shows, movies, or sports, none of which are particularly relevant to me. This game has been so refreshing because, while it does have the occasional entertainment industry question, it features very diverse prompts! World history, geography, zoology, general vocabulary... it has been so wonderful to have such variety! I'm delighted when I know the answer to a prompt, especially when I didn't even realize I knew anything about the subject! If I don't know an answer, googling it up is very simple, or I can simply use a hint. Speaking of hints, I'd like to mention how I absolutely LOVE that if we watch an advertisement, we get rewarded for it. And viewing the advertisements is voluntary, without having to buy anything! I have not come across any other game with that feature, and I cannot begin to express how much I wish every game implemented it! The only thing that might be nice (and it almost feels weird to say it!) but I wouldn't mind more variety in the advertisements. I have no problem watching them, since I get a free hint (or two, or three) when I do, but seeing the same advertisement 15 times in a row gets a little monotonous, haha. Honestly though, if repetitive (but voluntary!) advertisements are my only gripe about a game, you have a ridiculously great app in your hands. Thank you for such a great game and keep coming up with those fantastically diverse prompts!
Fun game, but now experiencing a problem
Wed Aug 28 2024 Phoenix1080Quick background info: Every day that you play adds to your streak. After playing your first game (usually the day’s Password or one of the two Crossword), there’s a little graphic that shows your streak continuing. You see it once and then it’s done until the next day. If you miss a day, you have the option of using a shield to protect your streak. There are various prizes the longer your streak lasts. I’ve been playing for a long time and I overall enjoy the game. But last night (Tuesday, August 27, 2024) I noticed a glitch happening with my streak. After every puzzle I played, I kept seeing the graphic showing my streak continuing- repeatedly going from 1196 to 1197. I closed the game and reopened it multiple times with the same glitch happening after every completed puzzle. Then today (Wednesday, August 28, 2024) when I opened the game, it said I had to use one of my shields to protect my streak. So I used one and after I played the Password puzzle, the graphic showed my streak continuing from 1197 to 1198. Then I played one of the Crossword puzzles and again, the graphic showed my streak continuing from 1197 to 1198. Tomorrow’s streak number (1199) is in yellow, which usually indicates a special prize of sorts. I’m wondering if I’m going to get it with this weird glitch that’s happening. The last update for the game was on August 14, 2024, so I feel like there shouldn’t be any issues. If the glitch continues to happen, I plan on updating this review (that currently sits at 4 stars).
Developers: Review Update #3
Sun Mar 01 2026 TeacherDRPNew comment: I understand the ads sustain and increase your profits, but every one needs a quick out for two reasons: one, many of the apps we may already have which makes watching them both tedious and annoying. Two, we may be totally uninterested in the product which interferes with moving ahead with your game. My wife and I compete against each other on the regular game; I am eighty and she is in her seventies. We are giving up a year of our lives to endure the ads which have clearly increased in number. Older comment: My comment of three years ago about the ads still holds true but, as one might expect, they are longer (on average), and often take three or more steps to exit and paying for no ads is not worth it. The twenty sets of regular games vary in both quality and ease. That said, some have the most bizarre, unheard-of “facts” imaginable. There is likely no one living on earth that has heard of some of them and that includes the set developer who has likely forgotten some of the most strange ones by now. The upside is that the games do, at times, make one think. I doubt that it could be clinically proven that they are good for one’s brain, but they fill idle time. I add that I coached a high school academic team for over thirty years, and Cody Cross is not going to match the intellectual “trivia” one might expect to encounter.
My favorite game
Fri Nov 22 2024 Magoo6768I only have a few games on my phone, but this is probably my favorite. Very cute characters and style with easy-to-use interface. You can tell there is a lot of love put into the game by whoever does the graphics. I also love how there are so many different themes. It adds another fun aspect to gameplay. Levels can be very challenging, making the game more engaging. The bonuses/tools/whatever don’t cost many coins at all, which is nice. It’s a rare example of a game that can be easily played for ages without having to spend any real money or watching tons of ads. There are still ads, but they are all very short and not annoyingly frequent. All of the levels, limited time events, and other features (such as the daily passcode and crossword puzzles) prevent this game from being dull. In fact, I am nearing a 140 day streak. I’ve even learned many words and fun facts from this game! Only complaint is some words and hints are overused, which becomes noticeable if you play every day. I know there isn’t much to fix that since there can only be so many words and hints to give for crossword games, but it can make it slightly boring for me at times. Other than that, I love this game and have had it for years.🤗
Kinda fun, kinda not
Tue Jan 22 2019 itisebabySo this game, despite having few crossword clues that are really fun to answer, a good number of them are quite odd. Even members from MENSA will probably know nothing about the circus. And the topics such as Ancient Egypt and Fauna & Flora are quite ridiculous. If you do not know the genus of plants or anything horticultural it will not help you to guess the missing letters. Then some of the crossword clues seem incomplete. For example (hypothetically because I cannot remember the exact crosswords) the clue would be something like “you use the bathroom.” And it’s like okay? Like there’s no context clues, however there’s only about 11 questions like that up to level 199. Another thing I’m not happy about is that it seemed like after level 136, most of the crossword answers are completely difficult. I don’t know pastries from Slovenia and I’ve never been familiar with Arabic terms such as the daughter of Muhammed’s lineage or any Soccer duos at all. And you have to know the name of every Sea ever! So those are the cons about the game. It’s no longer enjoyable because the questions seem pretty impossible to answer at this point. However, I originally played this game to help with memory and that is why I continued to play as far as I did. So unless you’re a computer or you cheat you will most likely not know the answers. It becomes tedious when there’s more you don’t know than you do know. There’s some benefits. Such as the fact that I learned more about marine life and different types of aquatic animals which is pretty cool.
My Sight of the Game
Wed Jun 19 2019 heyitseloI’m gonna try to make this short and simple. The thought of a game like this is nice and cool however the clues are very unhelpful. I’m a teenager playing this and the ad said “ Play this for fifteen minutes every day and you’ll get better memory” or something also those line but I have been playing this for quite a while and it’s not helpful at all. The easy levels aren’t really easy. The game says for 4+ but not even a six year old would be able to play this because it’s extremely hard even for me. If you weren’t taught certain words growing up then this game is just too hard to play. Honestly please make easier levels. Also maybe the player isn’t ready for adventure mode and wants to do the easy pack but isn’t allowed to use money on games like me. What then? What if I’m not ready for adventure mode and want to go easy on myself but can’t? Will I just be restricted from the easy levels forever? Maybe premium could be used for different things other then levels, because that’s like playing Candy Crush but you have to pay to go past level 50 or so. Maybe it could be for more free hints. But having for the levels really restricts the player. That’s it I just wanted to say that now bye.
Good but!
Tue Sep 10 2024 iron maiden3My biggest problem & it’s one that causes me to not play for months at a time is the worthless pop up video ads right before you play a puzzle & now immediately after you finish before you can collect the daily or anything else! The majority of the ads are gambling ones that violate people’s right that do not want to see those! They want to collect ad revenue, then they should have an ad bar at the bottom of the screen! Update, WE KNOW WHY THERE ARE ADS, BUT ITS HOW YOY HAVE THEM DOING! Before you play a puzzle & now immediately after the puzzle ends before anything else can happen! RUN AN AD BAR AT THE BOTTOM INSTEAD OF VIDEO ADS THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT X ON MULTIPLE TIMES TO CLOSE OUT! Another update. Excuses is what they continue to give! They refuse to admit to being greedy over a lousy app game! Bye bye game! Last update! The developers LIE! You can pay $.99 to do ad free! If everyone that played the game paid that for ad free, then what excuse are the lying developers going to give? That $.99 is a one time fee! They would still maintain the game! This is why lying developers of stupid app games NEED LAWSUITS TAKEN OUT! They are doing ads & refusing to respond to not running ad bars for a reason! Never once has this pathetic developer given me a response to why it’s only video ads & not an ad bar! Everyone pay the $.99 & see if it stays ad free & updated!
Good Game, But A Few Things Need To Be Fixed!
Mon Oct 28 2019 Autumnwolf2015The game itself is great. I love how many worlds there are, and how many puzzles are within each world. I hope you guys continue to keep adding more in the future. Maybe a futuristic world. The reason I only game it 3 stars, is because for one, you guys completely broke rotation for iPad. It doesn’t work at all. Speaking of rotation, for the love of all things CodyCross, PLEASE ADD IPAD LANDSCAPE MODE SUPPORT!!! The second reason I gave this game 3 stars is because of how the advertisements in work in this game. I realize ads help keep this game free, but I don’t appreciate when an advertisement automatically opens my App Store to go straight to the game or app that’s being advertised without my consent. I don’t even have to tap anything on the screen for it to do this. You guys need to fix this if this is a problem on your end. No advertisement should be allowed to do this. Ever. Also, I’m not sure if it’s just because of the Halloween theme, but the tones for when typing seem to be lagging and way out of pitch. And when typing on the keyboard it also lags as well. I hope you guys address these issues. Thanks.
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CodyCross (-by Fanatee) - free offline crossword puzzle game for Android and iOS
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CodyCross (by Fanatee) - free offline word puzzle game for Android and iOS - YouTube
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