Build hiragana words on the board with the tiles in your hand, crossword-style, against the computer. Words read left to right or right to left, top to bottom or bottom to top.

Drag tiles from your hand onto the board (or tap a tile, then a square) to make a word, in one row or one column, joined to what is already there. Every run of two or more tiles you touch must be a word.
Select a tile and press ゛ Dakuten, ゜ Handakuten or Small to play か as が, は as ぱ, や as ゃ, つ as っ.
Press Done when your word is complete. Points are the tile values of every word you made or extended, plus the bonus number of each square you placed a tile on. A word that is not in the dictionary reduces 5 points, and you get a chance to try again.
Pass if you have nothing. Fresh tile set swaps your hand for new tiles and skips your turn. The game ends when both players pass in a row, or the bag is empty and a hand runs out. The highest score wins.
Only use single words. Expressions such as 気にする are not allowed, nor are katakana loanwords.
Computer only plays a game with two computers at the chosen level, with the speed configurable.

Leaderboard

CrossTango played alone is a free word game using Japanese hiragana tiles: make kana words on the board, crossword style, and score by how rare each kana is. There is nobody to race, only your own best score to beat, and every word you play is shown with its kanji and meaning.

Play alone Play vs. computer Play vs. another person Computer only

Difficulty level

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CrossTango play alone