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Rackety Coming soon

Make a little room for wordplay.

A free crossword tile game for a quiet challenge on your own or a lively game around the table. Build words, find bonus squares, and see what your next rack can do.

Coming soon to the App Store See how it plays
  • Free to play
  • No ads
  • No paid boosts
A Rackety game against the bot on iPhone: a board full of navy tiles, the scores 248 to 276, and a rack of seven tiles ready to play

Your board, your pace

Take on the bot, pass one device around the table, and pick up any game right where you left it.

  1. Play the bot

    Easy, Medium or Tricky. A good warm-up, a fair fight, or a game that makes you look twice at your rack.

    A game against the Medium bot, with the bot's last word and score shown under the board

  2. Pass and play

    Two, three or four players on one iPhone or iPad. A private handoff screen keeps each rack hidden until its player's turn.

    The pass-and-play handoff screen asking the next player to take the device before their rack is shown

  3. Come back to it

    Every game saves on your device, so a match can wait for after dinner, or for next week.

    The games list showing saved matches with each game's scores and whose turn it is

Playing friends online and nearby is on the way.

Make it your game

Set the house rules when you start a new game. Rackety keeps them for that game, so nobody changes the deal halfway through.

  • Classic or random boardPlay the Rackety board or shake things up with a random layout of bonus squares.
  • Seven or eight tilesA seven-tile rack for the classic feel, or eight for more ways to play.
  • Standard or FamilyThe full Standard list, or the smaller Family dictionary of familiar words. See the word policy.
  • Easy, Medium or TrickyPick the bot's level for each game. Change your mind next game.

Bonus squares always say what they do

  • Double letter
  • Triple letter
  • Double word
  • Triple word
  • First word starts here
  • Use every tile: +40
The New Game screen with choices for players, board, rack size and dictionary
Rackety in dark appearance: white tiles on a deep navy board with bright bonus squares

Settle in

Switch between light and dark, make the tiles bigger, and tune the game until it feels like yours.

  • Light and dark appearance
  • Larger tiles
  • Show or hide point values
  • Reduce motion, or type words instead of dragging

Which words count?

Rackety checks every play against a word list built into the app: about 168,000 public-domain words, minus slurs. The Family dictionary also leaves out crude words.

Read the word policy
Playable
Not in the list

XI, JO and QAT are good plays. The list predates a few modern favorites, so QI and ZA aren't in it.

Questions before you play

The short answers. Support has the rest.

Visit support
Is Rackety really free?

Yes. There are no ads, no paid boosts and no purchases. Your best move is yours to find.

Is this the word game I already know?

Rackety is its own game, with its own board pattern, tile values and counts, a 102-tile bag and a 40-point bonus for using every tile. If you've played crossword tile games before, you'll feel at home in a turn or two.

Can I play friends online?

Not yet. This version has games against the bot and pass-and-play on one device. Playing friends online and nearby is on the way.

Why isn't QI a word?

Rackety uses ENABLE, a public-domain word list that predates a few modern two-letter favorites. It has XI, JO and QAT, but not QI or ZA.

Do I need an account?

No. There's nothing to sign up for. Your games and settings stay on your device.

The Rackety app icon: a navy R tile on coral

One more word?

Rackety is coming soon to iPhone and iPad: free, with no ads and no purchases.

Coming soon