KanaCross Together
A cozy word game played in Japanese hiragana and katagana. Build real words on a scrabble board, outscore a clever bot across Classic, Card, and Special scrabble battle and Relax, Time-Limit, and Versus crosswords, and learn JLPT vocabulary as you play.
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A cozy word game played in Japanese hiragana and katagana. Build real words on a scrabble board, outscore a clever bot across Classic, Card, and Special scrabble battle and Relax, Time-Limit, and Versus crosswords, and learn JLPT vocabulary as you play.
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About This Game
かなクロス / Kana Cross
A cozy word game played entirely in Japanese hiragana and katagana. Part word-battler, part gentle way to pick up kana and vocabulary — build real Japanese words, outscore a clever bot, and unwind in a warm little café.
Kana Cross turns real vocabulary into play. Words are drawn from a real dictionary tagged by JLPT level (N5–N1), each shown with its meaning and kanji, so every match doubles as practice.
🁢 Tile Battle — Classic · Card · Special
Place hiragana tiles on the board to build crossing words, pick each tile's form as you go (か → か or が), and score every cross. Illegal plays just underline in red — no lost turns, so you're free to experiment.
Classic — the pure word game: you, your rack, and a thinking opponent.
Card — Classic plus 15 skill cards that swing whole games: steal tiles, drain points, seal a rack, lock down zones, or guarantee a ×3 finish.
Special — Cards plus board events: treasure tiles, score bombs, rack shuffles, and lockdowns that turn a calm match into delightful mayhem.
▦ Crossword — Relax · Time-Limit · Versus
A different rhythm: fill a ready-made board with the right words.
Relax — no clock, no pressure. Solve at your own pace.
Time-Limit — race the countdown to fill as much of the board as you can.
Versus — you and an AI opponent fill the same board at once — claim words before they do.
👤 Single-Player & 👥 Multiplayer
Play solo against a dictionary-smart bot — beginner to expert — or share the board with others. Team up or compete across the Tile Battle and Crossword modes, from a relaxed solo puzzle to a table full of rivals.
📖 Story Mode
Step into the café and learn to play the gentle way — a visual-novel intro sets the scene, introduces the character, and eases you into your first games before you head out on your own.
Why you'll love it
Two ways to play: word-tile battles and fill-the-board crosswords
Three tile modes (Classic / Card / Special) + three crossword modes (Relax / Time-Limit / Versus)
Learn Japanese as you play — JLPT-tagged dictionary with meanings & kanji
Hiragana / katakana script toggle, word history, and a saveable "My Word" list
Single-player and multiplayer
Cozy, hand-made café aesthetic
