Google Play ratings
130,366
- Average rating
- 4.8
- Installs
- 10M+
First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.
Mobile game · 2023
Letter Boxed
Letter Boxed is an online word puzzle video game from The New York Times Games. Players are given a square with three letters per side (12 letters in total). Starting anywhere, they must connect the letters to make words of at least three letters. The goal is to use all of the letters at least once, in as few words as possible – equal to or below the target number set by the game (usually within 4, 5, or 6 words). The first letter of each new word must be the last letter of the previous word. Consecutive use of letters from the same side is not permitted (which precludes the use of double letter words such as "Brilliantly", "Formatted", and "Dazzle"). Proper nouns, profanities, and certain offensive terms are also excluded.
Estimated daily players
~880,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 88K–5.3M
Estimated total players
~18,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 8.8M–35M
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
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What the estimate rests on
- Google Play 66%
- App Store 34%
Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play Letter Boxed, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.
Estimated daily players
~880,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 88K – 5.3M
No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.
Estimated total players
~18,000,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 8.8M – 35M
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
Estimated total players over time
2 readings · last 2 days
Average estimated players per month
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~15,000,000 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Letter Boxed where it is sold.
Not tracked for Letter Boxed: Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.
Frequently asked questions
How many people play Letter Boxed?
We estimate that about 18,000,000 people have played Letter Boxed — plausibly between 8.8M and 35M. Around 880,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 88K and 5.3M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play and App Store rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is Letter Boxed still active?
Yes. Letter Boxed is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.
How are the Letter Boxed player estimates worked out?
Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.
When was Letter Boxed released?
Letter Boxed was released on March 1, 2023 for Android and iOS.
What platforms is Letter Boxed available on?
Letter Boxed is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).
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