Is There a Bananagrams App? No - Here Are 3 Free Anagram Games on Mobile
Short answer: there is no Bananagrams app. As of September 3, 2026, there is no Bananagrams game on the US Apple App Store or on US Google Play. Asmodee Digital's official version is gone from both. Bananagrams is still sold as a physical tile game.
Which is a shame, because Bananagrams is perfect phone material. No board, no turns, no waiting for your friend to finally play their four-letter word. Just a pile of tiles and a small panic.
So I went looking for the next best thing. If you want games like Bananagrams on iOS or Android, here are three free anagram puzzle games for adults that you can actually install, ranked by how close they get to the real one.
Disclaimer: Ravenware, the studio behind this site, built Everything Must Word, which is third on this list.
| Game | Platforms | Bananagrams similarities | Offline | Play a real person | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagram Rush | iPhone and iPad only | Connected grid, draw from a bag, race the clock | Single player only | Yes, real-time | Free ($3.99 to remove ads) |
| WordMix | Android only | Words must connect, unused tiles cost you points | Not stated | No, online ranking only | Free (optional paid Pro) |
| Everything Must Word | iOS and Android | Pick tiles to build the best word you can | Yes, fully | No, public/private leaderboards | Free (one banner ad, $2.99 to remove ads) |
1. Anagram Rush - the closest game to Bananagrams on iPhone
This is the one to get if you want the actual Bananagrams loop on your phone, and you have an iPhone. Anagram Rush: Word Grid Puzzle is by Chris Forbes.
You drag letter tiles into a connected crossword grid. When you place them all, you get dealt more from the bag. You keep building until the bag runs dry. That is Bananagrams, more or less exactly, and Anagram Rush is the closest I found on either store.
The modes: a Speed Trial, a five-stage Daily Puzzle, an untimed Cherry Pick mode for when you want to think, and real-time multiplayer against friends. Single player works offline, there are global leaderboards, and you earn bananas to unlock new boards and tiles.
It is free, with a $3.99 purchase to remove ads. At the time of writing it sits at 4.4 stars from 65 ratings and is actively updated.
The catch: two of them. It is iPhone and iPad only, with no Android version. And most of it is built around a clock, so if the racing is the part of Bananagrams you wanted to leave behind, skip to number three.
One warning if you are on Android: there is a different game with the same name on Google Play, by a different developer. It is not this one.
2. WordMix - the closest game like Bananagrams on Android
WordMix, by Sascha Hlusiak, calls itself a word dice game. You toss the dice, then arrange the jumbled letters into words running across and down, crossword style, using as many tiles as you can before the timer runs out.
Why it feels like Bananagrams rather than Scrabble: unused letters count against you. You score on letters in valid words and lose points for every tile you could not place. Words have to connect by default, though you can turn that off, and jokers can stand in for any letter. It is the same pressure to dump your whole rack that the real game has.
It also ships dictionaries in fifteen languages, lets you add your own words mid-game, and has a math mode where you build equations instead of words. There is a local high score list and an online ranking.
Credit where it is due: WordMix carries no advertising whatsoever, which is more than I can say for mine. The optional Pro version adds 3D graphics, sound, letter swapping and word suggestions.
The catch: Android only. If you are on an iPhone this is not an option.
3. Everything Must Word - the cozy one (iOS and Android)
(This one is mine.)
Everything Must Word is a solo anagram game where you are a mayor's speechwriter. You draft letter tiles, anagram them into the highest-scoring words you can, and stack upgrades that multiply what you earn. There are 30-odd days across nine campaign weeks, and every week ends with your mayor giving a live speech built from your words. It goes about as well as you would expect.
It goes after a different playstyle with the same vibe. No connected grid and no race, but the same hunt for the best word in an awkward pile of letters, with a few twists on top to keep it interesting.
What it is instead: cozier. No clock breathing down your neck, so you can sit with a rack of letters and think. The upgrades add a strategy layer the other two do not have, because they change how you want to spell things. Dictionary definitions are built in, so when you play a word you half-recognized you can hold a button and find out what you just said. It works fully offline, definitions included, and it is free on iOS and Android.
It is single player, but not lonely. There is a Daily Challenge with a global leaderboard, private leaderboards for friends, and achievements to chase. Seeded runs deal you and a friend the exact same letters, so you play whenever you want and still compare scores fairly. Nobody has to be awake at the same time.
The catch: if you came here for tile-racing against a real person, this is not that, and Anagram Rush is your answer.
Are any of these a free Scrabble alternative?
Different itch, mostly. Bananagrams is fast and you build your own grid. Scrabble is slower, turn-based, and fought over one shared board. All three games here scratch part of it, because they are all about making the best word from an awkward pile of letters. Everything Must Word comes closest on scoring, since squeezing the most points out of your rack is the whole game.
Which free anagram game for adults should you install?
All three are free anagram games aimed at adults, so the easiest way to decide is by phone. On an iPhone, get Anagram Rush. On Android, get WordMix. Everything Must Word is the only one of the three on both (iOS, Android), so if you and a friend are on different phones, it is the one you can both actually play.
And if what you liked about Bananagrams was the letters rather than the hurrying, try mine either way.
If three is not enough, I also rounded up nine new word games in 2026 that go beyond Wordle.
Prices are in USD and may change. Store listings were checked on September 3, 2026.