Emoji Test

Emoji Test is a daily word puzzle built on emoji. Each day's puzzle, numbered and the same for every player, is a little rebus: a few emoji whose meaning, sound or setting points to one word. The blank tiles tell you how long the word is, anywhere from five to twelve letters.

The clues come in a few kinds. Some add meanings together (a cat and a sleeping sign make CATNAP), some work by sound (a bee and a maple leaf read out loud give BELIEVE), and some ask where you would find all the things shown (parrots, snakes, palms and tigers make JUNGLE). Once you have a guess, the game colours each letter the way Wordle does, so a wrong but sensible guess still narrows the answer down.

You have five guesses and earn a star for each one you do not need. The game is played in English or Spanish, each with its own daily puzzle, and earlier puzzles can be played from the daily archive after the day's one. A statistics box counts your games, stars and streak, and a share button posts your result. There is also a Create button for making emoji puzzles of your own to send to friends.

It suits players who like lateral thinking more than vocabulary drills: the hard part is reading the picture, and the letter colours are there to rescue you.