Globs (Three Emojis)

Globs, inspired by Thomas Colthurst's 45x45 puzzle, works like a layered version of Connections. Every tile belongs to a group of four. Tap or drag two tiles together to merge them, which only works if they share a group; you can build a group one tile at a time. When four items of a group are merged, they become a single tile for the next level, which in turn belongs to a group of four at that level, until everything collapses into one final tile.

Sort arranges tiles, Hint reveals emoji clues, and you can tag tiles with colours to keep track of your theories. New daily puzzles appear at midnight UTC in Mini and Big versions for US and British English, German and Spanish, and the site offers Globs in 22 languages in total, some refreshed less often, plus themed puzzles on topics such as NBA basketball or the Linux ecosystem.

Each daily has its own title and emoji clue on its start card (21 October's Mini was High-Voltage Epochs). Paid members, at $5 a month, can play every previous daily game from the archive and play without ads; the daily itself is free with no account. Three Emojis also makes Hexes and Scrambled. Globs suits players who finish Connections quickly and want a bigger, multi-level grouping puzzle.