Mask Emoji Kitchen
The medical mask face mixes with all 619 supported emoji. It launched with 153 pairings on 1 October 2020 and completed its set over 29 releases, with the decisive one on 30 May 2024 adding 285 at a stroke. That is the largest single release of any emoji on this page apart from pizza, and it turned a mid-table face into a complete one.
Every Mask mashup, and the day Google shipped it
Google added Mask to Emoji Kitchen on 1 October 2020, starting with 153 combinations. It now mixes with 619 emojis, built up over 29 separate releases. The most recent, on 2 February 2026, added 20.
| Release | Combinations added | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 3.2% | |
| 2 | 0.3% | |
| 2 | 0.3% | |
| 1 | 0.2% | |
| 5 | 0.8% | |
| 1 | 0.2% | |
| 22 | 3.6% | |
| 4 | 0.6% | |
| 28 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | 0.6% | |
| 285 | 46.0% | |
| 16 | 2.6% | |
| 17 earlier drops | 229 | 37.0% |
Newest Mask pairings
These partners arrived in the 2 February 2026 release, so they are the ones least likely to have been seen before.
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See every Emoji Kitchen release, with what each one added
Dates read from the Emoji Kitchen sticker assets Google serves through Gboard, which stamp each combination with the release that introduced it.
The only face here with complete coverage
Faces usually struggle. A face has eyes, a mouth and an outline, and a partner emoji has to work around all three, which is why so many expressive emoji stall in the 300s. The mask changes that. It covers the lower half of the face and gives the artists a large blank panel to put the partner on, so the composition problem that limits other faces simply does not apply. It is the clearest case in the data of artwork shape driving coverage.
What the 2024 release did
285 pairings on 30 May 2024. Before that, mask had been accumulating in batches of twenty or thirty since 2020. The release table shows the step clearly, and it matters for anyone who formed an impression of this emoji during the years when it was most used. The mask you tried in 2021 had a fraction of what is here now.
Make your own mashup
Want to combine different emojis? Use the interactive Emoji Kitchen tool to create your own custom mashups.
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Mask Emoji Kitchen FAQ
Does the mask emoji mix with everything?
Yes, all 619 supported emoji. It is the only face emoji among the most-searched hubs with complete coverage, which is unusual because faces generally compose badly with partners.
When did mask get most of its combinations?
30 May 2024, when one release added 285. It had been growing slowly from a launch set of 153 in October 2020 until that point.
Is this the same as the other mask emoji?
No. This is the face wearing a medical mask. The theatre masks and the face with thermometer are separate characters with their own combination sets, and they are a common source of confusion in search.
Further reading
- Every Emoji Kitchen update since 2020All 43 dated drops and 147,000 pairings, counted from Googleโs own data files.
- How to use Emoji Mixer and KitchenWhich pairs actually produce a mashup, and which do nothing.
- Free online emoji gamesWhat to play, and which ones are actually hard.
- Free online emoji keyboardType emoji on any device without installing anything.