Rock Emoji Kitchen
Rock arrived on 6 April 2022 with 183 pairings and has only reached 381 in the four years since. Eighteen releases, and more than half the grid still returns nothing. It is a good example of an emoji that was given a decent start and then left to tick along, which is the most common fate in Emoji Kitchen.
Every Rock mashup, and the day Google shipped it
Google added Rock to Emoji Kitchen on 6 April 2022, starting with 183 combinations. It now mixes with 381 emojis, built up over 18 separate releases. The most recent, on 2 February 2026, added 34.
| Release | Combinations added | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | 1.0% | |
| 6 | 1.6% | |
| 1 | 0.3% | |
| 15 | 3.9% | |
| 52 | 13.6% | |
| 2 | 0.5% | |
| 38 | 10.0% | |
| 15 | 3.9% | |
| 1 | 0.3% | |
| 16 | 4.2% | |
| 3 | 0.8% | |
| 6 earlier drops | 194 | 50.9% |
Newest Rock 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.
A strong debut is not a predictor
183 was a healthy opening batch in 2022, ahead of what penguin and bird got. Four years on, rock has gained roughly 200 more while shark, which started later, has gained over 400. There is no visible logic to which emoji get a second wind. The practical takeaway is that the release table is the only reliable guide to what an emoji can do, and the debut row tells you less than the most recent one.
What a featureless emoji can and cannot do
A rock is a grey blob. That sounds like it should compose with anything, the way fire does, but it works the other way round: a blob has no features for a partner to modify, so the artists have to add something rather than alter something. Compare it with the mouse trap, which has a frame, or the phone, which has a screen. Rock has neither, and at 381 pairings the ceiling shows.
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Rock Emoji Kitchen FAQ
How many rock emoji combinations are there?
381 out of 619 possible partners, so 238 produce nothing. That is below the median of 472. The most recent release, in February 2026, added 34.
Why does the rock emoji have fewer mashups than similar objects?
It has no distinguishing features for a combination to work with. Object emoji that reached complete coverage, like the mouse trap, have a frame or a surface that a partner can occupy. A plain stone gives the artwork nothing to build on.
Is the rock emoji still getting updates?
Yes. February 2026 brought 34 new pairings. When an emoji's set is effectively finished, releases drop to a sticker or two, so a batch this size means the artists are still working on it.
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.