๐ฎ Emoji Games
Test your emoji knowledge with fun games
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Guess the Emoji
Can you guess the emoji from its description?
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Emoji Match
Match pairs of emojis to win
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Find the Odd One Out
One emoji doesn't belong. Can you find it?
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Emoji Story
Guess the movie, song, or famous phrase from emoji clues!
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Guess the Flag
Identify the country from the flag emoji. Geography quiz with 10 rounds!
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Older or Newer
Which emoji came first? Pick the one added to Unicode earliest.
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Six games, and what each one actually tests
These are not six versions of the same quiz. Guess the Emoji asks you to go from a written description back to the glyph, which is harder than recognising one on sight. Emoji Match is pure visual memory with no emoji knowledge needed at all. Odd One Out tests whether you can see the category a set belongs to. Emoji Story gives you a sequence and asks for the film, song or phrase behind it. Guess the Flag is geography. Older or Newer is the only one that tests emoji history, asking which of two glyphs reached Unicode first.
Where to start, depending on what you want
If you want something you can finish in two minutes, Guess the Flag and Older or Newer both run ten rounds and stop. If you want the one that is genuinely difficult, Older or Newer is it: the gap between Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and Unicode 15.0 in 2022 covers most of the emoji people use daily, and almost nobody has the release order memorised. Emoji Story is the best one to play with other people, because the 64 puzzles are the kind you shout answers at. Emoji Match is the one to give a child.
No account, no app, nothing saved to a server
Every game runs in the browser tab you already have open. There is no sign-up, no download and no score submitted anywhere. Your games played, total score and recent results are kept in your own browser using local storage, which means they follow you on this device and this browser only. Clearing site data resets them, and opening the same page on your phone will show a fresh slate rather than your laptop history.
Emoji games FAQ
Are these emoji games free?
Yes, all six, with no account and no trial. They run entirely in your browser, so there is nothing to install and nothing to pay for at any point.
Which emoji game is the hardest?
Older or Newer, by a wide margin. Recognising an emoji is easy; knowing whether the pleading face arrived before or after the woozy face is not something most people have ever had reason to learn.
Do my scores save between visits?
They save in your browser, not on our servers. That means they persist on this device until you clear site data, and they do not transfer to another browser, another phone or a private window.
Can I play these on a phone?
Yes. All six are built for touch first, since that is how most people arrive. Emoji Match in particular is easier on a phone, where the whole grid fits on one screen without scrolling.