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Emoji Guessing

Decode the emoji before the clock runs out.

A string of emoji appears: 🦁👑. Type your guess. First correct answers earn the most points and the leaderboard updates every round. Categories include movies, phrases, tech terms, objects, songs and places.

Players
2–100 players
Duration
8–20 min
Difficulty
medium
Plan
Free
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Bright, quick, giggly. Best for: Short energisers · Cross-cultural teams · Friday fun.

How to play

  1. 1Create a room and pick categories and the number of puzzles.
  2. 2Each puzzle shows an emoji sequence and a countdown. Type your guess and submit.
  3. 3Spelling is forgiving: case, punctuation and common short forms are accepted.
  4. 4After the reveal, points are awarded by speed and the leaderboard updates.

Rules

  • One accepted guess per puzzle; you can resubmit until the timer ends.
  • Correct answer: 100 points, plus up to 50 for speed.
  • Hints can be enabled by the host and reduce the speed bonus.

Why teams love it

  • Language-light fun for international teams
  • Short rounds keep energy high
  • Easy to run in the last 10 minutes of a meeting

Example session

🧊🚢💔 appears. Twelve people type at once. “titanic” lands first after 4 seconds and takes 148 points.

Host tips

  • Enable hints for mixed-age teams.
  • Use the Technology category for engineering groups.

Questions

Do emoji render the same everywhere?

Most do. We avoid platform-specific emoji in the puzzle bank.

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