Alright, let’s dive into this chaotic whirlpool – so, it’s World Emoji Day (who knew that was a thing?), and Apple decided to drop this mind-bending puzzle game called Emoji Game on their Apple News+ app. If you’re chilling in the U.S. or Canada, you can start messing around with it today. Basically, you’re dragging little smiley faces or whatever into these blanks to complete phrases. Simple? Sure. But also weirdly addictive.
Now — bear with me, my brain’s all over — this game popped straight from Apple’s brains. It’s like the fifth puzzler you’d find on there. They already threw Crossword, Mini Crossword, Sudoku, and some thing called Quartiles (no clue what that is, tbh) at us. But now Emoji Game is stealing the spotlight because it’s super iOS-ish.
Alright, let’s break it down: every day, there’s this new puzzle where you’re solving six words or phrases. Emojis are chilling at the bottom of your screen, waiting for you to throw ’em into blanks. Like if there’s a big old Disap_ _ _ _ and you see a pear emoji — boom! You got Disappear. I thought it was genius — or maybe I’m just easily entertained.
And the plot thickens. Some of these puzzles get wild with multi-word phrases. Imagine needing to solve something like _ _ _ _ _ _ Year _ _ _ k using fish and ghost emojis. Put the ghost in to get “boo” for Yearbook, and the fish does “school.” School Yearbook! It’s like mental gymnastics. If you’re scratching your head too hard, there are hints to save the day.
Oh, and guess what? There’s this really weird part involving iOS 18’s (yep, 18 already) Genmoji thing. Saw someone use an eaten apple emoji for “core.” It’s almost like there’s a joke there — but you get it, right?
Thinking about it, Apple might just be pulling a Wordle stunt here. It’s got that daily vibe, plus all the archive-y, social-y, streak-y stuff you’d expect. A game for six tries. Basically, another reason to keep staring at your phone, which we all probs need less of—yet here we are. Anyway, if you’re already on Apple News+, this could be a little treat.
Oh, how time flies! It’s up and running on iOS right now. Give it a whirl if you want. Or not. Up to you.
