The week's most popular daily games
The Playlin 40
Chart #2 · Week of May 18, 2026
Chart covers May 8 to 15, 2026
This week
- ▲ OpenGuessr climbs 18 to reach a new peak of #17
- ● Venn Puzzle is the week's highest debut at #27
Rising
Falling
Steady
| # | ▲▼ | Game | Wks | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — |  Stackdown | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | — |  Glyph | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | ▲ 1 |  Number Waffle | 2 | 3 ★ |
| 4 | ▼ 1 |  Daily Tens | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | ▲ 1 |  Scrandle 2 | 2 | 5 ★ |
| 6 | ▲ 5 |  Color Guesser | 2 | 6 ★ |
| 7 | ▼ 2 |  Stars | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | ▼ 1 |  Parseword | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | ▼ 1 |  MapTap | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | ▲ 2 |  Mini Murdle | 2 | 10 ★ |
| 11 | ▼ 2 |  Tiled Words | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | ▲ 2 |  Connections | 2 | 12 ★ |
| 13 | ▲ 2 |  Wridges | 2 | 13 ★ |
| 14 | ▲ 2 |  Betweenle | 2 | 14 ★ |
| 15 | ▲ 5 |  Cinematrix | 2 | 15 ★ |
| 16 | ▲ 10 |  Clues by Sam | 2 | 16 ★ |
| 17 | ▲ 18 |  OpenGuessr | 2 | 17 ★ |
| 18 | ▼ 5 |  Waffle | 2 | 13 |
| 19 | ▼ 2 |  Wordle | 2 | 17 |
| 20 | ▲ 2 |  Chronoodle | 2 | 20 ★ |
| 21 | ▼ 11 |  Curdle | 2 | 10 |
| 22 | ▲ 15 |  FoodGuessr | 2 | 22 ★ |
| 23 | ▼ 4 |  Jigsaw Explorer | 2 | 19 |
| 24 | ▼ 1 |  Crossclimb | 2 | 23 |
| 25 | — |  Raddle | 2 | 25 |
| 26 | ▼ 8 |  WrestlePlay Grid | 2 | 18 |
| 27 | NEW |  Venn Puzzle | 1 | 27 |
| 28 | NEW |  Zip | 1 | 28 |
| 29 | NEW |  Sexaginta-quattuordle | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | NEW |  Wrodeo | 1 | 30 |
| 31 | NEW |  Colorfle | 1 | 31 |
| 32 | NEW |  Minute Cryptic | 1 | 32 |
| 33 | NEW |  Murdle | 1 | 33 |
| 34 | NEW |  Eightile | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | NEW |  HowMany | 1 | 35 |
| 36 | — |  Pixletters | 2 | 36 |
| 37 | ▼ 4 |  Redactle | 2 | 33 |
| 38 | ▼ 14 |  Metazooa | 2 | 24 |
| 39 | ▼ 18 |  WhichWay | 2 | 21 |
| 40 | NEW |  Word Weld | 1 | 40 |
★ new peak this week
Bubbling under
Just missed this week: Boston Globe Mini Crossword · Gram Jam · Amagrama
Liner Notes
Compiled retrospectively from that week's live data. This week predates The Playlin 40's public debut.
Chart archive
- Chart #23 — October 12, 2026
- Chart #22 — October 5, 2026
- Chart #21 — September 28, 2026
- Chart #20 — September 21, 2026
- Chart #19 — September 14, 2026
- Chart #18 — September 7, 2026
- Chart #17 — August 31, 2026
- Chart #16 — August 24, 2026
- Chart #15 — August 17, 2026
- Chart #14 — August 10, 2026
- Chart #13 — August 3, 2026
- Chart #12 — July 27, 2026
- Chart #11 — July 20, 2026
- Chart #10 — July 13, 2026
- Chart #9 — July 6, 2026
- Chart #8 — June 29, 2026
- Chart #7 — June 22, 2026
- Chart #6 — June 15, 2026
- Chart #5 — June 8, 2026
- Chart #4 — June 1, 2026
- Chart #3 — May 25, 2026
- Chart #2 — May 18, 2026 ← you are here
- Chart #1 — May 11, 2026
About the Playlin 40
The week's most popular daily games, ranked by plays and favorites on Playlin. New chart every Monday at 9am ET. Paid placement never counts, and here is how the chart works.
Playlin may exclude games from the chart for manipulated activity.
