ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)
ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) Games
Welcome to the ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) collection! This curated selection brings together some of our favorite games in this theme. Whether you're looking for a quick daily challenge or a new favorite, you'll find something great here.
Games in this Collection
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SPAN
Guess the word without knowing its length.
- How to play: Guess a 4 to 9 letter word in 7 tries using letter feedback and a gold dot that appears only when your guess is exactly one letter off the target length.
- Free to play.
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Fermi
Estimate impossible numbers using napkin math and intuition.
- How to play: Answer three estimation questions with your best guess and score based on how close you are as a multiple of the real answer.
- Game by: Flatwhite Studios
- Free to play.
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Lawndle
Mow the lawn, dodge ponds, park in the shed.
- How to play: Mow every grass tile while managing rightward clipping spray, then park in the shed in as few steps as possible.
- Game by: Mighty Pebble Games
- Free to play.
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COLLIDE
Find every short code collision.
- How to play: Identify all the countries, airports, elements, airlines, and abbreviations that share the same short code.
- Game by: Paul Khosla
- Free to play.
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Hexaboo
Connect honeycomb letters into words before running out of paths.
- How to play: Form as many words as possible by linking adjacent hexagon tiles, using each tile only once per word, until you use up all of the letters.
- Game by: Shadow Dog Games
- Free to play.
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Chess Attack
Daily chess puzzle: find the fastest checkmate.
- How to play: Find the shortest sequence of moves to checkmate the computer's king on a 6x6 chess board.
- Game by: Sporcle
- Free to play.
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Steps
Climb the word ladder one letter at a time.
- How to play: Change one letter at a time to form valid words and progress up the ladder until you discover the hidden theme.
- Game by: Sporcle
- Free to play.
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Abako Daily
Combine numbers and operators to hit the target using math.
- How to play: Use each number once to build mathematical expressions that equal today's target.
- Game by: Abako Games
- Free to play.
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Flagdle by Alexandre Sullet
Nine mini games surrounding one mystery country.
- How to play: Identify today's mystery country and complete a series of nine mini-games in sequence.
- Game by: Alexandre Sullet
- Free to play.
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What Year Was It?
Date TIME covers using visual detective work.
- How to play: Study five authentic TIME Magazine covers and drag a year slider to your best guess, using fashion, technology, and design trends as clues.
- Game by: TIME
- Free to play.
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Yesternerd
A daily issue of four clever history games.
- How to play: Complete four distinct history games by identifying figures, lifespans, artifacts, and thematic groups to build your daily score.
- Game by: Daniel Illes
- Free to play.
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Miles Off
Spin the globe and drop the pin against the clock.
- How to play: Spin and zoom a blank 3D globe to find where each named place belongs, then commit your pin before the timer expires.
- Game by: Andy Tertzakian
- Free to play.
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Verdict
Eliminate impossibilities until one solution remains.
- How to play: Use the grid to mark clues as possible or impossible, then deduce the unique solution to the mystery.
- Game by: Endpaper Labs
- Free to play.
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Linxicon
Link words by finding their meaningful connections.
- How to play: Create a chain of related words that connects the starting word to the target word, where each word shares meaning with the next.
- Game by: Trainwreck Labs
- Free to play.
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AlphArrows
Wordle, but the clues point up or down the alphabet.
- How to play: Guess a 5-letter word by interpreting arrows that show whether each wrong letter comes before or after the target letter in the alphabet.
- Game by: Robert Woolls
- Free to play.
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descrambleTHIS
Build a fact by arranging words in the right sequence.
- How to play: Arrange the provided words into a complete sentence that is both grammatically correct and factually accurate.
- Game by: Tyson Koska
- Free to play.
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Swervle
Race today’s track and chase your best time. (Desktop or laptop-only)
- How to play: Drive through the course hitting every checkpoint while using throttle, braking, and a lot of swerving strategically to reach your best time.
- Free to play.
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Tungle
Drag and connect to find all words hiding in a grid.
- How to play: Trace connected adjacent letters by dragging to discover every word hidden in the grid.
- Game by: Andreassen Technologies
- Free to play.
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MCdle
Minecraft Wordle. Attributes, not letters.
- How to play: Identify a mystery mob, block, or item by guessing and using colored attribute feedback to narrow down the possibilities.
- Free to play.
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Estimatle
Estimate answers in this slider-based trivia challenge.
- How to play: Estimate the answers to five daily trivia questions across various topics by sliding to your guess, then score points based on your accuracy.
- Game by: Emplexity
- Free to play.
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