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Small games for a few minutes at a time. Each one is a single page that works offline once it has loaded. Scores stay on your device unless you choose to post one to the leaderboard with three initials. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.

ON-DEVICE · NOTHING UPLOADED UNLESS YOU POST A SCORE

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ARCADE · 90 SECONDS · DAILY STREET

Trick or Treat Run

Paperboy, but it's Halloween. Ride the street, hit the lit porches with your candy bag, dodge cats, hoses and ghosts, and bring home the most candy. Everyone gets the same street each day.

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TEEN SPEAK · ENDLESS · DAILY MALL

Mall Rat

Walk the mall. Teens come up and say things like "ngl that fit is bussin fr", out loud, in full California bro or valley girl. Pick what they actually meant before they lose interest. Get it wrong and the whole mall shouts CHOPPED, UNC, COOKED, BUNS or worse. Three strikes and they call yo Uber.

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BOOMER SPEAK · ENDLESS · DAILY SCHOOL

Teacher's Lounge

Mall Rat, flipped. You're the kid, and Coach and the art teacher stop you in the hall to say things like "listen up, champ, that mixtape is the bee's knees, no foolin'". Pick what they actually meant. Get it wrong and it's DETENTION. Three strikes and it's summer school.

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OFFICE JARGON · ENDLESS · DAILY OFFICE

Corporate Speak

Walk the open-plan office. The VP and the project manager say things like "let's circle back and boil the ocean on the north star, net-net". Pick what they actually meant before their hard stop. Get it wrong and it gets escalated. Three strikes and HR is looped in.

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DAILY · 6 ITEMS · HOT OR COLD

Pricedle

Six real things a day, from a dozen eggs to a Steinway. Guess the price in dollars, get hot-or-cold hints, three shots each. Everyone gets the same six, so share your emoji grid and argue about the toaster.

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DAILY · ONE REBUS · THREE GUESSES

Tiny Riddle

One picture puzzle a day. A row of emoji tiles spells out a movie, an idiom, a food, a place or a thing. Three guesses, two hints, a streak to protect. Bee plus leaf is believe, and it only gets sneakier from there.

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DAILY · 8 SOUNDS · NAME IT

Hear It

Dial-up modems, rotary phones, Morse code, a cuckoo clock, a truck backing up. Every one of the 60 sounds is synthesized live in your browser, so nothing downloads and nothing is copyrighted. Eight rounds a day, replays cost points, plus a soundboard to play with.

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TRIVIA · DAILY DIVE · PELLA, IOWA

Deep Pella

Seven "name a…" prompts about Pella, Iowa, one dive a day. Type an answer and sink: a tourist answer drops you ten metres, a one-in-a-Pellion answer drops you a hundred. Rarer is deeper. Quick Ten multiple choice for the warm-up.

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