Save the smiley

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Animals

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How to play Save the smiley

A word hides behind a row of dashes, one dash per letter. Pick letters from the alphabet by tapping or typing them. Right guesses fill the dashes. Wrong guesses chip away at the smiley face on the side. Six wrong picks and the smiley falls apart. Guess every letter of the word before that happens to win the round.

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About Save the smiley

Hangman has been a school yard staple for over a hundred years and probably much longer. Old Victorian books mention a similar guess the word game with a different visual stake. Our cheerful version swaps the gloomy gallows for a wobbly smiley face that slowly crumbles with every miss. Same brain workout, friendlier vibe. Great for kids, great for filling five minutes between things.

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