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★A group of frogs is called an army.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.★The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.★The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.★The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.★Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.★A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.★Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.★Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★Rats laugh when tickled.★The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.★It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.

★A group of frogs is called an army.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.★The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.★The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.★The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.★Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.★A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.★Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.★Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.★Rats laugh when tickled.★The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.★It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.

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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.

Tips

Start with common vowels: A, E, I, O, U
Then try high frequency consonants: R, S, T, L, N
Look at letter patterns, double letters narrow things fast
Save risky guesses like X and Q until you have a hunch

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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