Guess the Emoji: 40 Emoji Puzzles with Answers 🤔

How to Play the Emoji Guessing Game

1. Read the emojis from left to right. They may show words (🌧️ = rain), sounds, or ideas (⬇️ = down, below, "par").
2. Say the answer out loud. Hindi and English both count; many clues mix the two.
3. Set a timer of 30 seconds per clue if you want to make the emoji puzzle game faster and more exciting.
4. Give one point for each correct answer and half a point if someone needs a hint.
5. Only open the answers section when you are done with a round.

Tip: count the words. If a movie title has four words, look for four ideas in the clue. For Hindi titles, think of what each emoji is called in Hindi too; ⭐ is "taara" as much as it is "star".

Difficulty goes up round by round. Food and festivals are friendly for children, movies suit teenagers and adults, and the proverbs round can stump even the elders of the house. If you play in teams, let each team pick a round and keep score on paper.

Guess the Bollywood Movie by Emoji

Ten well-known Hindi film titles for this guess the movie emoji round. Only the title is the answer, so guess the movie name by emoji and not the actors. When you finish, check the guess the movie by emoji with answers list in the answer key.

1. 3️⃣ 🤪🤪🤪
2. 🤼‍♀️ 👨‍👧‍👧 🥇
3. ⭐⭐ 🌍 ⬇️
4. 😊 😢 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
5. 🏏 🌧️ 🌾 💰
6. 🏍️💨 🏦 💰
7. 👨‍⚕️ 🩺 🤗
8. 🏑 👧👧👧 🇮🇳
9. 👽 📻
10. ❤️ 👰 🚂 🌻

Stuck on number 8? Think about which sport is played with a curved stick 🏑.

Indian Food Emoji Puzzles

From street snacks to sweets. These are a good warm-up for younger players.

1. 🔺 🥔 🌶️
2. 🧈 🐔
3. 🧀 🍢 🔥
4. 🌀 🟠 🍯
5. 🌹 🫐 (a sweet)
6. 🥭 🥛 (a Punjabi drink)
7. 🥔 🫓
8. 🍞 🍅🥔🧈

The shapes help: 🔺 is the shape of the snack and 🌀 shows the spiral of the sweet.

Guess the Festival by Emoji

Festivals celebrated across India. Look for the lamp, the colours, the thread and the kite.

1. 🪔 🎆 🍬
2. 🎨 💦 🌈
3. 👫 🧵 🎁
4. 🪁 ☀️ 🌾
5. 💃 9️⃣ 🌙
6. 🐘 🐁 🍬
7. 🌙 ✨ 🤗 🍲
8. 🎄 🎅 ⭐

Guess the City by Emoji

Each clue has the state in brackets to keep the answer clear. Think of what the city is famous for: its colour, its sweets, its jobs or its monuments.

1. 🎬 🌊 🚂 (Maharashtra)
2. 🤍 🕌 🍬 (Uttar Pradesh)
3. 🩷 🏰 🐘 (Rajasthan)
4. 🚋 🌉 🍬 (West Bengal)
5. 🍚🍗 💎 🕌 (Telangana)
6. 💻 🌳 ☁️ (Karnataka)

Guess the Word with Emojis: Phrases and Proverbs

English sayings and two everyday Hindi proverbs. To guess the word by emoji here, look for comparisons (=) and small joining words like "of". This is the hardest round, so take your time.

1. ⏰ = 💰
2. 🧩 of 🍰
3. 🌧️ 🐱 🐶
4. 🌅 🐦 🪱
5. 🛋️ 🥔
6. 😎 🥒
7. 🐒 ❓ 🫚 😋 (Hindi proverb)
8. 🏠 🐔 = 🍲 (Hindi proverb)

Answers: Guess the Emoji Answer Key

Check your answers only after you have tried every clue. Numbers match the puzzle lists above.

Bollywood movies

1. 3 Idiots
2. Dangal
3. Taare Zameen Par
4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
5. Lagaan
6. Dhoom
7. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
8. Chak De! India
9. PK
10. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Indian food

1. Samosa
2. Butter chicken
3. Paneer tikka
4. Jalebi
5. Gulab jamun
6. Mango lassi
7. Aloo paratha
8. Pav bhaji

Festivals

1. Diwali
2. Holi
3. Raksha Bandhan
4. Makar Sankranti (Uttarayan in Gujarat)
5. Navratri
6. Ganesh Chaturthi
7. Eid
8. Christmas

Cities

1. Mumbai
2. Agra
3. Jaipur
4. Kolkata
5. Hyderabad
6. Bengaluru

Phrases and proverbs

1. Time is money
2. A piece of cake
3. Raining cats and dogs
4. The early bird catches the worm
5. Couch potato
6. Cool as a cucumber
7. Bandar kya jaane adrak ka swaad
8. Ghar ki murgi daal barabar

Play an Emoji Challenge on WhatsApp

The quiz works well in a family or friends group. Here is an easy way to run it.

1. Pick one quiz master. They copy one clue from this page (or make their own) and send it in the group.
2. Others reply with their guess. The first correct reply wins the point. Use 👍 reactions to mark right answers.
3. Send the next clue after a minute or after someone gets it.
4. After 10 clues, the quiz master posts the score. The winner becomes the next quiz master.

To make your own emoji riddles, choose a title, break it into simple ideas, and pick one emoji per idea. Test it on one person first; if nobody can solve it, add a hint. A guess the song emoji round works the same way: use only the song title, not lyrics, for example a 🌙 and ⭐ for a title about the moon and stars. Guess the country by emoji is easy with flags, so make it harder by using famous foods or landmarks instead. For quick ideas, the emoji combos page has many pairs that already tell a story, and to type clues fast on a laptop see emoji keyboard shortcuts. Plain symbols like ✓ and ✗ from our tick symbol page are handy for marking answers.