The week's most popular daily games
The Playlin 40
Chart #2 · Week of May 18, 2026
Data window: May 8, 2026 – May 15, 2026
This week
- ▲ OpenGuessr climbs 18 to reach a new peak of #17
- ● Venn Puzzle is the week's highest debut at #27
| # | ▲▼ | Game | Wks | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | Stackdown by Waffle Studio | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | — | Glyph by Stephen Cassilo | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | ▲ 1 | Number Waffle by Waffle Studio | 2 | 3 ★ |
| 4 | ▼ 1 | Daily Tens by Daily Tens | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | ▲ 1 | Scrandle 2 by danbo | 2 | 5 ★ |
| 6 | ▲ 5 | Color Guesser by Kiru | 2 | 6 ★ |
| 7 | ▼ 2 | Stars by Inkwell Games | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | ▼ 1 | Parseword by Josh Wardle, Chris Dary & Matt Lee | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | ▼ 1 | MapTap by John Donham | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | ▲ 2 | Mini Murdle by G.T. Karber | 2 | 10 ★ |
| 11 | ▼ 2 | Tiled Words by Paul Hebert | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | ▲ 2 | Connections by NYT Games | 2 | 12 ★ |
| 13 | ▲ 2 | Wridges by Washington Post | 2 | 13 ★ |
| 14 | ▲ 2 | Betweenle by Nebula Bytes | 2 | 14 ★ |
| 15 | ▲ 5 | Cinematrix by Vulture | 2 | 15 ★ |
| 16 | ▲ 10 | Clues by Sam by Johannes Ahvenniemi | 2 | 16 ★ |
| 17 | ▲ 18 | OpenGuessr by PaulPlay | 2 | 17 ★ |
| 18 | ▼ 5 | Waffle by James Robinson | 2 | 13 |
| 19 | ▼ 2 | Wordle by Josh Wardle | 2 | 17 |
| 20 | ▲ 2 | Chronoodle by Craig Dugas | 2 | 20 ★ |
| 21 | ▼ 11 | Curdle by Gumbo Systems | 2 | 10 |
| 22 | ▲ 15 | FoodGuessr | 2 | 22 ★ |
| 23 | ▼ 4 | Jigsaw Explorer by Carolina Road Media | 2 | 19 |
| 24 | ▼ 1 | Crossclimb by LinkedIn | 2 | 23 |
| 25 | — | Raddle by Sandy Weisz | 2 | 25 |
| 26 | ▼ 8 | WrestlePlay Grid by WrestlePlay | 2 | 18 |
| 27 | NEW | Venn Puzzle | 1 | 27 |
| 28 | NEW | Zip by LinkedIn | 1 | 28 |
| 29 | NEW | Sexaginta-quattuordle by Catherine Cowie | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | NEW | Wrodeo by Kelsey Rexroat & Dan | 1 | 30 |
| 31 | NEW | Colorfle | 1 | 31 |
| 32 | NEW | Minute Cryptic by Minute Cryptic | 1 | 32 |
| 33 | NEW | Murdle by G.T. Karber | 1 | 33 |
| 34 | NEW | Eightile by Alex Morgan | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | NEW | HowMany by Nick Nicholaou | 1 | 35 |
| 36 | — | Pixletters by Nebula Bytes | 2 | 36 |
| 37 | ▼ 4 | Redactle | 2 | 33 |
| 38 | ▼ 14 | Metazooa by Trainwreck Labs | 2 | 24 |
| 39 | ▼ 18 | WhichWay by Eyospace | 2 | 21 |
| 40 | NEW | Word Weld by Redividers | 1 | 40 |
★ new peak this week
Bubbling under
Just missed this week: Boston Globe Mini Crossword · Gram Jam · Amagrama
Liner Notes
Compiled retrospectively from that week's live data. This week predates The Playlin 40's public debut.
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About the Playlin 40
The week's most popular daily games, ranked by plays and favorites on Playlin. New chart every Monday at 9am ET.
