# Emoji Bee — Five daily rebus word puzzles

> Five daily rebus word puzzles (iPhone/iPad app by Michael Pugh.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emoji-bee/id6787093425 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michael Pugh](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891817685)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Word
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emoji-bee/id6787093425/reviews.md

## What is Emoji Bee?

Not emoji charades. Not another loose rebus. Emoji Bee is the daily emoji puzzle that takes the puzzle seriously — emoji combine in predictable (though not always obvious) ways, and every answer is a common phrase, idiom or reference that can be worked out instead of guessed.

Five puzzles a day. Each a familiar (or not so familiar) phrase hiding in plain sight — reveal it with the emoji in your honeycomb and by doing a little emoji math: add them, subtract them, multiply and divide them; play on what they mean, how they sound, and the words they make. You’ll even delight in solving mini-logic puzzles called Emoji Melds, which ask the player what one emoji is as a function of another. (What does fire do to bread? It makes toast!) Each daily game will tickle your left brain and right brain at the same time!

Like a good daily crossword, Emoji Bee calls on — and builds — your knowledge and your solving instincts, not just your emoji fluency. Come back each day and grow your emoji vocabulary, one puzzle at a time.

HOW IT WORKS
• Five a day, easy to hard — no timer.
• Three misses end your day; three hints when you’re stuck.
• Emoji mean what they are — no slang, no in-jokes.
• Solve all five to keep your streak.
• 40+ archived games for when you want more.

MELDS AND MORE
• Every Emoji Meld you solve is vocabulary you keep in your Comb. Collecting them from the archive is a game of its own.
• Solving earns EQ and climbs you through the bee ranks — every game moves you up.

PLAY YOUR WAY
• No account needed — play anonymously if you like.
• Sign in with Apple or Google to keep your streak, stats, and Comb across devices.
• Invite friends to your Hive and compare days, streaks, and ranks.
• Everyone plays the same five each day. The archive is there when you want more.

FREE, HONESTLY
• The daily is free — no ads, no tracking, no selling your data.
• Optional reminders so you never miss a day.

Five new puzzles land every day. Part wordplay, part math, all emoji — and right at home in your daily puzzle lineup.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9 — 2026-08-20

Your Comb, finished.

- A missing meld now tells you which past game it is hiding in, and takes you there.
- A new card on your Comb hands you one day to play, and follows you to your results.
- Chip families show their rule up front. No more collecting two to find out what one does.
- One-off melds gather into Wild Melds instead of crowding the filter.
- A day found broken is comped: your streak is safe, and it never counts against you.

### 1.8 — 2026-08-15

A brighter hive:

- A refreshed palette and a redrawn bee, right down to the app icon
- Dark mode gets the same treatment, top to bottom
- Streaks count correctly across older days, and a broken one offers an honest repair
- Fix: a word ending now reads as one tile with the emoji it rides

### 1.7 — 2026-08-14

• Steadier screens: pages now hold their layout while your data loads — no more content jumping into place.
• A more native feel: better keyboard behavior, no accidental text selection or zoom.
• Streak update: solving all five puzzles keeps your streak going.
• Assorted fixes and polish.

### 1.6 — 2026-08-13

- First Flight: your first game now opens with a short guided tour that teaches as you play.
- The Help sheet got a glow-up: real puzzle examples, honey-drop hint pips, and score marks.
- The Archive calendar now pours honey into each day as you solve it.
- Bug fixes and polish throughout the hive.

### 1.5 — 2026-08-11

The archive is open to everyone. Browse and play past days without signing in first.

The app icon badge now clears the moment you solve your first puzzle of the day, instead of hanging around after you are done.

Solve now banks every word that verified, rather than discarding them.

Polish: cleaner punctuation on the board, a better-scaled share card, and titles on themed days.

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