You can see the words.
You just can't type them.
Every day, Did You Mean shows you a sentence. Those words are the target — and searching for any of them is refused. To claim one you have to make a search engine say it back to you: type something else entirely, read the result titles, and take the word when it surfaces.
The whole game in one line: reach the word without naming it. Fewer searches and less time is a better score.
How a round goes
1 · Read the target
Six or so words, shown up front. Every one of them is now off-limits as a search term.
2 · Search sideways
Describe the thing around it. The engine returns real result titles.
3 · Claim what surfaced
Any target word inside a title becomes tappable. Take it and move to the next.
Modes
| Daily | One official run per day, per difficulty. This is the one that counts on the leaderboard. |
|---|---|
| Archive | Replay any past day. Practice only — it never touches your official score. |
| Classic | A random past puzzle when you just want another round. |
| Challenge | Send a friend a link to the exact board you played, with your score as the number to beat. |
What it looks like
Questions people ask
Is it just a word search?
No. Nothing is hidden in a grid. The difficulty is that the direct route is closed: you have to predict what the web will call a thing.
Do I need an account?
No. The app works straight away with a device-local identity. There is no sign-up, no password, and no email required. See the privacy policy for exactly what that means.
Does it cost anything?
No. There are no purchases and no ads. Hints cost you score, not money.
Are the searches real?
Yes — queries go to a live search engine and the titles you see are the ones it returned.
Something broken, or a puzzle that seems impossible? Tell us — include the daily number if you can.