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Wedding emoji game: guess the couple's love story

By The Made For Our Day team · · 2 min read

How to run an emoji guessing game about the couple's story, clue ideas for first dates, trips and songs, and a free tool that makes a link guests can play.

A wedding emoji game tells the couple's story in emoji clues, such as a film, a city or a song, and guests guess the answer for each. Make your own link with the free guess our story tool and send it to guests before or after the wedding.

How do you play?

  1. The couple writes five to ten clues, each with a few emoji and an answer.
  2. They send the link to guests.
  3. Each guest sees one clue at a time and types a guess.
  4. At the end they see how many they got right.

What clues work well?

Think of moments that guests may know:

  • How you met: the city, the app, the event.
  • A first date: the restaurant, the film you watched.
  • Your song: the title, in emoji.
  • A trip: the place you got engaged.
  • An inside joke: a pet, a food, a nickname.

Use two or three emoji per clue and a short answer. Start easy and get harder so every guest gets a few right.

Can guests find the answers?

The link does not hold the answers in plain text. Each is turned into a scrambled code, so reading the link does not give them away. Capital letters and punctuation do not matter when guessing.

Where does the game fit?

  • Send it with your save the date or on your website.
  • Play it at the shower or the rehearsal dinner.
  • Put a QR code on a table card at the reception.

For more, read wedding games for guests and try the couple quiz maker.

Questions

What is a wedding emoji game?

A guessing game where clues are written in emoji and guests work out the film, place or song behind each one.

How many clues should I write?

Five to ten. Fewer feels short and more can drag.

Do I need an account?

No. The tool makes a link and nothing is saved on a server.

What if guests type the answer a little differently?

Capital letters, accents, punctuation and a leading "the" are ignored, so close spellings of the same answer still match.