What Was That? Daily Riddle

What Was That? is a daily riddle game for people who enjoy the quiet satisfaction of solving something clever. Each day, one new riddle drops at midnight. One clue is free. Four more are waiting. Hardest first — easiest last. Solve it with a single clue and you're a Genius. Use all five and crack it anyway — that still counts. This is a riddle game for curious minds, not a trivia app or a word scramble. The answer is always a single common word. The clues circle it — cryptic at first, then closing in. The word was always there. The question is how quickly you see it. HOW TO PLAY 1. Read Clue 1. Make your best guess. 2. Wrong? Watch a short ad to unlock the next clue. 3. Solve the word riddle in as few clues as possible. THE SCORE ★★★★★ Genius — solved with 1 clue ★★★★ Brilliant — solved with 2 clues ★★★ Sharp — solved with 3 clues ★★ Solid — solved with 4 clues ★ Got it — solved with 5 clues THE DAILY RITUAL One brain teaser, once a day. No endless scrolling, no lives, no timers. Open it over morning coffee. Think on it. Come back when you're ready. Midnight resets everything. It becomes a habit the way good things do — quietly, without asking. This is a word mystery puzzle for the kind of person who reads the clue in a crossword before looking at the grid. Who replays the riddle later and wishes they'd seen it sooner. SHARE YOUR RESULT Close the case, share your result — a row of symbols that shows how many clues it took, without spoiling the answer. Your friends will have to play to find out what the word was. TRACK YOUR STREAK Return every day and your streak grows. Miss a day and start again. The streak is yours. Protect it. COLD CASES Missed a day? Old riddles are available in the archive. Every word riddle we have ever published, searchable and solvable. AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND HEBREW WHAT IT ISN'T Not a jigsaw. Not a trivia quiz. Not fifty brain teasers a day. One daily riddle. That is the whole thing. If that sounds like not enough — it will feel like exactly enough. — Daily riddle, one new case every day — Five progressive clues per word riddle, hardest first — Score by clues used: Genius (1) through Got It (5) — Shareable result card — spoiler-free emoji format — Streak and stats tracking — Cold Cases archive of past riddles — Free to play, ad-supported — No account required to start