A SMALL DAILY RITUAL
How to play On Screen Names
Twelve titles. Four connections. The stories are different; a detail brings them together.
Find a story shared by three titles
Pick three films or TV shows with a shared story detail: a character’s choice, a hidden identity, an unusual situation, or something else in the plot. Each daily board has four intended groups of three.
- Select a card to choose it. Select it again to undo your pick.
- Your third pick checks the trio automatically.
- A correct trio moves into a fixed row and reveals its connection. The remaining cards shuffle.
- Keep looking until you find all four groups. Wrong guesses count as mistakes and never reveal the other answers.
Unfamiliar with a film?
Use the information button on its card for a short introduction. Optional plot context is hidden behind a spoiler button. Hint quietly highlights two cards from one unsolved group; it does not name the connection.
Discover why the connection works
After solving a group, hover over, focus, or tap a title to read its explanation and follow its story source. Plot spoilers are part of the game.
A new puzzle every day
Everyone gets the same edition. The next puzzle arrives at midnight UTC. Your progress is saved in this browser separately for each day. If a new edition arrives while you play, your current game stays in place and a button opens the new one.
Share the result, keep the secret
Copy result shares the edition, your mistakes and hints, coloured squares and a link to that day. It leaves the films and their connections out of the message.
Free to play, no account needed
Play in your browser on a phone or computer. Your progress stays on this device. Past days are available from the game’s date picker.