Match Pairs

Match Pairs is a free memory card game you can play in your browser. Flip emoji cards and find matching pairs on boards from 4×4 to 6×6. Classic scoring, a 60-second rush, or the shared daily Medium layout.

Also known as: concentration, memory card game, pairs game, card matching game

Flip emoji cards and match the pairs. Play Easy, Medium, or Hard, race a 60-second board rush, or clear the shared daily Medium layout.

How to play Match Pairs

  1. Use Classic, 60s, or Daily on the start screen. Daily is one Medium 5×4 board and one theme for the UTC day — the same layout for everyone until midnight. Add ?daily=1 to open Daily from a link. Switch mode or size from the start screen, or from the result before you play again.
  2. Easy is 4×4 (8 pairs), Medium is 5×4 (10 pairs), and Hard is 6×6 (18 pairs). Each deal uses one theme: animals, food, sports, objects, or space.
  3. Cards start face down. The back shows a gold mark; tap a card to flip it and see the emoji. Two cards can be face up at once. A match stays up. A mismatch turns both back after a short look. The board never reshuffles.
  4. Classic and Daily: the clock stays at 0:00 until your first flip, then runs until every pair is found.
  5. 60s: the 60-second clock starts when you press Play. Clearing a board deals a fresh one of the same size. The run ends when time runs out, and your score is how many pairs you found.

Classic and Daily: score = 100 × pairs + time bonus + move bonus. Time bonus is 10 points for each full second under par and 0 at or over par — par is 60s on Easy, 90s on Medium, and 180s on Hard. Move bonus starts at 50 × pairs and drops by 25 for every flip past pairs × 2, and it cannot go below 0. Exactly pairs × 2 flips (every card turned once) shows Perfect memory and adds a flat +500. Best is the highest score on this device per size; Daily keeps today’s best for the shared Medium board. 60s score is pairs found before time runs out, and best is the most pairs per size. Top % on the result is an on-device estimate from exp(−score/900) for Classic and Daily, or exp(−pairs/12) for 60s. There is no public leaderboard.

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