The news, decoded.
REBUS: from the Latin non verbis sed rebus… not by words, but by things.
Every day, a new hand-made rebus puzzle drawn from a real news headline. Decode the visual, name the phrase, then read the coverage behind it. No account. No ads. Just the puzzle.
Play Today's RebuslyEach puzzle is a hand-drawn rebus — symbols, words, and visual tricks that encode a phrase.
Type your answer letter by letter. Use up to three progressive hints if you get stuck.
Every solve unlocks curated articles from across the spectrum covering the headline you just decoded.
Most daily puzzles give you a word to guess. Rebusly gives you a reason to care about the answer. Every morning at 8:15 AM Eastern, a new hand-made rebus puzzle goes live. The answer is always a real phrase from the day's headlines. Solve it, and the news opens up beneath you — four curated articles from outlets across the political spectrum, each covering a different angle of the same story.
The puzzle takes two minutes. The coverage takes as long as you want. Some players solve and move on. Others read every article. The fastest solvers crack it in under 15 seconds. The average is closer to two minutes. Either way, you walk away knowing something you didn't before.
Each day draws from a different section of the paper, so the puzzle stays unpredictable.
Sunday's Front Page puzzle might be about a government shutdown. Monday's Business puzzle might be about AI spending. Thursday's Sports puzzle might be about an NBA playoff comeback. You never know which corner of the news you're walking into — and that's the point.
You'll see a visual puzzle — symbols, words arranged in unexpected ways, letters that grow or shrink or cross through each other. Below the visual, empty letter boxes wait for your answer. You can type freely, or use the three-tier hint system: the first hint gives you the news topic, the second narrows the mechanic, and the third reveals the first letter of each word.
When you solve it (or give up), the answer fills in, the articles appear, and you can share your result — time, hints used, and a spoiler-free score card — with friends or a group chat. No account required. No ads. No data collection. Just the puzzle and the news.
New puzzle every morning. Free forever. Can you decode today's headline?
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