Thanksgiving Emoji Matching Game

Every tile on this board belongs on a Thanksgiving table or in a fall afternoon. The set has a turkey and a drumstick, pie, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, a casserole, bread, cheese and salad, along with apples, pears, grapes, carrots, peanuts, chestnuts and honey. Maple leaves, fallen leaves and a football round it out. Each board shows 12 tiles, and exactly two of them match. Click both to score, and a new board appears.

Thanksgiving food is full of browns, oranges and golds, so the matching pair hides among close neighbors from the first board on. You have 60 seconds, a wrong click costs 2 seconds, and your best Thanksgiving score is saved separately from the other modes.

A round takes one minute, so it fits in while the turkey rests or the pie cools. Pass a phone around the table and see who finds the most pairs, or put it on the TV and call out the matches together. Everyone plays the same rules, and the best score is the one to beat.

Want to challenge someone who is not at the table? After a round, the Share button sends your score with a link they can open to try to beat it. The game runs in any browser, with nothing to download and no account to make.

• Leaves are a trap. The single maple leaf and the cluster of fallen leaves look alike at a glance. Count the leaves before you click.
• Sort the browns. Bread, pie, peanuts, chestnuts and the casserole are all warm browns. Check their shapes one at a time.
• Potato or sweet potato? The plain potato is a light brown oval. The sweet potato is roasted and orange.
• Turkey and drumstick are different. One is the whole bird, the other is a single cooked leg.