How to play Stashle
Stashle is a free daily hidden-object puzzle. Every day there is one new picture with four things hidden in it, from easy to sneaky. Everyone gets the same picture, so you can compare times with your friends.
The rules in one minute
- Press Start. The picture appears and the clock starts. It pauses if you leave the page, and the picture stays hidden while it is paused.
- Find the four things. The tag tells you what to look for today: acorns, gold rings, brass keys or ladybugs.
- Tap each one you spot. A correct tap circles it in its color.
- Don’t tap at random. You can make four mistakes. A near miss says “So close!”, which means one is very near your tap.
- Share your result. Your colored squares show the order you found them in, with your time and your mistakes.
Easy to sneaky: the four colors
- Easy (yellow). Full size and mostly out in the open.
- Medium (green). A little smaller and about half covered by other things.
- Hard (blue). Smaller again and mostly tucked under other objects.
- Sneaky (purple). The smallest one, buried as deep as the rules allow and often next to a lookalike. Sometimes less than a third of it shows.
Watch out for lookalikes
Every scene mixes in objects that look like today’s thing at a glance. Tapping one costs a mistake, so check the details before you tap.
| Scene | What you’re looking for | Lookalikes |
|---|---|---|
| Forest floor | Acorns: a smooth nut with a scaly cap | Empty acorn caps, chestnuts, hazelnuts |
| Beach | Gold rings with a blue stone | Silver rings, can tabs, bottle caps |
| Junk drawer | Brass keys | Silver keys, brass screws |
| Picnic blanket | Ladybugs: red with black spots | Spotless red beetles, cherries, tomatoes |
Tips to find all four faster
- Sweep the picture in strips. Go left to right and top to bottom instead of jumping around.
- Find the outline, then check the detail. Spot the shape first, then make sure the color or pattern is right before you tap.
- Zoom in for the sneaky one. The Zoom button doubles the picture, so small things are easier to see and tap.
- Use the near-miss hint. “So close!” means one of the hidden things is just a short distance from your tap.
- Check the edges. The harder spots are often away from the middle.
- Take a break if you’re stuck. Leaving the page pauses the clock, and fresh eyes find things faster.
Your result
When you finish, Stashle shows how many you found, your time and your mistakes, with all four spots circled on the picture. Copy your result to share it. It looks like this:
Stashle No. 2 🐞 ⬜🟨🟩🟦🟪 Found 4 of 4 · ⏱ 0:59 · 1 mistake stashle.net
Missed a day?
Play any past puzzle in the archive, and see where yesterday’s four things were hidden in yesterday’s answers. Today’s answers are never shown, so nobody can spoil the daily puzzle.
Questions
Is Stashle free?
Yes. It runs in your browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no account and no download.
When does the new puzzle come out?
Every day at midnight UTC. Everyone gets the same picture and the same four hiding spots.
Where do the pictures come from?
Most days are busy scenes drawn by code: a forest floor, a beach, a junk drawer or a picnic blanket. Some days use public-domain paintings.