5Qs is a free daily mystery puzzle game. Every day at midnight Pacific Time a new puzzle goes live, and yesterday's puzzle joins this archive. Each entry below shows the scenario the player was given and the constrained voice they had to question to figure out the hidden answer.
The fun of 5Qs is that the voice knows the answer but cannot just tell you. A doorman new to the city, a dog who only thinks in smell and crunch, an empty lot that has never been occupied before — each voice describes the same world through its own narrow lens. The archive is the catalogue of those lenses.
I'm the frog. I came back to my summer place and it's different.
I'm what they keep feeding. I grow when they feed me right.
I'm a tired kid at the counter. I don't have words for everything I see.
I'm Grandma. I'm trying to figure out the thing in the corner of the room.
I'm the farmer. I rent them the field and watch from my porch.
I'm the night custodian. I just need to lock the gate and go home.
A mid-level employee three seats from the boss in a high-stakes quarterly review, noticing something on the table they really should not be staring at
A seven-year-old boy at the kitchen window watching his dad work on a project in the driveway
a small-town history museum curator examining a baffling donated object
A restaurant server who keeps circling back to one table she can't read, watching from her service station
a manhole cover set into a city street, experiencing the world through vibration and weight
A package delivery driver who has worked the same residential route for years
A ceramic lawn gnome in a flower bed, watching the yard with slow dry wit
I can describe what I feel, but I don't know my name
I work at a horse stable — I handle this thing every morning before the riders arrive
I've been watching this parade for thirty years.
Found it yesterday. Been working this field a long time.
I can tell you what my life is like, but I don't know my name.
I can describe what I experience, but I don't know my name
a honeybee trapped in a place full of sweetness and large warm shapes
I'm the janitor — I clean up after everyone and see what they leave behind
I'm the shop owner next door — I watched from my doorway
I can describe what I experience, but I don't know what I'm called
I'm a stone conservator — I read what surfaces tell me
I'm the resort's pool manager. I notice what goes missing.
I'm a tourist who rode in one yesterday. I can share what I noticed.
I can describe what happens to me, but I don't know my name.
I wrapped it as a gift. I can describe the shape and weight.
I'm a customer who went. I can only describe how it felt.
I can tell you what I feel, but I do not know my name.
I'm a fisherman who's worked this harbor 30 years.
I'm the cat. I saw everything from the floor.
I'm the grandmother. I'll tell you about what I bought.
I've been coming here on this day every year for decades.
I'm the rescue team leader. I'll tell you what we found.
I live next door. I can only tell you what I've noticed over the years.
I'm the officer who responded. I'll tell you what I saw.
I can tell you what my day is like, but I don't know my name.
I'm the maintenance tech. I can tell you what I saw and fixed.
I'm a paleontologist — I study what came out, not what held it
I'm an arborist - I read what's happened to these trees
I go through hundreds of these a week - I could do it blindfolded
I'm the archaeologist - I study what civilizations made with their hands
I can describe what I experience, but I don't know what I'm called
I'm a research librarian - I know what people keep checking out
I maintain this and check on it every few months
I'm the neighboring farmer - I've watched this field for thirty years
I'm a tour guide at a historic site - I know this feature inside and out
I installed these across three buildings last year - I know exactly what they do and don't do
I'm running lights from the catwalk - I see everything from above
I can tell you what I experience - I don't know what I'm called
I watched them build it from my porch - three days straight
I repair timing mechanisms - I describe parts, not names
I'm a vintage dealer - I date garments by how they close
I'm a conservator - I examine what's left on the document
I picked it up - I'll tell you what I noticed
I can describe what happens to me - I don't know my name
I was in the store but I don't know instruments
Responds only in wind speeds and compass directions