Find Google's Best Easter Eggs & Hidden Tricks

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Play secret games, watch animations, and more on Google

Co-authored by Nicole Levine, MFA Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: March 18, 2026 Fact Checked

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Did you know that Google is full of hidden messages, games, and features its developers added for people to randomly discover? You can find these secret gems, also known as easter eggs, by searching for specific words and phrases. We've compiled 80+ of the best Google easter eggs that still work in 2026, all in one handy location! Whether you want to play hidden games, see cool tricks, find useful tools, watch animations, or see inside jokes and shoutouts to your favorite celebs, every easter egg you're looking for is right here!

For best results, use Google Chrome on a computer.

Best Google Easter Eggs That Still Work

Search for Pi, Pac-Man, Snake, Katamari, BTS, Block Breaker, or Doctor Who to play hidden games.
Searches for 67, askew, "best font ever", Google gravity, Stranger Things, and "do a barrel roll" all make the Google search page do unexpected things.
Watch cool animations on search pages for northern lights, meteor shower, drop bear, and solar eclipse.

Section 1 of 6:

Hidden Games

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These searches will bring up some fun hidden games you can play in your web browser–even if you're using a work or school computer that typically blocks games!
- Search for Pokemon, then click the Poké Ball at the bottom to catch up to 151 Pokémon.
- Disconnect from the internet, then try to do a Google search in Chrome. Because you're not online, the search will fail, and you'll see an error page. Press the spacebar to play a dinosaur game on the error page.
- Searching for text adventure brings up a normal search page at first. But, if you right-click the page, select Inspect, and then click the Console tab, you'll be asked if you want to play a game. Type yes and press Enter to start a choose-your-own adventure game.^{[1]
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- Search for baguette, then click the baguette icon to launch a fun catcher game.^{[2]
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- Search for pacman to play classic Pac-Man without leaving Google.
- Search snake to play the classic cell phone game (albeit a much more colorful version) from the 90s.
- Search for blockbreaker to play Google's take on Atari's classic game Breakout.
- Search katamari, then click the Katamari icon to start a secret game. Use the arrow keys to collect everything in the search results.
- Search minesweeper to play a colorful version of the classic Windows game.
- Search for pi, then click the colorful animation to play a guessing game.
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Check out video game-inspired easter eggs. While these easter eggs aren't games you can play, they are fun nods to some favorites:
- Search for hollow knight, then click the round icon at the bottom to slash away parts of the search results.
- Search for roblox, then click the blue smiley face icon at the bottom. Now, click randomly on the Google search page to place an assortment of stickers and reveal messages.
- Searching for super mario bros displays a question-mark block next to the game's name. Click the block repeatedly to win points and hear the in-game sound.
- Search sonic the hedgehog to see a small Sonic icon next to Sonic the Hedgehog at the top. Click Sonic to make him spin as he does in the game.
- Search minecraft and you'll see a little grass block appear at the bottom. Clicking the block arms you with a pickaxe, which you can now use to mine the search results.^{[3]
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- five nights at freddies shows Freddie from Five Nights at Freddie's eyes at the center of the page.
- Searching for Wordle turns the Google logo into Wordle-style tiles.

Section 2 of 6:

Jokes and Tricks

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Whether you want to trick someone into thinking something's wrong with your browser, or you just want a little entertainment, try these fun Google easter eggs:
- Search do a barrel roll to make the Google search page look like it's in a barrel rolling down a hill.
- Search 67 to make Google do the 67 hand gesture.
- Search askew to tilt the Google results page slightly to the side.
- Type google gravity into the search bar, then click I'm Feeling Lucky to open a special version of Google. Everything on the page will fall to the bottom, and you can drag things around.
  - Start at google.com for this one–you can't do this trick from another Google search results page.
- Search blink html, and everything on the page containing "blink" or "html" will start blinking.
- Search for Festivus to see a Festivus pole running along the left side of the page.
- Search Google in 1998 to see what Google looked like in 1998.
- Search comic sans, geocities, or best font ever to display the results page in the Comic Sans font, just like websites from the 90s and 2000s.
- For the Unix fans, a search for emacs prompts Google to ask if you meant to search for vim.
- DVD screensaver shows a DVD-player-style "screensaver" animation of the word "Google" all across the search results.
- When you search for Bletchley Park, the location of the UK's Government Code and Cypher School, you'll see the location's name being decoded.^{[4]
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- Search for anagram or define anagram to see some funny "Did you mean?" results.
- Search for google birthday surprise spinner to spin a wheel that takes you to a random Google easter egg.^{[5]
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Movies, TV, and Music

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Movies
- Search inside out, then click the round icon at the bottom to dispense memory orbs from the top of the screen, just like in Disney's Inside Out.
- Search Mean Girls, then click the lipstick print icon to draw and paste stickers on a pink background.
- Search for Paddington, then click the sandwich icon to throw sandwiches around the page.
- A search for Forrest Gump displays running emojis at the top of the page.
- Search for any celebrity's name plus Bacon number to find out how many degrees of separation exist between them and Kevin Bacon.
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Music
- Search for BTS, then click the bottle icon to unlock a QR code. Then, scan the QR code with your phone to play a game.
- Search Ive, then click the star at the bottom to paste sparkly stickers all across the search results.
- cha cha slide moves the page to the right along with a clip from the song Cha-Cha Slide.
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TV
- A search for world's best boss asks if you meant to search for Michael Scott from The Office.
- Search for Alex Trebek, and you'll see "Did you mean: who is Alex Trebek?" as a nod to Jeopardy.
- Search Snoopy and click the doghouse icon to watch a fun Peanuts animation.
- Search Naruto TV series, then click the orange icon at the bottom to watch shadow clones run across the search results.
- Search Stranger Things, then click the 20-sided die to enter the Upside Down.
- Search The Last of US and click the mushroom icon repeatedly for a fun surprise.
- Search doctor who, then click the spinning tardis to launch an in-Google Dr. Who minigame.

Section 4 of 6:

Fun Animations

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Space and science animations
- 2025 pn7 shows two silly moons drifting across the search results.
- Search northern lights, then click the green circle icon to see an aurora borealis animation on the search page.
- meteorite shows a search page with results about meteorites, but watch for the meteorite that flies across the page!
- meteor shower displays an even more dramatic meteor display.
- dart asteroid shows a NASA space prob crashing into the search results.
- Search for Isaac Newton, then click the tree icon to watch an apple fall.
- Search solar eclipse to see a simulation of a solar eclipse before the actual search results appear.
- Search Perseverance rover, then click the animated spacecraft icon to bring Mars' landscape to your search results page and watch the rover fly around.
- When you search for Conway's game of life, you'll see an animation of the cellular automation on both sides of the search results.
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Other fun animations
- America 250 displays a typical search results page, but with red, white, and blue fireworks.
- Search for drop bear, then click the yellow "falling bears" sign on the right to watch a bear fall from the sky.
- Search for la tomatina, then click the bouncing tomato to throw tomatoes at the search results.
- Search georges seurat and click the bouncing painting icon to see a Suerat-inspired animation.
- Search Ramadan, then click the feast image at the bottom to bring up an interactive animation.
- Search for googly eyes, and you'll briefly see the O's in "Google" at the upper-right corner turn to googly eyes.
- Search for axolotl and click the animated amphibian to play an axolotl-spotting game.
- A search for webdriver torso turns the Google logo into a Webdriver Torso-style animation (Google's testing YouTube account).
- Search rabbit rabbit rabbit to see 3 emoji bunnies hopping.

Section 5 of 6:

Cool Tools

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Whether you need help making a decision or want to tune your musical instruments, Google has a tool for that!
- Search flip a coin to instantly get a heads or tails result.
- Search roll a die to, well, roll a die. You can stick to the standard 6-sided die, or opt for 4, 8, 10, 12, and even 20-sided dice.
- Search spinner to spin a wheel with 6 possible numbers. You can click the Wheel Size menu to change how many numbers appear on the wheel.
- Search for random number generator to pull up a customizable RNG.
- Search tuner to tune your guitar, bass, or any other instrument through your built-in microphone.
- Search metronome if you need to keep a beat.
- Search calculator to pull up a scientific calculator.
- Search color picker to select a color and receive its hexadecimal, RGB, CMYK, HSV, or HSL codes.
- Search breathing exercise for a 1-minute guided breathing meditation.
- Search for animal sounds to bring up a list of animals, then click any animal to hear the sound it makes.
- Search emoji kitchen to design your own custom emoji by combining two of your favorites.

Section 6 of 6:

Other Google Product Easter Eggs

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Instead of using Google's main search page, use these apps and sites to find more Google easter eggs:
- Google Maps
  - Loch Ness - The Street View pegman icon changes to Nessie.
  - Search for Area 51, then drag the yellow Street View pegman to the desert. As you drag, the icon will change to a flying saucer.
  - Earl's Court Police Box - Click the picture at the bottom-right to explore the inside of a Tardis.
- Google Sheets
  - Open a blank sheet in Google Sheets, then label the first 5 rows with the column headers P, R, I, D, E. After placing the #, the columns will turn to rainbow colors.^{[6]
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- YouTube
  - Play a YouTube video and type awesome to make the playhead and status bar flash rainbow colors. To make it stop, type awesome again.
- Google Earth (desktop)
  - Press Ctrl+A (PC) or ⌘ Command+⌥ Opt+A (Mac) to play a flight simulator game that lets you fly all across the earth.
  - Search for the coordinates 45° 7'25.87"N 123° 6'48.97"W, then zoom in to see the Firefox logo.

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What are the coolest Google Easter eggs?

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Here are some of our favorite fun Google Easter eggs to search:

Tic Tac Toe: Search this query, and Google will invite you to play a game of tic tac toe.
Do a Barrel Roll: Googling this phrase will make the page spin around a few times. (Warning: it might make you a little dizzy!)
Anagram: Google will offer the joke suggestion: "Did you mean nag a ram?" ("Nag a ram" is an anagram of "anagram"!)
Aurora Borealis: Googling this query will result in a green button, which, if pressed, will cause the northern lights to cover your screen. Click the button again to cause a shooting star to fly across the page!
Comic Sans: Google this query to make all the text on the screen change to the iconic font.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Search this phrase, and Freddy's eyes will briefly pop up on the screen, look from left to right, and disappear.
Isaac Newton: Google the famous mathematician and physicist's name, and a little apple tree will appear. Click on the tree, and an apple will fall across the screen.

Check out the wikiHow article "Find Google's Best Easter Eggs & Hidden Tricks" for more fun queries to search! What are your favorite Google Easter eggs? Drop them in the comments!