Daily Orbs Stats
These numbers are a count of the public calendar, not a player survey. Through 13 November 2026 I have 211 dated rows from 2026-04-17 and 840 puzzles. Named series in the 12 November snapshot: 210. Stand-alone puzzles are the ones published without a series name. I do not invent a finish rate.
By month
April looks larger than a 13-day launch month because 29 April repeats 17 April. I still list it as its own dated row. The puzzle total of 840 does not count that repeat a second time. November is partial: it runs through the 13th.
| Month | Dated rows | Title slots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 14 | 56 |
| May 2026 | 31 | 124 |
| June 2026 | 30 | 120 |
| July 2026 | 31 | 124 |
| August 2026 | 31 | 124 |
| September 2026 | 30 | 120 |
| October 2026 | 31 | 124 |
| November 2026 | 13 | 52 |
Formats through 12 November
| Format | Puzzles |
|---|---|
| Matching pairs (bijection) | 519 |
| Open-ended list | 109 |
| Themed clue set | 130 |
| Sort into categories | 68 |
| Long word list | 10 |
Longest series
Edition counts come from the series list through 12 November. A series can gain an edition on 13 November without this table moving. Check the day page before you treat a “last date” as the end of a run.
| Series | Editions | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcards | 13 | 2026-05-15 | 2026-10-31 |
| Foreign Exchange | 12 | 2026-05-03 | 2026-10-18 |
| Fear Itself | 7 | 2026-05-10 | 2026-08-10 |
| Figure It Out | 7 | 2026-06-02 | 2026-10-27 |
| Word Play | 7 | 2026-06-19 | 2026-10-17 |
| Alias Atlas | 6 | 2026-06-12 | 2026-11-09 |
| In Other Words | 6 | 2026-08-11 | 2026-11-05 |
| Into | 6 | 2026-05-27 | 2026-08-17 |
| Master Strokes | 6 | 2026-05-09 | 2026-10-22 |
| Naming Dictionary | 6 | 2026-07-09 | 2026-10-30 |
What I will not chart
Completion rate, hearts lost, and a difficulty score are blank on purpose. The public how-to-play page explains the rules and does not publish averages. Filling those cells with a guess would look like a measurement. The topic table on the puzzle index is the closest thing to a content mix, and even there a puzzle can carry two tags, so the shares are not a pie.
Questions
How many Daily Orbs puzzles exist?
840 as of 13 Nov 2026: 836 through 12 Nov, plus the four boards published on 13 Nov. The 29 April replay is not counted twice.
What is the most common format?
Matching pairs. The format table on this page is the count through 12 Nov 2026.
Why is there no win-rate chart?
The public site does not publish how many people finish a day or how many hearts they lose. I do not estimate it.
Sources
Checked: 13 Nov 2026.