ELEMENTLE

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

This page explains the rules for using Elementle and how information is handled when you play, create an account, use saved-game history or elBot, subscribe to Elementle Lab, or see advertising on the site.

Terms of Service

Elementle is provided for personal, non-commercial entertainment and education. Please do not interfere with the site, attempt to access accounts or services without permission, automate requests in a way that disrupts the game, or use the site for unlawful purposes. We may change, suspend or remove any part of Elementle when reasonably necessary to operate, protect or improve the service.

Elementle and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the maximum extent permitted by law, we do not make warranties about uninterrupted availability, accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose. These terms do not limit rights that cannot be limited under applicable law.

Accounts, saved games and game ratings

You are responsible for keeping your sign-in credentials secure and for activity on your account. Choose a username that you are comfortable displaying publicly. Contact us if you suspect unauthorized access.

Registered users can revisit their own completed daily games from the streak calendar, including saved guesses, feedback, hint use and the elELO change recorded for that day, without a Lab subscription. Games played without signing in are not automatically added to an account's history. A game that has no recorded elELO result may still be available to view.

elELO ratings, game scores and elBot suggestions are automated game features. They depend on the saved guesses, hints, puzzle and scoring method. Ratings and scoring methods may change as the game develops. elBot analysis requires an active Lab entitlement; seeing an analysis button does not itself grant access. Archive and freeplay games are separate practice games and do not change your daily elELO rating or daily streak.

Elementle Lab subscriptions

Elementle Lab costs $1.99 USD per month or $17.99 USD per year. The annual plan is billed as one payment of $17.99 for the year, rather than monthly installments. Eligible accounts receive a seven-day free trial, available once per account, with a payment method required. Checkout displays your selected plan, trial and billing terms before you subscribe.

Unless you cancel, your saved payment method is charged when the trial ends and the subscription renews automatically each month or year according to your selected plan. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid the first subscription charge, or before your next renewal to stop future renewal charges. Signing out or clearing browser storage does not cancel a subscription.

While signed in, use Manage billing or Manage subscription to open Stripe's billing portal and cancel. Use Update payment method on the Account page to change your payment method securely through Stripe. Your account and the billing portal display subscription status, plan, relevant billing dates and payment-method information. When a cancellation is scheduled for the end of a trial or paid period, access continues until the displayed access-end date. If a subscription ends immediately, access ends when the cancellation is confirmed. Cancellation stops future renewal; questions about charges or refund requests can be sent to help@elementlegame.com. Nothing in these terms limits any cancellation or refund rights required by applicable law.

Lab includes archives, freeplay, the vault, no advertising, elBot game analysis and capacity for two streak freezes instead of one. Increasing capacity does not grant an extra freeze; freezes are earned through daily solves. When Lab access ends, the stored freeze balance is reduced to a maximum of one when the account is next reconciled, such as during a daily game or stats update. Vault statistics count daily games from the local calendar date of your first Lab subscription, including its free trial, using the timezone recorded at checkout. Older subscriptions without recorded timezone information use UTC. That start date stays the same if you change timezone, cancel or later resubscribe; subsequent subscriptions do not reset your collection. Daily games on or after that date remain eligible even during a gap in membership, but viewing the vault requires active Lab access. Previously completed daily games and their elELO history remain available to the account; Lab features become unavailable until access is restored.

If a subscription payment fails, Lab stays available during a three-day grace period while Stripe schedules a retry. If the retry fails or payment is not recovered by the grace deadline, Lab access is suspended. Updating your payment method and settling the outstanding invoice through Stripe restores access once payment is confirmed. Elementle sends subscription-activation and cancellation emails, a trial reminder scheduled three days before the trial ends, and payment-failure or recovery notices to your account email. Keep your email and payment information current and use the billing dates shown in your account to manage renewal.

Stripe processes checkout and billing. We send Stripe your account email and an internal account identifier and store Stripe customer/subscription identifiers, subscription status and dates, your first subscription timestamp, fixed local start date and checkout timezone for vault statistics, and whether your account has used a trial. Full payment card numbers and security codes are entered on Stripe's hosted pages and are not stored by Elementle. We receive and store a limited payment-method summary, which may include the method type, card brand, last four digits and expiration month and year, to display billing information and explain payment failures. Stripe's handling of payment and checkout data is described in its Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy

The following sections describe how Elementle handles account, game, billing and technical information.

Information we collect

You can play without creating an account. If you create one, we process the information you submit, such as your username, email address and account credentials, to create and secure the account and to sync game progress and statistics. For password accounts, passwords are stored as password hashes. If you choose Google sign-in, we receive your verified email address and a Google account identifier to authenticate and link your account; we do not receive your Google password. We also process saved guesses in order, puzzle dates and answers, results, hint use, streaks, freeze balances, elELO ratings and rating changes, calculated game scores, and archive or freeplay progress needed to provide those features.

Like most websites, our hosting and service providers may receive technical information sent by your browser when you visit, such as IP address, device and browser information, requested pages, date and time, and diagnostic or security logs. If you email us, we receive the information in that message and your email address.

Saved games, elBot and public leaderboards

Daily game history is associated with your account and is retrieved after sign-in. Archive and freeplay games are also stored when you use those features, so saved games can be revisited or analyzed. elBot processes a game's guesses, answer, hint use and scoring references to calculate feedback and suggestions. We use game results and scores to build community statistics and puzzle-difficulty references.

Public leaderboards can display your username, streak or elELO rating, rank or rating tier, and a small Lab icon when your account currently has Lab access. Other visitors can see that information. Your email address, payment details and individual guess history are not included in public leaderboard responses. You can also choose to share a game result yourself.

Browser storage

Elementle uses browser local storage and session storage to remember game progress, sign-up reminder preferences, cached statistics, analysis context and interface state on the device you use. For example, this can include submitted guesses, the number of guesses, whether a puzzle is complete and, after sign-in, a session token. Local storage remains on your device until it is cleared by you, your browser or the site. Clearing it can reset local game progress or sign you out, but it does not delete server-side account history or cancel a Stripe subscription.

A secure, HttpOnly cookie lets the server check your membership and disable subscriber ads before sending a page. It lasts up to 30 days and is cleared on logout.

Advertising, analytics and cookies

Elementle uses Mediavine for advertising. Its script loads on every page. Ads are disabled for Lab members and signed-in visitors whose membership cannot be verified.

Elementle uses Google Analytics to understand use of the site. Google may process browser and device information, identifiers, IP addresses and site activity as described in its Partner Sites policy and Privacy Policy.

Where available, use the Manage Preferences link provided by Mediavine in the footer of an advertising-enabled page to review or change advertising consent. Advertising controls are available on pages where the advertising script has loaded. Browser cookie controls also let you block or delete cookies. Advertising consent choices do not necessarily control separate services such as Google Analytics.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

How we use information

When you finish the main game without an account, we use a random browser identifier to avoid counting the same puzzle result twice. We store a hashed version of that identifier with the puzzle date, guesses, result, hint usage and calculated game scores to build community statistics and difficulty references. Results waiting to upload are saved in your browser and retried when you return or reconnect.

We use account and game information to provide the game, authenticate users, save progress, show statistics, respond to support requests, protect the service and investigate misuse. We use technical information to keep the site reliable and secure. We use analytics and advertising information as described above and only to the extent allowed by your settings and applicable law.

Account and subscription emails

We use Resend to deliver account verification, password reset and subscription-related emails. To deliver a message, Resend receives the recipient email address, message content and delivery-related information; the content may include your username, subscription plan, relevant dates or limited payment-method summary. Elementle retains queued message content and delivery status to retry failed deliveries and avoid duplicate messages. See Resend's Privacy Policy and Data Processing Addendum for its processing practices. These account, security and billing messages are service communications, separate from any optional marketing emails.

When information is shared

We share information only as needed to operate Elementle: with providers that host or support the game, with Stripe for payments and subscription management, with Resend for email delivery, with Google when you choose Google sign-in or for Analytics, and with Mediavine and its advertising partners for advertising, when you ask us to do so, or when disclosure is required to comply with law or protect the site, users or others. We do not sell account information as a standalone product.

Retention and security

We retain account and saved-game information for as long as it is reasonably needed to provide history, statistics and other account features. Canceling Lab does not automatically delete your account, saved games or rating history. Billing records, trial-use records, webhook identifiers and email delivery records may be retained to manage subscriptions, prevent duplicate processing or trial abuse, resolve disputes, meet legal obligations or maintain security. You can contact us to request deletion, subject to information we must retain under applicable law or for a legitimate continuing purpose. No online service can guarantee absolute security, but we use reasonable administrative and technical measures appropriate to the service. Please use a unique password for any account you create.

Your choices and rights

You can choose not to create an account, clear browser storage, adjust browser cookie controls, review available advertising consent through Mediavine’s Manage Preferences link, and unsubscribe from marketing communications if any are sent. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, portability, restriction or objection to certain processing. You can manage billing and cancellation through Stripe from your Account or Lab page. For account history, correction or deletion requests, or a privacy question, email help@elementlegame.com.

Children

Elementle is not directed to children who are below the age at which they can provide valid consent under applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate permission, contact us so we can review and address the request.

Changes and contact

We may update these terms or this policy as Elementle changes or legal requirements develop. The current version will be posted on this page with a revised date. Questions about Elementle, these terms or privacy can be sent to help@elementlegame.com.

Last updated: 11 October 2026