Historical clue formulations

• Grinning Face With Sweat, for one — 2026-04-05
• Word that comes from the Japanese for "picture" + "character" — 2026-03-07
• Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g. — 2025-11-04
• Reaction to a social media post, maybe — 2025-08-03
• Eggplant is a commonly used one — 2025-02-26
• Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g. — 2024-12-11
• Melting Face or Heart Hands — 2024-04-02
• Kind of keyboard — 2024-02-25
• Character with character — 2024-02-11
• Nontext component of a text — 2024-02-06
• Speechless expression — 2023-12-20
• Graphic text? — 2022-07-14
• Face With Tears of Joy, for one — 2020-12-22
• Prayer hands, for one — 2020-12-06
• Smiling Face With Heart-Eyes, e.g. — 2020-05-27
• Icon of the small screen? — 2020-03-20
• Texter's pictograph — 2020-02-17
• Word derived from the Japanese for "picture writing" — 2019-12-17
• Expressive characters — 2019-07-13
• Bit of graphic language? — 2018-12-26
• Smiley face with hearts for eyes, e.g. — 2018-11-12
• Loudly crying face, for one — 2018-06-12
• Funny face? — 2018-04-29
• Smiley face or frowny face — 2018-01-08
• Face With Tears of Joy, e.g. — 2017-11-02
• Nontext part of a text — 2016-12-14
• Symbol like "prayer hands" or "heart eyes" — 2016-11-07
• Modern-day hieroglyph — 2015-09-20
• What you might use to put on a happy face? — 2014-08-17