What is the FLAMES game?
FLAMES is a name-compatibility game that turns two people's names into one of six relationship verdicts: Friends, Lovers, Affection, Marriage, Enemies or Siblings. It has been played by hand in school notebooks for decades across India and beyond. This version plays the same game online, free, and animates every step: the letter strike-out and the F-L-A-M-E-S countdown.
How to play FLAMES
- Enter your name and the other person's name.
- The game crosses out the letters that both names share.
- It counts the letters that remain in both names.
- Using that count, it eliminates the letters F, L, A, M, E and S one at a time until one letter remains.
- The surviving letter is your result: Friends, Lovers, Affection, Marriage, Enemies or Siblings.
Frequently asked questions
- What do the FLAMES letters mean?
- FLAMES stands for Friends, Lovers, Affection, Marriage, Enemies and Siblings. The single letter left standing after the count is the result the game gives for the two names.
- How is the FLAMES result calculated?
- Cross out the letters both names share, count the letters that remain in both names, then use that number to eliminate the letters F, L, A, M, E and S one at a time until a single letter is left.
- Is FLAMES accurate?
- No. FLAMES is a game for fun and nostalgia, not a real prediction. The result depends only on the spelling of the two names, so the same pair of names always gives the same letter.
- Is this FLAMES game free to play online?
- Yes. The LinkBlush FLAMES game is free, needs no signup, and runs in any web browser on a phone or desktop.
Reference: FLAMES (game) on Wikipedia.