For a sneaky emoji, start with Smirking face, U+1F60F, which CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words, files under sly and suspicious. The nearest words it has to sneaky are sly, stealth, secret and hidden.
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Sly, stealth and the ninja
CLDR files sly under three emoji: Smirking face, Ninja and Raccoon. Stealth has two, the ninja and Speak-no-evil monkey. Mischievous belongs to Angry face with horns alone, incognito to Disguised face, and mysterious to Bust in silhouette.
The one word with sneak in it
Sneaker. CLDR gives it to Running shoe, and no other search word contains sneak. Wiktionary defines the verb sneak: to go stealthily, trying to avoid detection.
Wikipedia’s list of emoticons gives >:-) as evil or devilish.
A sneak peek, by Wiktionary, is a preview of something not yet public. The combo sets the peeking face before a gift.
Questions and answers
Is there a sneaky emoji?
Not by name. Unicode’s emoji list, version 18.0, names no emoji sneaky, and no CLDR search word is sneaky or sneak. Copy 😏 Smirking face for a sly look, or 🤫 Shushing face, filed under shh and quiet.
Why is the ninja a sneaky emoji?
CLDR files 🥷 Ninja under sly, stealth, secret and hidden, and no other emoji has all four.
What does ≖‿≖ mean?
Nothing official. It is three plain characters: Ring in equal to, U+2256, twice, with an undertie, U+203F, between. Read as a face it has narrowed eyes and a small smile.
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Sneaky faces 9
👿Angry face with hornsU+1F47F. The only emoji filed under mischievous. Emoji 0.6.
😼Cat with wry smileU+1F63C. A wry smile on a cat. Filed under wry and ironic. Emoji 0.6.
🥸Disguised faceU+1F978. Glasses, a nose and a mustache. The only emoji filed under incognito. Emoji 13.0.
👀EyesU+1F440. A pair of eyes with no face around them. Filed under look and peep. Emoji 0.6.
🫣Face with peeking eyeU+1FAE3. One eye peeking out. Filed under peek, peep and hiding. Emoji 14.0.
🤫Shushing faceU+1F92B. A finger on the lips. Filed under shh and quiet. Emoji 5.0.
😈Smiling face with hornsU+1F608. The same horns with a grin. Filed under devil and smile. Emoji 1.0.
😏Smirking faceU+1F60F. The smirk. Filed under sly, suspicious and smug. Emoji 0.6.
😉Winking faceU+1F609. The only emoji filed under tease. Emoji 0.6.
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👤Bust in silhouetteU+1F464. The only emoji filed under mysterious and shadow. Emoji 0.6.
🕵️DetectiveU+1F575 U+FE0F. Filed under spy and sleuth. Emoji 0.7.
🫥Dotted line faceU+1FAE5. The only emoji filed under invisible. Also filed under hidden. Emoji 14.0.
🥷NinjaU+1F977. Filed under sly, stealth, secret and hidden. No other emoji has all four. Emoji 13.0.
🦝RaccoonU+1F99D. The third emoji filed under sly. Also filed under curious. Emoji 11.0.
🙊Speak-no-evil monkeyU+1F64A. With the ninja, one of two emoji filed under stealth. Emoji 0.6.
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Tiptoes, shadows and exits 10
🐈⬛Black catU+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B. Filed under black and feline. Emoji 13.0.
💨Dashing awayU+1F4A8. A comic cloud left behind. Filed under gone and away. Emoji 0.6.
🚪DoorU+1F6AA. Filed under back and door. Emoji 0.6.
👣FootprintsU+1F463. Filed under walk and footprints. Emoji 0.6.
🦊FoxU+1F98A. CLDR gives it three words: animal, face and fox. Emoji 3.0.
🐁MouseU+1F401. CLDR gives it three words: animal, animals and mouse. Emoji 1.0.
🌑New moonU+1F311. Filed under dark and moon. Emoji 0.6.
🐾Paw printsU+1F43E. Filed under paws and prints. Emoji 0.6.
👟Running shoeU+1F45F. The only CLDR search word with sneak in it is on this shoe. Filed under sneaker. Emoji 0.6.
🕶️SunglassesU+1F576 U+FE0F. Filed under dark and eyewear. Emoji 0.7.
Sneaky emoji text copy and paste 9
(-‿•)A wink and a small smile
<.<A look to the left
>:-)Lowered brows and a grin
|_•)One eye around a door frame
|•_•)Both eyes around the door frame
~(>_>)~Tiptoeing, eyes right
≖_≖Narrowed eyes, no smile: sizing something up
≖‿≖Narrowed eyes and a small smile
┬┴┬┴┤•_•)Behind a brick wall
Sneaky lines 6
act naturalFor a group chat.
heh hehA quiet laugh.
I was never hereFor a quick exit.
*sneaks out*For leaving early.
*tiptoes in*For arriving late.
*whistles innocently*For afterward.
Sneaky combos 14
🐈⬛🐾🍗Cat on the counterBlack cat, then paw prints, then poultry leg.
🐁🧀🤫Mouse in the pantryMouse, then cheese wedge, then shushing face.
🦝🤫On the slyRaccoon, then shushing face.
🤫🎈🎂Planning a surpriseShushing face, then balloon, then birthday cake.
😈📝PlottingSmiling face with horns, then memo.
🦝🗑️🌑Raccoon in the binsRaccoon, then wastebasket, then new moon.
🚪💨Slipped out earlyDoor, then dashing away.
🦊😏Sly as a foxFox, then smirking face.
🫣🎁Sneak peekFace with peeking eye, then wrapped gift.
🚪👣🌑Sneaking outDoor, then footprints, then new moon.
🕵️🔍SnoopingDetective, then magnifying glass tilted left.
🤏🍟😏Stole a fryPinching hand, then french fries, then smirking face.
🤫👣TiptoeShushing face, then footprints.
🥸🕶️UndercoverDisguised face, then sunglasses.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-08 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Unicode names no emoji sneaky: every name in that list and every CLDR search word was searched for sneaky, sneak, devious, furtive and tiptoe, and one word was found, sneaker, on Running shoe. The first two groups follow the words CLDR does have: sly (three emoji), stealth (two), suspicious, mischievous, incognito, mysterious, shadow and invisible (one each), spy, hidden and tease. Sneak, sneak peek and tiptoe are as Wiktionary defines them (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sneak, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sneak_peek, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiptoe, CC BY-SA 4.0), restated. The names of ≖ (Ring in equal to) and ‿ (Undertie) are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt). >:-) as evil or devilish and <.< as a sideways look are rows of Wikipedia’s List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons, CC BY-SA 4.0). The typed faces, the lines, the combos and their names are this site’s own work; nobody has standardised them. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.