Play is a tool designed to facilitate experimentation with Elasticsearch's extensive features, akin to how jsfiddle operates for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It allows users to create and manage sample documents, analyzers, mappings, and searches, providing a runnable demo environment that simplifies the iterative process of developing effective search configurations. Play's interface comprises five editor tabs, each optimized for tasks such as document handling, analysis configuration, and mapping documentation, with context-aware autocompletion and documentation support. Though still in its preview phase with known bugs and limitations, such as a 2 MiB cap on combined documents, mappings, and analyzers, and disabled dynamic scripts, Play aims to evolve into an open-source project, integrating official documentation and more advanced features. While it cannot yet run on live clusters due to its resource-intensive operations, users can export configurations for deployment elsewhere, and a separate plugin is planned to bring its search view capabilities to live environments.