Charades
Act it out. No talking.
- Players
- 4+ players
- Time
- 15–60 min
- Ages
- 6+
- Where
- Same room or online
- You need
- Nothing but this page
How to play Charades
- 1Split into two teams.
- 2The actor looks at the word on screen without letting their team see it.
- 3Start the timer and act out the word. No talking, no mouthing, no pointing at objects.
- 4Tap Got it when the team guesses correctly, then go to the next word.
- 5When time runs out, the other team plays. Highest score after five rounds wins.
Set up Charades
Variations
- Sounds allowed: noises are fine, words are not.
- Speed round: 30 seconds, as many words as possible.
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