Contact
Guess the secret word, one letter at a time.
- Players
- 3+ players
- Time
- 10–30 min
- Ages
- 10+
- Where
- Same room or online
- You need
- Nothing but this page
How to play Contact
- 1One player, the defender, thinks of a secret word and says its first letter.
- 2Another player thinks of a word starting with the revealed letters and gives a clue to it, without saying the word.
- 3If someone else knows the word, they shout “Contact!” and both count down from three, then say the word together.
- 4If they match before the defender guesses the word from the clue, the defender must reveal the next letter.
- 5The defender can block a clue by guessing its word first. Whoever guesses the secret word becomes the next defender.
Variations
- Theme words: the secret word must be from a category like food or films.
Tips
- Clues that reference a shared memory are hard for the defender to block.
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