How to play Charades
- Players
- 2 teams, 4+ people
- Time
- 10–20 minutes
- Good for
- Birthday parties, Christmas parties, reunions, any crowd that likes to be loud.
- Name the two teams and pick the word categories.
- One player holds the phone and acts out the word. No talking, no spelling, no pointing at objects.
- Their team guesses. Tap "Got it" for a point, "Pass" to skip.
- When the timer runs out, hand the phone to the other team.
Sample words
- Titanic
- Frozen
- Carabao
- Monkey
- Adobo
- Sinigang
- Teacher
- Nurse
- Brushing teeth
- Singing karaoke
Questions
- How many words are there?
- 180 across 6 categories, and the deck does not repeat a word until every one has been used.
- Can I play with more than two teams?
- Charades here is two teams. For more, use the Scoreboard page to keep score and play in rounds.
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