One person acts. The whole room races to guess.
The word goes to one phone. The clock goes on the big screen. Everybody else guesses from where they are sitting — typed, so the right answer is recognised the moment it lands, or shouted, with you tapping whoever got there first.
Act it out. No sounds, no spelling.
2 rounds played.
Scores
How it works
- 01
Choose where the words come from
Use the built-in bank by category and difficulty, or paste your own list — product names, inside jokes, the things only your team would find funny.
- 02
One phone gets the word
It goes to whoever is performing, and to you. It is not on the slide, not in the broadcast, and not readable from anybody else's browser.
- 03
The room guesses against the clock
Thirty seconds to five minutes, counting down where everyone can see it. Typed guesses are recognised the moment the right one lands; shouted ones you award with a tap.
A word list is only half of charades
Every charades generator on the internet hands you words, and the words are the easy half. What breaks the game in a room of forty is everything around them: somebody has to hold a phone timer where nobody can see it, somebody has to decide who shouted first, and the half of the room out of earshot quietly stops playing.
Putting the clock on the big screen fixes most of that on its own — a countdown everyone can see is what makes a room lean forward. The guesses coming in from phones fix the rest, because forty people can answer at the same time without any of them having to be loud, and the person who got it is a fact rather than an argument.
It also means the game keeps a score without anyone keeping score. Rounds rotate, points land, and at the end there is a board — which turns three minutes of an all-hands into something the room refers back to for the rest of the day.
FAQ
Charades, explained
How does charades work with a big group?
The clock and the score go on the big screen, and everyone guesses from the phone already in their hand. That is what makes it survive a room of forty: nobody has to be within earshot of the performer, and forty guesses arriving at once are read by the server rather than by you.
How do the two guessing modes differ?
In typed mode everybody types into their phone and the first correct guess is recognised automatically and scored, which works in a big room and for anyone joining remotely. In shouted mode the room shouts and you tap whoever got there first — the way the game is actually played by twelve people around a table, with the phones only running the clock.
Can I use my own words?
Yes. Paste a list when you set the activity up and it replaces the built-in bank. A word list you have written is treated as a secret like any other: it is not sent to participants' devices, so nobody can read ahead.
How is the performer chosen?
Either it rotates through the room by itself, which is the fair version and the one that means nobody has to volunteer, or you pick the performer for each round. In a training session the second is often better, because you can hand the round to the person who has been quiet.
Do I need to make a word list first?
No, but you can. The free charades generator gives you random words by category and difficulty and will print the list, and the same words can be handed straight to a live round when you want the room to play rather than read.
Can remote people play?
Yes. Share the big screen in your call so everyone can see the performer and the clock, and let the guesses arrive typed — remote players are then exactly as fast as the people in the room, which is not true of the shouting version.
How long is a round?
Anywhere from thirty seconds to five minutes, and ninety seconds is the default because it is long enough to get somewhere and short enough that the room stays loud.
Do participants need an app or an account?
No. They scan a QR code or open a link and guess in their phone's browser. Nothing to install and no sign-up.
How many people can join?
The Free plan supports up to 50 participants per live activity, Pro raises that to 150, and Badass supports up to 300 — enough for a full classroom or an all-hands.
Ready to make your
presentations interactive?
Start free. No credit card required.