Game Structure

Ready to play?

Gather round from 2 to 10 people into a video call and set up the game. Completely hands-free, without any typing necessary, you only need the sound of your voice!

The game is played in two modes:

Co-Op, where you gather everyone into the same group and work for the same goal.

And Team vs. Team, where two teams battle each other for the best score.

How the game works

Each round, someone is the Speaker, and the others will be the Guessers.

Once everyone has had a chance to be the Speaker at least once, points are tallied and the winner is determined. Everyone will always have an equal number of turns.

Being a Guesser

If you are one of the people guessing, all you have to do is try to say The Word out loud! There is no penalty for wrong guesses.

Being the Speaker

When it's your turn to be the Speaker, you'll have limited time to come up with creative ways to make your team guess as many of The Words as possible – without using the Forbidden Words. 

The Word is on top of the card displayed in the middle of the screen; the words below it are the Forbidden Words.

If you are having a hard time with one of the words, just say “I want to skip” to skip it.

Each correct guess gives your team 100 points. If you use any Forbidden Words you’ll either lose 100 points (Co-Op mode) or give them to the opposite team (Team v. Team mode). If you skip The Word, this will involve losing or giving 50 points instead.

The Fine Print

And here is the fine print about what is allowed or not when being the Speaker:

• No Partial Words: you may not use any of sub-parts of The Words or of any of the Forbidden Words displayed in the card as hints (e.g. “night” as a hint for “nightfall” is not allowed).

• No Sound-Alikes: The use of “sounds like” or “rhymes with” hints is not allowed!

• No Abbreviations: The use of common abbreviations for words (e.g. “M.D.” or “Ph.D.” as hints for “Doctor”) is also not allowed.

• No Gesturing: physical restraint is required at all times!

• No Beatboxing: sound effects are not allowed! Singing is fully encouraged though.

Streaks and Time Bonuses

The more you nail your guesses, the more a card is worth its difficulty, and the more points you get! Guess some cards in a row, and easy cards will give 100 points, medium cards 150 points, and difficult cards are worth 200 points. 

Streaks reset at the start of each round, whenever The Speaker says a Forbidden Word, or skips the card. 

The quicker you are, the more points you win! Guessing a card within 10 seconds will give you extra 50 points, and 100 points more if you guess correctly under 5 seconds.

The Modes: 

There are 2 game modes to choose from: Co-Op and Team vs. Team!

Bring in everyone for the fun! 

Make this a team effort, everyone is playing for the same score. 

Guess as many words as possible to get the most points! Each Speaker will only have 60 seconds to go through The Words in each round, so be fast!

Who can Say it better? Test it out in this game mode!

You will be divided into two opposing teams. 

Your goal is to make more points than the other team by guessing as much The Words as possible, and avoiding Skipping and saying the Forbidden Words. 

The Speaker will have 90 seconds. The team with the most points at the end of every round will be the winner!

Challenge the opponent team if they break the rules.

Challenge

At any time if you want to challenge something that happened in the game (such as a missed answer or a broken rule), you can press the “Challenge” button under the current card. 

This action interrupts the game for 60 seconds opening the challenge screen for the host which can choose between three options:

1. Resuming the game.

2. Reporting an issue with a previous card, reverting the points gained from it and resuming the game.

3. Reporting an issue with the current card, skipping it without any loss of points and resuming the game.