Charades Game Online

Hold the phone on your forehead and let your team act out or describe the word: nod down when you get it, tip back to pass. Or draw random words and print a sheet of cards.

Three ways to use it

Random word generator. The same charades generator as on the home page, plus printing and your own lists: pick a category and tap New word. Words come from a shuffled deck, so none repeats until the category runs out. Good for classic charades where one person acts and everyone else shouts.
Printable word cards. Print word cards prints up to 48 words from the chosen category in a three-column grid of dashed boxes: cut them out, fold them and draw from a bowl. No phone needed at the party. Ready-made one-page sheets for kids, the classroom, family and Christmas are on printable charades cards.
Forehead game. The full heads-up style game below, with a timer, tilt or button controls and a score for each team.

How a round works

Name the two teams, choose a category or mix them all, and pick 60, 90 or 120 seconds.
Choose how to answer. With tilt control the phone asks for motion access (iPhone requires a tap to allow it). If access is refused or the device has no sensor, the round uses the on-screen buttons automatically.
Play. After a 3-2-1 countdown, words appear one by one. Correct: nod down, tap the green button or press →. Pass: tip back, tap the orange button or press ←.
Check the list. When time runs out you see every word marked correct or passed. Tap a word to fix a mistake, then add the score to the team. The other team is up next.

The full charades rules cover acting-only rounds, kids' variations and classroom tips.

Tips for the clue-givers

Start broad, then narrow down: "an animal… it lives in the cold… it can't fly".
Act it out when words fail — mime is always allowed.
Tell the guesser to pass early on a hard word. Speed beats stubbornness.

Charades for kids and holidays

For young children, choose Kids' Classics, Animals or Actions: most of those words are easy to act out. The clue-givers read the word on the phone, so a child who cannot read yet can guess, and an adult or older child gives the clues. In December, the Christmas category has 48 words such as Decorating the tree, Hanging a stocking, Tying a ribbon bow; Christmas party games has a plan for a whole evening.

Questions

Why does the phone ask for motion access?

Tilt control reads the phone's orientation sensor. iPhones only allow that after you agree. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere, and the buttons always work too.

Tilting does not work on my phone.

Some browsers block motion sensors, and laptops usually have none. The game switches to buttons automatically and says so on screen.

Can we play on a TV?

Yes. Choose "Buttons only", turn on Big screen and use the arrow keys on a keyboard or remote.

Does the last word count when time is up?

No. The word on screen when the timer ends is not scored either way.

Can I print charades words?

Yes. Choose a category in the generator and press Print word cards for a sheet of up to 48 cut-out cards.

Do words repeat in the generator?

Not during this visit until every word in the chosen category has been shown; then the deck is shuffled again. Reloading the page or changing the category starts a new deck.