Party game · 4–20 players

Charades Generator, Timer and Scorekeeper

A turn timer and team scores for charades, with hundreds of ready-made prompts or your own. Act it out, no talking.

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How to play Charades

The classic acting game for 4 or more players in two teams. Act out a word or phrase without speaking while your team races the clock to guess it.

Setup

Split into two teams. Deal & Tally can show the prompts, or you can write your own on slips of paper.

A turn

One player acts while their own team guesses. The actor can't talk, mouth words, or point at things in the room that give it away.
Each prompt guessed in time is 1 point for the team.
Turns alternate between teams, and each team's players take turns acting.

Classic signals

Number of words	hold up that many fingers
Which word you're acting	hold up fingers again
Number of syllables	fingers on your forearm
Sounds like	tug your earlobe
Getting close	wave them on

Ways to play

Speed charades: act out as many prompts as you can before time runs out.
Classic: one prompt per turn. Get it in time for the point.

Winning

The team with the most points after everyone has had their turns wins.

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