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Play Charades

Pick a category, act out the word — no talking allowed!

Category

Timer

Select a category and click Start!

The hardest part of charades is always finding enough good words for a full evening. This charades word generator handles that. Pick a category, set a timer, and the game gives your actor a prompt to perform. Eight categories with 20 words each, and no repeated prompts within a category until you have cycled through all of them.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 8 categories with 20 words each, giving a total of 160 unique prompts. The game tracks which words you have already seen in a session so you will not get the same word twice until the full category is exhausted.

Movies, TV Shows, Animals, Actions, Famous People, Sports, Food and Drink, and Everyday Objects. There is something for most age groups and settings, from family game nights to office parties.

You can set the timer to 30, 60, 90, or 120 seconds before starting. The timer counts down during play. When 10 seconds remain, the display pulses to signal the final stretch. When it hits zero, the round ends automatically.

The word changes to a new one from the same category and the skip count goes up by one. Skipping does not stop or shorten the timer, so the round continues at the same pace.

Yes. The actor typically holds the phone screen facing themselves while everyone else guesses. It works well on any device size and nothing needs to be installed.

No. The game runs entirely in the browser. Open the page, pick your settings, and start. Nothing to download, no sign-up required.