Charades
Drinking Game Online

Step 1 — Act: One player from the acting team draws a word and must act it out without speaking or making any sounds.

Step 2 — Guess: Their teammates have 30 seconds to guess the word. They can make as many guesses as they want.

Step 3 — Score: Correct guess = +1 point. Skipped word = -1 point. Wrong team gets a chance to steal if skipped.

The Catch: The acting player can't use sounds, pointing at objects, or mouthing words. Pure physical acting only!

For Movies: Act out a scene, use the title's number of words with your fingers, and indicate if it's a person, place, or thing.

For Animals: Mimic the animal's movements and sounds (yes, animal sounds are allowed here!).

For Actions: Act out the action as clearly as possible. Use your whole body!

Charades works best with 4+ players (2 teams of 2). For couples, you can take turns acting and guessing, but it's more fun with a group.

No props allowed! The challenge is to convey the word using only your body and facial expressions. Props make it too easy.

If the timer runs out, the acting team loses a point. The word goes to the other team for a chance to steal (they get one guess).

30 seconds is standard, but you can adjust based on your group's energy. After a few drinks, 60 seconds might be needed for harder words!

That is Pictionary, and we built a free one that runs exactly like this page. Play Pictionary online and you get a 150-word generator, an on-screen drawing board, a turn timer and team scoring. Same team-versus-team format — the clue just goes onto the board instead of into your arms.