Charades with the timer built in

How to play

Split into teams, pick an actor and hand them the phone. A word appears, the clock starts, and the actor has to get their team to say it without speaking. Tap Got it for every word guessed and Skip for the hard ones, then pass the phone to the next team when time runs out.

There are 600 words across 10 categories: movies, animals, actions, jobs, sports, food, famous characters, things at home, places, and a tricky set of idioms. Choose the ones your group will enjoy, set 45, 60 or 90 seconds a turn, and play two, three or five turns each.

Good to know

After every turn the team sees its list and can fix a wrong tap before the points count, which settles most arguments. With younger kids, keep to animals, actions and food, and use the longest timer. For a competitive crowd, add the tricky idioms and cut the clock to 45 seconds.