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Word & Name Games

Word building, name games and thinking games

Shopping List

This game moves around a circle. The first person starts off with: "I went to a shop and I bought...." (I guess you could change the kind of shop) They then have to add an item beginning with A - it has to relate to the shop they are buying from....

7 votes
13280 views

Instead of drinking maybe the person is out ins...

instead of the drink, the person could b out, t...

Word Builder

Explain the rules, and start this game by saying a letter. Play moves to the right with the next person THINKING of a word starting with that letter, and SAYING the second letter to build the word they have in mind. The next person thinks up a word ...

-4 votes
51045 views

great game used this at my 21st birthday party ...

kathrina fantastic

Boys And Girls Names

This games is to be played with 3 or more people. Everyone sits in a big circle. Pick one person to start. Then you start with girls' or boys' names, start with the letter A. So the first person must say a girls' name that starts with the letter A....

7 votes
25864 views

Found this can be modified for all ages - nice one

I've played this game many times except we've a...

Memory Game

"I went to the party and took with me a bottle of red wine", "I went to the party and took with me a bottle of red wine, and an umbrella", "I went to the party and took with me a bottle of red wine, an umbrella, and a balloon." Etc. Anyone starts...

6 votes
38946 views

Jess For a festive version, use 'Im father christmas...

i played this at school once! its actually rea...

Give Me Names

Get everyone banging on the table with both hands, clapping and clicking their fingers to the following rhythm: BANG (the table), CLAP (your hands), CLICK (left fingers), CLICK (right fingers) and so on BANG, CLAP, CLICK, CLICK! BANG, CL...

12 votes
44448 views

Kirsty AWESOMOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Frustration

This can get very annoying. Start the game off with the following phrase "I went to the party and took a bottle of wine, but I didn't take a pink panther" or something as ridiculous. Play follows around the table to your left and each player must make ...

22 votes
46325 views

I've played this many a time (often around a ca...

I played a similar game with my sister where yo...

Choo Choo

Everyone selects an underground or overland station name. This game is based on a chant: The leader starts with a high pitched: "Choo Choo". Play moves round to the left with the next player chanting: "The train is leaving", And the next...

1 vote
16163 views

Great Ok

Character Shout

This game is for 2+ people. It's called "Character shout". It is a TV game. Sit in a circle. You choose a cartoon, movie, TV soap opera, etc. The objective is to try to name as many characters from that show as you can, with no repeating, going fro...

27 votes
37618 views

Yes it is! Ur right!

I know this game it's called charades..... It's...

Movie Game

This game is intended for movie buffs, and is very simple. It can be played with as little as 2 people, but I recommend 3 or more. Here is how it works: Someone begins by saying out loud the name of an actor/actress, then going clockwise, the next ...

-3 votes
32161 views

Sarah We couldn't get passed the first question.

It sounds good,but very complicated...

French Consequences

This works best if you have studied French and forgotten it! Each person needs a long piece of paper. At the top write a short sentence in English. Pass the paper round the circle. The next person translates the sentence into French and folds the pa...

80 votes
20063 views

Sounds fun but it's not If you don't know any f...

whats the point of this game i dont get it?!

Rude Scrabble

Draw squares on a large sheet of paper, like a scrabble board. First player throws the dice and writes a rude word of that many letters in the squares (1 and 2 are 'wild' and can represent any number) Next player throws and their rude word has to ...

4 votes
13082 views

rayra hahahaha this is fun.

JustinBiebersShawty i played this at my 13th and it wasfun but my m...

Sumptuous Susan

This game helps people to remember everyone’s name. Sit people in a circle, starting from one person ask them to introduce themselves to the person sitting on their right, stating their name, pre-fixed by an adjective that starts with the same letter

-6 votes
25160 views

I have played a game before that goes "I am goi...

Sounds good but wouldn't you already know the n...