One Word

How to play One Word

A team game. Everyone helps one guesser find a secret word with one-word clues, but identical clues cancel out.

1. The guesser looks away. The rest of the table sees that a secret word is ready. Skip a word if it’s too hard.

2. Pass the phone among the clue-givers. Each privately sees the word and writes exactly one clue word, not the word itself or part of it.

3. Matching clues are removed automatically, ignoring capitals, spaces, accents and punctuation. The guesser sees the rest and gets one guess.

4. A correct guess earns a team point. If the table agrees a near miss should count, count it. The guesser rotates each round.

✳ 222 words across Easy, Medium and Hard.