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Guessing Game

Emoji Charades 🎭

Guess the phrase, movie, or idiom from emojis! Perfect for team building and parties.

Setup Phrases

Play Game

Add phrases or load defaults to start playing!

How to Play

  • • Add your own emoji phrases or load default ones
  • • Click "Start Game" to begin
  • • Look at the emojis and guess what they represent
  • • Type your answer and submit to check if you're correct
  • • Perfect for parties, team building, and family game nights!

Describe a film, phrase, or song using only emoji while the team guesses. It runs entirely in a chat window, which makes it one of the easiest remote team games to organise.

It also includes people who dislike being on camera, which most team games do not.

How to run it

  1. One person picks something from an agreed category.
  2. They post their emoji sequence without any words.
  3. Everyone guesses in chat.
  4. Reveal and rotate.

Running it well

  • Agree a category first, such as films or songs. Without one, guessing is close to impossible.
  • Limit the sequence length so it stays readable, around six to ten emoji.
  • Let wrong guesses stand rather than correcting instantly. The misreadings are usually the entertainment.
  • Keep rounds short and stop after a few, before the format gets repetitive.

Frequently asked questions

Why does this work well for remote teams?
Because it runs entirely in chat. No video is required, which includes people who are uncomfortable on camera, and there is nothing to set up.
What categories work best?
Films, songs, and well-known phrases. Anything too obscure or too broad makes the guessing frustrating rather than fun.
How many emoji should be used?
Six to ten. Fewer gives too little to work with, and more becomes hard to read as a coherent sequence.