Charades Word Lists

Charades is a classic party game where one player silently acts out a word or phrase while their team races to guess it before the timer runs out. No talking, no props, no drawing, just gestures and mime. It works for two people or a full room.

Yes. Every list on this page is completely free, with no sign-up or download. Open any category, pick a difficulty, and the full set of words loads right on the page ready to read, print or play from your phone.

For a mixed family group, start with Animals or Kids on Easy. For an adults-only game night, the Adults category or Movies on Medium is a great warm-up. You can always bump the difficulty up as your group gets warmed up.

Split into two teams. Each round, one actor mimes a prompt while their team guesses against a one to two minute timer. Score a point for every correct guess, then swap the actor and pass play to the other team. First team to an agreed score wins.