English example: A
For Animals, Food, and Places, a group could write the answers below before the timer ends.
AlligatorAppleAthens
Categories Game guide
How to Play Categories Game
Categories Game is a group word game for one shared screen. Pick a starting letter, race the timer, and compare your answers together.
Start a roundHow the game works
Set up a round, then follow these four simple steps:
- Choose your interface language, game language, players, categories, and timer.
- Start the round to reveal a random starting letter or language token and the selected categories.
- Before time runs out, think of one answer for every category that matches the starting prompt.
- Compare answers together, manually confirm the ones your group accepts, and see the score.
Two example rounds
These examples show the kind of answers a group might discuss. Players decide together which answers count.
Chinese Pinyin example: sh
For 动物, 食物, and 地点, players can agree whether each answer begins with the Pinyin initial sh.
狮子烧卖上海
Español: Ñ
These examples show the kind of answers a group might discuss. Players decide together which answers count.
ÑandúÑoquisÑuñoa
日本語: か
These examples show the kind of answers a group might discuss. Players decide together which answers count.
かめかれーかごしま
한국어: ㄱ
These examples show the kind of answers a group might discuss. Players decide together which answers count.
고양이김밥광주
Make the round fit your group
Use a quick round for a classroom warm-up or give a larger group more time. The game keeps every choice on one shared screen.
- 2–10Players
- 5–10Categories
- 10–300sGame duration
- 55 game languages
Decide answers together
Category Club does not judge answers automatically. Talk through close calls, confirm the answers your group accepts, and celebrate tied high scores too.
Ready to play?
Choose your languages and settings, then start a new Categories Game round with your group.