Neegma throws out a criterion. You have seconds to say a word that fits it. Call it out before the clock hits zero, or watch the next team steal it.
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Get a criterion, say a word that fits it before the clock runs out!
The criterion lands on every phone: "Say a word with a double letter." It is your turn. You have twenty seconds. Your mind goes blank on every word in the language, then someone mouths "balloon" and you blurt out "COFFEE" a half-second before the buzzer.
The room nods, the host taps Got It, a thousand points. The next criterion is "a word that ends in -LY" and the team across the room freezes, runs the clock down, and misses. Now it is your steal: five seconds, same rule, and your brain is already three words ahead.
By round three the group has a house rule for what counts as a real word, someone is defending a proper noun on a technicality, and nobody can remember why they thought this would be the calm game of the night.
On each turn, Neegma reveals a criterion on every player's screen
The current team or player must say a word that fits the criterion
Say it before the countdown ends; the room judges and the host decides if it counts
Got it scores 1000 points; a miss opens a steal for the next team
On a steal, the next team gets a quick 5 second window to fit the criterion for 500 points
Say a word that fits the criterion to bank 1000 points, or swoop in on a missed criterion for a 500 point steal. Points stack across unlimited rounds, and the highest total wins.
Scenario 01
Family game night
Family game night
A living room after dinner, three generations on the sofa. The criteria are simple enough that the youngest can play and open-ended enough that the wordsmith of the family still gets to show off. Cast it to the TV and the whole room is shouting words at the same person.
Scenario 02
Classroom
Classroom
A teacher splits the class into teams and lets the criteria do the teaching: "a word with three syllables", "a word that starts with a vowel", "a compound word". Students argue about whether their answer counts, which is exactly the kind of arguing a teacher wants. Five minutes at the end of the lesson and nobody noticed it was practice.
Scenario 03
Team offsite
Team offsite
The offsite warm-up before the real agenda starts. No props, no setup, just one screen and a room of people who have not all met. Two rounds in, the quiet new hire turns out to have a vocabulary nobody expected, and the team has its first inside joke of the day.
One player answers at a time, but a miss hands the next team a steal. Team Mode keeps every round alive right to the last second.
Each person scans the QR code or taps the link, sees the game on their phone, and submits answers. The live scoreboard runs in real time on the big screen.
Best for: virtual sessions, hybrid offsites, larger crowds where you want maximum individual participation.
Players are grouped into 2 to 6 colour-coded teams. Each team huddles around one device, debates the answer, and submits together. The energy in the room goes up immediately.
Best for: in-person offsites, weddings, family gatherings, anywhere you want people talking to each other instead of staring at their phones.
Running it in person? The host can drive the whole game from one screen: reveal the criterion, let the team call out a word, tap Got It or Missed. Players do not need to join from their own devices. A dedicated offline mode is available for groups that want to score teams from a single shared screen.
Put the host view on the TV or a projector so the criterion and the countdown are big enough for the whole room. Players answer to the screen, not their phones.
A few fast rounds at the start of a party, lesson, or offsite get everyone thinking and talking before the main event, with no setup beyond a screen.
Screenshare the host view and let remote players call out their word when the criterion lands. Surprisingly competitive, even on a call.
