What kinds of drawing words can I generate?

The original drawing deck has 242 prompts across eight categories. Choose Animals or Objects for concrete words such as Penguin, Umbrella and Barcode; Hard offers less obvious prompts for adults. This is an independent prompt generator with no official game card list.

How can I generate an easy or funny drawing prompt?

Choose Easy for concrete prompts, or Actions for situations such as Eating a slice of pizza that is far too hot. Medium and Hard include more involved ideas. Pass skips a prompt without removing it from the deck for the rest of the round.

Can I copy a printable pictionary word list?

Reveal the cards you want with Next card, then use Copy round. Paste the numbered list into a document and print it. This page does not format a sheet of cut-out cards.

Is there a timer, and can I use this online with a group?

Enter a round length in seconds and press the clock to start it. The timer resets on each new card while it runs. For a video call, let the person drawing view the card privately and show only their sketch to the group.

Does the drawing generator work on phones?

It runs in a current browser on iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac or Chromebook without an account or installation. Only settings you change are saved in this browser, separately from the main charades page.

Pictionary Word Generator

Generate words and phrases to draw for a pictionary-style guessing game. Drawing mode opens with prompts tagged as drawable without letters. Choose a category and difficulty, then reveal each card privately to the person sketching.

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Press Deal, or the space bar, for a card

Deck

Game

Category

Difficulty

Timer

Press Deal for the first card.

Press Space for the next card without reaching for the mouse. The timer is whatever you type in seconds, up to 600, and 0 turns it off; it starts when you press it and never on its own, and it restarts on each new card while it is running. Pass puts the card back in the deck, so it can come round again later in the round.

Accuracy. The original and Christmas prompt decks were written for this tool; Movie titles uses real film titles. All prompts are tagged by hand for acting, drawing and difficulty. Difficulty is a judgement rather than a measurement and depends on your group’s references.

Common questions

What kinds of drawing words can I generate?: The original drawing deck has 242 prompts across eight categories. Choose Animals or Objects for concrete words such as Penguin, Umbrella and Barcode; Hard offers less obvious prompts for adults. This is an independent prompt generator with no official game card list.
How can I generate an easy or funny drawing prompt?: Choose Easy for concrete prompts, or Actions for situations such as Eating a slice of pizza that is far too hot. Medium and Hard include more involved ideas. Pass skips a prompt without removing it from the deck for the rest of the round.
Can I copy a printable pictionary word list?: Reveal the cards you want with Next card, then use Copy round. Paste the numbered list into a document and print it. This page does not format a sheet of cut-out cards.
Is there a timer, and can I use this online with a group?: Enter a round length in seconds and press the clock to start it. The timer resets on each new card while it runs. For a video call, let the person drawing view the card privately and show only their sketch to the group.
Does the drawing generator work on phones?: It runs in a current browser on iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac or Chromebook without an account or installation. Only settings you change are saved in this browser, separately from the main charades page.

The original and Christmas prompt decks were written for this tool; Movie titles uses real film titles. All prompts are tagged by hand for acting, drawing and difficulty. Difficulty is a judgement rather than a measurement and depends on your group’s references.