THEHAT
Explain the word — without saying it.
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Explain the word — without saying it.
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TheHat is a browser word game for parties of three or more. Teams take turns drawing words out of the hat and describing them to each other: you may not say the word itself, use words from the same root, or mime — and the clock is running. Your partner has to guess as many as possible before the turn ends. It runs in the browser on a phone or a laptop, with no download and no sign-up.
Hit “Create room”, get a code and sort everyone into teams. The number of rounds, the turn length and the word themes are all settings.
Paste the link into a chat and friends join from any device. Three players minimum, but the more the better — teams of three or four work best.
On your turn you draw a word and describe it however you like — except the word itself, its roots, and gestures. Your partner types the answer, or you swipe the card “Got it / Skip”.
Every correct word scores for both players. The turn passes to the next pair, the round to the next team. Highest total wins.
The rules are simple, and there are enough settings to suit both a warmed-up group and a table playing for the first time.
Three or more. A proper team game starts at four — two teams of two — and six to ten makes for the liveliest evening.
No. It runs in the browser on desktop and mobile, and a guest can create a room and play with no account.
Yes. Tokens for play time are granted daily and a short ad tops them up. A subscription removes ads and raises the room’s player limit.
Yes, and it is one of the best ways to use it: the phone replaces the scraps of paper and the hat, keeps score and runs the timer, while you carry on describing out loud.
Word sets exist in English and Russian, picked in the room settings. The interface is separate — it follows the language you chose in the header.
Skip it. The skip button is always there, and whether skipping costs a point is up to the room.
It is a standalone online game with its own word sets, its own modes and its own scoring. If you have played tabletop describe-the-word games — Alias and its kin — the rules will be familiar from the first card.
TheHat is a party word game: draw a word and describe it well enough for your team to get there before the clock does. If you like tabletop describe-the-word games such as Alias, the mechanics will feel familiar — while the word sets, the two confirmation modes, the configurable rounds and a room that fills from one link are its own. The reference to tabletop games is descriptive and comparative only.