Activities

Virtual Team Building Events

Activity Description

This activity is best suited for groups of around 4-8 players. If you have a larger group, divide it into smaller groups of around this size. You will need to provide a dictionary for each group and some pens and paper for each participant.

One participant, the “picker”, selects an unknown word from the dictionary and announces it to the rest of the participants (including how to spell the word). If any of the participants have knowledge of what the word means, choose another word until you have a word that no one knows.

Each participant needs to come up with their own creative definition for what the word means, writes it on a piece of paper and gives it to the “picker”. The “picker” writes the real definition on his or her piece of paper.

Once all definitions have been handed in, the “picker” reads out all the definitions and each participant should vote on which they believe is correct. The “picker” doesn’t vote as they already know the true definition, and participants are not permitted to vote for their own definition.

Participants earn a point for each vote their definition receives. The picker receives 3 votes if no one chooses the true definition.

Continue with the game until everyone has had a few turns being the picker, keeping score as you go.

Variations of this game:

  • Use poems where participants have to complete the last line of the poem
  • Write the first line of a novel given the title and blurb from the back of the book
  • Players complete the last part of a quote given the first part and author of the quote

Fictionary Youth Game

Basic Details
Property Type : Youth Games
Listing Type : Placeholder
Activity Type : Youth Games
Focus On : Having Fun
Outcome Based : No, just fun
Facilities : Indoor, Outdoor
Props Required : None
Duration : 6 - 15 minutes
Exertion Level : Low
Group Size : 1 - 8, 9 - 16, 17 - 30, 31+
Age : Youth