The goal
Score the most points by correctly guessing what your friends said their favorites are. Every question looks the same: "What is [player]'s favorite [category]?" You saw their answer during the review phase — the only question is whether you remember it.
The five phases of a game
1. Lobby
The host creates a game and shares the join code or invite link. As friends join, the host picks the categories everyone will answer — start from curated prompt packs, add custom categories, or rename them for inside jokes. Game settings like teams, timers, and content rating are all adjusted here; once the game starts, they're locked in.
2. Answer Entry
Everyone privately fills in one answer per category: "My favorite food is…". Keep answers short and specific — one to three words works best. You can add aliases (like "LOTR" for "The Lord of the Rings") that will also count as correct when others guess. Nobody else sees your answers yet. By default entry runs for at least 2 minutes and at most 5, ending early once everyone has submitted.
Returning players can save favorites to their profile, and matching categories are pre-filled automatically in future games — just check they're still true.
3. Review & Memorization
Every answer is revealed to every player, and the clock starts — 2 minutes by default. Study hard! Flashcards and a matching mini-game are available to make cramming more fun, and players who feel ready can tap Done to end review early. Prefer chaos? The host can enable Hard Mode, which skips review entirely.
4. The Quiz
Answers are hidden again and the questions begin. On each question you're shown another player and a category, and you type what you think they answered — with 45 seconds on the clock by default. In the default mode everyone answers a question simultaneously each round; the host can switch to sequential turns so the whole group watches each guess land.
In a full game, every answered favorite is eventually asked of every other player. For bigger groups, the Short Game preset keeps things snappy by capping the quiz at roughly 35 to 50 questions while giving every player the same number of turns.
5. Results
Players are ranked by total points (team standings come first in team mode), and the game serves up highlights — sharpest memory, most mysterious player, and the funniest wrong guesses of the night.
Scoring
- Correct guess: +1 point
- Incorrect or blank guess: 0 points
- In team mode, your points also count toward your team's total — the team score is the sum of its members' points.
- Party Mode can layer on competitive variants: streak bonuses, double-or-nothing wagers, and steals (in sequential mode, the next player can swoop in on a missed guess).
What counts as correct?
You don't have to nail the exact spelling. A guess is automatically correct when it matches the answer or one of its aliases after trimming spaces and ignoring case, and smart fuzzy matching forgives typos, dropped words like "the", and abbreviations — "Two Towers" matches "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".
When a guess is close but not a clear match, it goes to "close enough" judgment: the player whose favorite it is sees the guess next to their answer and decides whether to grant the point. With AI Judge enabled (it's on by default, and the host can turn it off), the app settles obvious close calls instantly so the game keeps moving. Purists can enable Strict Mode instead — exact matches and aliases only, no mercy.
Hosts can also switch answering to multiple choice, where guessers pick from a list of plausible options — handy for younger kids or very large games.
Ways to play
- Individual or Teams: everyone for themselves by default, or split into up to 10 teams — assign players yourself or auto-balance.
- Family Mode: kid-friendly prompt packs, a PG content filter, multiple-choice assists for younger kids, and optional extra time or first-letter hints.
- Party Mode: faster pacing, emoji reactions, "story time" moments where players explain an answer, competitive scoring variants, and shareable recap cards.
- Spectators: friends can watch without playing — they see everything, can react with emojis, and can join mid-game at any point.
- One shared screen: pass-and-play works in every mode, with privacy screens between turns so nobody peeks.
- Hosting your way: play while you host, host as a judge-only referee, or let the app run the game so everyone can just play.
Tips for a great game
- Use your real favorites — your friends will try to guess these later, and joke answers make the game less fun.
- Be specific: exact titles and brands are easier to judge than vague answers.
- Add aliases for nicknames and abbreviations your group actually uses — they count as correct.
- Better blank than filler: if you truly don't have a favorite, skip the category and it stays out of the quiz.