Charades Generator

Charades prompts anyone can act out

Most charades lists lean on movie titles, which leaves out kids, newcomers and anyone who has not seen the film. This charades generator skips titles completely. Every prompt is something you can act out with your body: an action like blowing bubbles, an animal like a kangaroo, a job like a lifeguard, or a scene like being stuck in an elevator. Pick a difficulty, press Generate, and start the round. It is free and works on any phone or laptop.

How to play with the charades generator

1. Under Difficulty, choose Easy, Medium, Hard, or a mix. Easy and Medium start checked.
2. Set “How many prompts”. Use 1 for a secret turn, or a bigger number to plan a whole round.
3. The actor presses Generate and reads the prompt without showing anyone.
4. They act it out with no talking and no mouthing words. Their team guesses.
5. Press Generate again for the next player.

You can copy one prompt with the icon beside it, or press Copy all to print a list.

What each level contains

Easy: actions and animals (76 prompts)

Single, familiar movements and creatures: sneezing, tying shoes, flying a kite, walking a dog, elephant, penguin, frog. Great for children and for warming up a shy group.

Medium: jobs, sports and chores (74 prompts)

A job or an activity with a clear set of moves: astronaut, plumber, referee, surfing, doing yoga, mowing the lawn, packing a suitcase. Players have to pick the gestures that give it away.

Hard: scenes and situations (70 prompts)

Short stories with a problem in them: missing the bus, opening a stubborn ketchup bottle, a dog stealing your sandwich, trying to catch a runaway balloon. These reward actors who can show a beginning, middle and end.

Where to use it

Family game night

Grandparents and kids can play on the same team because nobody needs to know pop culture. Mix Easy and Medium so everyone gets a fair shot.

Classroom brain breaks

Generate 8 Easy prompts and let students take turns at the front. Medium prompts with jobs fit a careers unit nicely.

English language practice

Acting out verbs like digging, sweeping and climbing a ladder links the word to the movement, which can help new learners remember vocabulary.

Team building

Use Hard prompts at a work event. Watching a coworker act out building furniture from a kit gets the whole room laughing.

Rainy day with kids

Set the count to 20, write each prompt on a slip, and draw from a hat all afternoon.

Fair prompts every time

Prompts are chosen by your browser’s cryptographic random generator. Every prompt in the checked levels has the same chance and none repeat within one batch. Your level and count settings stay saved in this browser.

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Want to draw instead of act? Try the pictionary word generator. For an animal-only round, spin the random animal generator and act out what it lands on.