"Otherwise!" is an alias on the phone, familiar to everyone from "crocodile," "hat," and "explain a word." One phone per group is needed: whoever holds it explains, the others shout out the answers. When the minute is up, the phone goes to the next team.
WORDS THAT PEOPLE REALLY KNOW
18,000 words in nearly three dozen dictionaries. Three of them are organized by difficulty—from "umbrella" to "epicrisis." The rest are organized by topic: movies and cartoons, music and celebrities, food, sports, animals, video games, professions from medicine to construction, and special fun words like phraseological units and absurd combinations.
They were compiled not from a dictionary, but from what people actually recognize: "Blue Screen of Death," "Hedgehog in the Fog," and a whole dictionary of things only those over thirty remember. It's a special pleasure to turn on a professional dictionary when half the table is on topic. It turns out that explaining your own, familiar words is the hardest: the obvious is always called by the same root.
WHEN IT BECAME TOO EASY
Turn on the hard mode, and five forbidden words will appear under each word. "Penguin" without "bird," "ice," and "Antarctica" is explained completely differently than a regular penguin. Groups that have been playing for years usually don't return to the easy mode.
THE DISPUTE IS CLOSED IN TWO SECONDS
"There's no such word!" — there is. Each word has a short definition: click on it in the round summary and read it out loud. Injustices are also corrected there: if you counted it in vain, take it away; if you didn't count it in vain, return it.
SUITABLE FOR YOUR COMPANY
Play with two teams, five, or every man for himself—that's also possible; we play that way ourselves. You can customize the round length, the number of points to win, the penalty for missing, and the final word: the one everyone must guess immediately and race to guess after the signal.
Teams can be named whatever you like, and each team has its own score.
• Works offline—the internet is only needed for advertising
• No registration or accounts
• No in-app purchases
• One phone number for any group
At home, at the dacha, on the train, at a birthday party, or on New Year's Eve—anywhere where people have already gathered and the conversation has run out.
Alias in Russian: Explain a word without saying it