Grade 6

Play Fictionary

This game is all about your ability to trick your opponents. Play at home on paper or on a group

call with friends. Read one word at a time from the word bank on the last page. Players write

their own made-up definitions for that word, but one chosen player, the Know-it-All, has the

real definitions to each word. Everyone but the Know-it-All guesses which is the actual

• Scissors

• Pencils/Pens

• Computer, tablet, or other electronic device connected to the internet

In-person instructions:

1) Assign someone to be the Know-it-All. This person will be the referee running the game.

2) Grab some pieces of paper and cut each into four pieces. Hand out four blank quarter-

sheets of paper to each player. Also, give each player a score card to keep track of his or

her own points.

3) The Know-it-All and ONLY the Know-it-All will click on one word from the word bank

sheet of paper and place it in the center of the table face-down. Do not show your

definition to anyone.

5) Once all are face-down in the center of the table, the Know-it-All takes, shuffles and

numbers each definition (including the correct one) and places them all in the center of

the table face-up so that players can read the definitions.

6) All players except the Know-it-All vote for the definition they think is correct. Hold up

fingers to indicate which definition you choose (Ex: if voting for definition #1, hold up 1

finger).

7) The Know-it-All then reveals the correct definition, players who guessed it correctly get

4 points, and all players get 1 point for each vote that their fake definitions received. All

1) Start a group video call on Zoom, Skype, FaceTime, or whatever platform you prefer.

2) Follow all the same instructions above but ignore the quarter-sheets of paper. Decide

on a way that players will send their definitions privately to the Know-it-All (Ex: each

player texts the Know-it-All separately).

3) In step 5) above, the Know-it-All will instead type the list of all definitions (including the

correct one) in a random order and number them. Then the Know-it-All will send that

list to all other players. Players will vote and score points in the same way as the in-

person instructions dictate.

Arid

Barren

Beacon

Beneficial

Blunder

Boisterous

Boycott

Burden

Campaign

Chronological