Déjà Clue

Co-op guessing game · pass the phone

Say anything*. Say one thing. Say nothing.

Forty cards, three rounds, one phone passed around the room. The deck never changes. Your clues just get smaller, until you're acting out a lighthouse in total silence.

Play now, no account needed See the three rounds

*Anything except the word on the card.

CapybaraBohemian RhapsodyToothbrushCleopatraSherlock HolmesBack to the FutureWombatAlbert EinsteinCliffhangerIKEANarwhalThe Great Gatsby

Three rounds. The same cards every time. Watch three of them come back.

Round 1 · Say anything

Talk as much as you like.

Describe it, compare it, wave your arms, make up a terrible rhyme. The only thing you can't say is the word on the card.

"Tall stripy tower by the sea, ships look for it, it blinks all night…"

Round 2 · Say one thing

Now you get one word.

Same deck, reshuffled. Pick the one word that drags round one back into their heads. They've heard these cards before. That's the trick.

"Coast." "…the tower thing! Lighthouse!"

Round 3 · Say nothing

No words. No sounds. Act.

By now the whole room knows the deck by heart. Become the thing: stand very tall and sweep one glowing arm across the room. Someone gets it in two seconds.

Stands tallSweeps an arm like a beam“LIGHTHOUSE!”

Setting up

Three steps, then everybody's shouting.

Nothing to install. Nobody else needs the app. One phone keeps the timer, the cards, the score and whose turn it is.

  1. Step 1

    Add players, split into teams

    Type in whoever's in the room. Each team gets a colour, so the phone always knows who's up.

  2. Step 2

    Shuffle together some decks

    Mix official decks until you have 40 cards. Signed in, you can add community decks or write your own.

  3. Step 3

    Pass the phone

    The clue-giver holds the phone, the timer runs, the team shouts. Time's up, hand it on. Need a break? The game saves itself.

Overheard around the phone

It gets loud. Then it gets very quiet.

  • You literally said it last round!
  • THE TOWER THING. THE TOWER THING.
  • Why are you flapping?
  • Coast. Coast! COAST!
  • Is it the capybara again?
  • Stop pointing at the lamp.
  • Déjà vu. I’ve heard this one.
  • Three seconds, just SAY it!

Guests and accounts

Play as a guest. Sign in when you want it to remember.

Playing as a guest

Open the app and press play. Nothing to sign up for.

  • All official decks in every language
  • Full three-round games with teams and timer
  • Resume an unfinished game on the same phone
  • Results stay in your browser and are not saved

With a free account

Everything above, plus the parts that make the next game better.

  • Add friends and pick them for shared games
  • Browse community decks or write your own
  • Completed games saved to every player's stats
  • Official decks preselected for your language

Ready when you are

Someone in this room is about to mime a capybara.

Grab the people nearest you, pick a deck, and start round one. By round three, nobody needs the rules explained.

Start a new game
“You knew the word a minute ago.”“That clue worked last round.”“Surely you remember.”