The rules

How to play Déjà Clue

Get your team to say the word on your card before time runs out. The same 40 cards come back in all three rounds, and each round you can say less. Clues from round one help you guess the same card later.

For 2 or more players in one room, sharing one phone.

01 / Players and decks

Who's playing?

Add everyone by name. The number of players sets the game mode.

2 Cooperative: You take turns giving each other clues and play all three rounds as one team.
3 Individual: Each turn, one player gives clues, one guesses and one sits out. The app changes who gives clues and who guesses every turn.
4+ Teams: Split into teams of two or more. On your team's turn, one player gives clues and the rest of the team guesses.

The app spins a wheel to pick who gives clues first. The order then stays the same for the rest of the game.

The app draws 40 cards from your decks. You play those same 40 all game.

Pick enough decks for 40 unique cards

A game needs 40 different answers. An answer that appears in two decks counts once, even if the capital letters or punctuation differ. No single deck needs 40 cards. The decks you pick only have to reach 40 different answers together.

02 / Your turn

Your turn lasts 30 seconds

When the app calls your name, take the phone and hide the screen from the guessers. Tap Start and give clues by this round's rule.

At zero, mark the last guess, then pass the phone.

Got It: Your team said the answer. The card is done for this round and the next one appears.
Fail Round 1: Move on from a card you can't get. It goes to the back of the pile and still has to be guessed before the round ends.
Skip Rounds 2 and 3: The same move in later rounds. The card goes to the back of the pile and comes up again this round.

Keep the phone after Fail or Skip. The timer keeps running and you keep giving clues.

At zero, there's one final guess

Tap Got It if the guessers say it, or Miss to send the card to the back of the pile. Then pass the phone to the next cluegiver. If that Got It was the last card, the round ends.

03 / The rounds

Every round uses the same 40 cards

A round ends when all 40 cards are guessed. The app shuffles the same cards for the next round, so every card comes back. If you remember an earlier clue, the card is easier to guess.

Clues for the card Lighthouse in each round.

1
Say anything
Describe it any way you like. Just don't say any word on the card.
"A tall tower by the sea with a light that guides ships."
2
Say one thing
Say exactly one word. No other words and no gestures.
"Coast." Your team remembers the tower from round one.
3
Say nothing
Act it out without talking. Sound effects are fine, and so is using things around you.
Stand tall and sweep one arm around like a beam of light.

The game ends when the last card of round 3 is guessed.

04 / Scoring

Only Got It scores

In team play, each Got It adds one point to the active team.

Teams: The active team gets 1 point per Got It.
Three players: The cluegiver and guesser each get 1 point per Got It.
Two players: No team points. Finish all three rounds with as few misses as you can.

Fail, Skip, and Miss count as misses and score nothing.

Before you open the app

You can play as a guest

Guests get the full game and every official deck. This browser saves an unfinished game, so you can pick it up later on the same phone. Guest results stay on this phone. Register after the game to save them to your account.

A free account lets you add friends to your games, play community decks and make your own. Finished games are saved and count toward the stats of every player who has an account.