Emoji Game

[Any Language]

The Emoji Game is easy to play. One person (or group) uses English (or another second language) to describe each emoji and another person (or group) must guess the emoji.

When describing an emoji, a player cannot use the name of the emoji, and the player cannot use gestures, but the player can use any other English words to describe it. This player tries to get the other players to correctly guess as many emoji as possible in 2 minutes (but you do not have to use the timer).

The other players can ask questions in English at any time, and if they do not know how to say the name of the emoji in English, they can “skip” it or use a dictionary to find the name of the new vocabulary word. Also, if they do not know the emoji, they can “skip” it. When playing the Emoji Game, a player or team should not skip too many emoji. You may want to set a limit of 3 to 5.

What Does the Red Border Mean?

When the 2-minute timer finishes, a red outline appears around the emoji box.

This red border means “Time’s up!” — it’s a visual alert to let you know that the activity or guessing time has ended.

The red border helps you:

• Quickly recognize that the timer has finished
• Avoid needing to constantly watch the countdown

To try again, just click Reset to remove the red outline and restart the timer.

When the game is Finished…

Scroll down to see how many emoji were guessed correctly, and study the emoji that were skipped. You should find a table that lists all the correctly guessed emoji on the left and the skipped emoji on the right.