Dictionary of Lies online
Invent a definition nobody can tell from the real one.
- Players
- 3–10 players
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Length
- 20–35 min
- Type
- Word · Bluffing
Dictionary of Lies is the game people have played with a dictionary and a pen for decades — known variously as Call My Bluff, Balderdash, or just "the dictionary game". Everyone gets the same obscure but entirely real word, and everyone writes a definition for it. One of the definitions on screen is the actual one.
The skill is not knowing what the word means. It is writing a lie that sounds like a dictionary wrote it — plausible register, plausible etymology, nothing too funny. The people who write the funniest definitions lose, which is the joke at the centre of the game.
We supply the words and the real definitions, shuffle your inventions in with the truth, and keep score. You score for finding the real one, and you score again for everyone your invention fooled.
How to play Dictionary of Lies
- 1Create a room and share the 6-letter code with 2 or more friends.
- 2Everyone sees the same obscure word — all of them are real.
- 3Write a definition that sounds like it belongs in a dictionary.
- 4All the inventions appear alongside the real definition, shuffled. Vote for the one you think is genuine.
- 5Finding the truth scores. So does every person your invention caught — and you cannot vote for your own.
Dictionary of Lies FAQ
Are the words real?+
Every one of them, and so are the definitions. They are checked against a written sourcing standard before they ship, because a game that teaches you a word means something it does not is worse than no game.
How is this different from Fake Answer?+
Same bluffing loop, different prompt. Fake Answer asks an obscure question; here you are defining a word, which rewards a completely different kind of lie — dry and dictionary-shaped rather than surprising.
What if I accidentally write the real definition?+
It is handed back to you rather than added to the pile, with a note. Writing the truth by accident means you played well, but it cannot appear twice on the ballot.
How many players do you need?+
Three or more, up to ten. More players means more inventions to sort through, which makes finding the real one genuinely hard.
Ready to play Dictionary of Lies?
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