About DoodleGuesser

Who runs it

What it does

• Multiplayer rooms for 2–8 players. Public rooms can be found through Quick join; private rooms only through their link or code.
• Automatic turns: the drawer picks a word in 15 seconds and draws for up to 80 seconds; guesses are checked and scored automatically.
• The interface is available in English, Chinese, German, Dutch, French, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean, and official words are accepted in all of them.
• Custom word lists of up to 100 words in private rooms.
• Solo Draw for practice, a public Gallery, a Guess the Doodle mode, a leaderboard and a public feedback board.

The full rules, including scoring and what happens when someone disconnects, are on the How to play page.

What it is good for

• Friends or family playing together over a video call.
• A short warm-up or vocabulary game in a classroom, with the teacher hosting a private room and a custom word list.
• An icebreaker for a remote team meeting.
• Drawing practice on your own with Solo Draw.

Current limitations

• There are no accounts. The leaderboard groups scores by nickname, so two people using the same nickname share a row, and there is no way to ban an individual player.
• Automatic reconnection works while the page stays open. Closing or reloading the page makes you rejoin as a new player, and a room is deleted 2 minutes after everyone has left.
• A custom word list can only be set when a private room is created and cannot be edited afterwards.
• Moderation is automatic: common offensive words are masked, and Gallery drawings are hidden after 3 reports. Reports are not reviewed by a person in real time.
• You can delete your own Gallery drawings only from the browser you uploaded them from; otherwise, email us.
• Drawing works on phones, but it is noticeably easier on a tablet or computer.
• The detailed guides are written in English first; some translated guides are shorter.

Feedback, reports and deletion