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Office life in mime: unmuting too late, the printer jam and the meeting that could have been an email.

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How to play Charades

1. Split into two or more teams and pick a round length.
2. The actor starts the timer and acts out each card silently: no talking, no mouthing words, no pointing at objects in the room.
3. Tap Got it for each correct guess, or Skip to pass. When time runs out, hand the phone to the next team.

Updated November 2026.

1. Untangling Christmas lights
2. Wrapping a very awkward gift
3. Pretending to love a gift
4. Ugly sweater contest
5. Regifting last year's present
6. Standing in the gift return line
7. Scraping ice off the windshield
8. Conducting a Christmas choir
9. Office party karaoke
10. Judging a costume contest
11. Dancing in a bulky costume
12. Working from home in pajamas
13. Laptop dying during a presentation
14. Asking for a raise
15. Losing an hour of unsaved work
16. On hold with customer service
17. Presenting with the wrong slides
18. Waving goodbye on a video call
19. Networking
20. Key card that will not scan
21. Finding the coffee pot empty
22. Elevator ride with your boss
23. Intern
24. Laughing at the boss's joke
25. Sitting next to a loud chewer
26. Squeezing onto a crowded train
27. Gossiping at the water cooler
28. Quitting your job dramatically
29. Hitting snooze again
30. Spinning in an office chair
31. Handshake that turns into a hug
32. Brainstorming
33. Stuck in a revolving door
34. Cat walking across your keyboard
35. Pulling an all-nighter
36. Sneaking out early on Friday
37. Promotion
38. Looking for a phone signal
39. Cutting the office birthday cake
40. Clicking a pen nervously
41. Adjusting a sinking office chair
42. Turning it off and on again
43. Tying a necktie
44. Stage fright
45. Deadline
46. Burning popcorn at the office
47. Job interview
48. High five left hanging
49. Watching the clock until five
50. Replying all by mistake
51. Spilling coffee on your keyboard
52. Sharing the wrong screen
53. Tie caught in the shredder
54. Opening your first paycheck
55. Falling asleep on a stranger
56. Walking in on the wrong meeting
57. Printer jam
58. Tapping a dead microphone
59. Carrying coffee for the whole team
60. Stapler
61. Pretending to look busy
62. Paperwork
63. Hiding your screen from the boss
64. Paper cut
65. Someone stole your office lunch
66. Forgetting your password
67. Phone ringing in a silent meeting
68. Monday morning
69. Stuck in traffic
70. Fire drill
71. Frozen on a video call
72. Unmuting too late
73. Typing with two fingers
74. Toddler crashing a video call
75. Staying awake in a long meeting
76. Overtime
77. Sweating through a performance review
78. Procrastinating
79. Forgetting someone's name
80. Vending machine stealing your coins
81. Multitasking
82. Making coffee half asleep
83. Nodding along without listening
84. Opening a bag of chips quietly

Tips for a better game

• Agree on the classic signals first: fingers for the number of words, a tug on the ear for "sounds like".
• Limit skips to two per round, or the hard cards never get acted.
• With young kids, drop the timer and let everyone guess together.

Questions people ask

What are some good charades ideas for work?

Five from this list: Presenting with the wrong slides; Handshake that turns into a hug; Burning popcorn at the office; Stapler; Staying awake in a long meeting.

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