Pictionary words and ideas, rated by how hard they are to draw

How the words are rated

Every word is rated for how easily it draws, not for how rare it is. Everyone knows the word “synergy”. Nobody can draw it.

• Easy draws itself. One shape and a detail or two: a cat, an umbrella, a rocket. A stick figure and a circle will do.
• Medium needs a second object or some setup. An alarm clock is a clock with bells on top, and “walk the dog” needs a person, a leash and a dog.
• Hard is abstract or easily confused. “Procrastinate” and “gravity” have no shape at all, an antelope looks like a gazelle, and hummus looks like any other dip.

A Drawdle room deals words by these ratings. With the difficulty on Easy you only get Easy words, Mixed is mostly Easy with some Medium, and Hard means anything goes, Hard words included.

Pick the right list

This page has every word. These pick out the right ones for your group, each with its own advice.

• Word generator: one random word at a time, with a timer and team scores, for a game around a table.
• Easy words (581): things that draw themselves, for warm-ups, speed rounds and mixed ages.
• Hard words (242): abstract ideas and lookalikes, with tricks for drawing them.
• Words for kids (1,171): checked for children and sorted by age, from 4 to 12.
• Office words (315): office things and corporate slang, with a plan for a 15-minute team game.
• Indian words (157): food, festivals, cricket and Bollywood.
• skribbl custom words: build a comma-separated list by theme and size, ready to paste into skribbl.io.