Emojis, and nothing else
No letters, no numbers, no gestures across the table. The explainer gets a keyboard of emojis and a word only they can see.
Pass-and-play · 2–12 players · no wifi
Explain the word.
Emojis only.
One player builds a clue out of emojis. Their team has a minute to shout the answer. Everything happens on one phone, in the room, with no account and no connection.
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- 828
- words
- 17
- categories
- 3
- languages
An example round: the clue 🍢 🔥 🧅 stands for Khorovats, from the Armenian Food pack.
Three constraints do all the work
Anyone can point at 🐶 for “dog”. The game is what happens when you can’t.
The obvious one is banned
Saymoji strikes out any emoji that simply depicts the word. Batman without 🦇. Hot Dog without 🌭. You have to go the long way round.
Decoys, if you're cruel
Turn them on and the explainer must slip a misleading emoji into the clue. Guessing right through a decoy is worth more.
One round, then the phone moves
- 01
Pass the phone
One player takes the device and reads a word nobody else sees. Teams and turn order are worked out once, at setup.
- 02
Build the clue
Sixty seconds to assemble emojis into something guessable. Reorder, undo, search, and watch the banned ones grey out.
- 03
Team guesses out loud
The clue goes up, the clock runs, and points land for speed, difficulty and any decoy survived. Then the phone moves on.
↻ repeat until the round limit — or the first team to the point target
828 words. 5 categories free forever.
12 packs · buy one or unlock all
- 🐶Animals50 words · free
- 🍕Food50 words · free
- 🏅Sports50 words · free
- 🌍Countries50 words · free
- 🌈Nature50 words · free
- 🎬Movies50 words
- ⚽Footballists70 words
- 🎸Music50 words
- 🏷️Brands50 words
- 🤩Celebrities50 words
- 🎮Video Games50 words
- 🍥Anime50 words
- 🦸Superheroes50 words
- 🍢Armenian Food39 words
- 🏛️Yerevan & Landmarks39 words
- 🌟Armenian Stars40 words
- 🎎Armenian Traditions40 words
Every word, in three languages
English, Հայերեն and Русский — not just the menus. Each of the 828 words is translated, so a mixed table can play in whichever language the room speaks.
EnglishՀայերենРусский
What costs money
The five free categories are a complete game on their own. Beyond that, buy a single pack, unlock everything once, or subscribe — whichever suits how often you play.
- One-time packs and the lifetime bundle stay yours.
- Subscriptions renew until you cancel, and can be cancelled any time in your store account.
- Restore Purchases brings everything back on a reinstall.
Before you download
- How many people do you need to play Saymoji?
- Two to twelve, split into teams. One phone is passed around the table, so nobody needs to install anything or join a room.
- Does Saymoji need an internet connection?
- No. Every word, translation and emoji ships inside the app, so it plays the same in airplane mode, on a train or somewhere with no signal.
- Is Saymoji free?
- Five of the seventeen categories are free forever, which is 250 words and a complete game on its own. The free version is supported by ads. The remaining twelve packs are paid — buy a single pack, unlock everything once, or subscribe.
- Does Saymoji have ads?
- The free version shows ads, and they are non-personalized — chosen from the context of the game rather than a profile of you. Buying any content pack, the lifetime bundle or a subscription removes them.
- What languages does Saymoji support?
- English, Հայերեն and Русский. All 828 words are translated, not just the menus, so a mixed table can play in whichever language the room speaks.
- How is Saymoji different from charades?
- You explain with emojis instead of gestures, and the emoji that simply depicts the word is banned. Batman without 🦇, Hot Dog without 🌭 — you have to go the long way round.
- Do you need one phone per player?
- No. Saymoji is pass-and-play: one device does the whole game. The explainer reads a word nobody else can see, builds the clue, then passes the phone on.
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