At game nights my friends kept playing "Who's the Impostor?" with slips of paper. Someone always peeked, and someone always lost the slips. So I built Word Impostor, a free browser version you can play on one phone or across everyone's phones.

How it plays

3 to 10 players. Most players get the same secret word; one player — the Impostor — gets a related but different word. Everyone takes turns describing their word without saying it, then you vote on who seems off. The Impostor wins by blending in.

For bigger groups (6+) there's an optional Mr. White role who gets no word at all and has to bluff from context.

Two ways to play

  • Pass-and-play: one device goes around the table; each player taps to see their word privately.
  • Online rooms: the host creates a room and shares a short code; friends join from their own phones. No app and no sign-up.

Word packs cover themes like food, travel and internet culture.

Why browser-only

Party games die the moment someone has to install an app or make an account. Keeping it as a plain web page means anyone at the table can join in seconds.

Try it

Grab some friends and open imposterwords.com. Suggestions for new word packs are very welcome in the comments.