Use Your Words
Play Use Your Words — the party game where you write funny captions, fill in blanks, and subtitle foreign films. Funniest answer wins!
About This Game
Use Your Words occupies the same creative comedy space as Quiplash but with a fresh set of mini-games that keep the format interesting. Players compete to write the funniest responses across several round types: captioning bizarre stock photos, filling in newspaper headlines, subtitling clips from obscure foreign films, and completing sentences in fictional book excerpts.
The variety of round types is what sets Use Your Words apart. Subtitling foreign movie clips is genuinely novel — watching a dramatic scene from a low-budget film while reading your friends' absurd subtitle suggestions creates comedy gold. The newspaper headline and photo caption rounds tap into meme culture, rewarding quick wit and cultural awareness.
Use Your Words follows the phone-as-controller model and supports audience participation, making it a natural fit alongside Jackbox games. It works for groups of 3-6 active players with additional audience voters. The game has a warm, inviting presentation that makes it approachable for players who might be intimidated by more chaotic party games.
How to Play
Launch and join
The host launches Use Your Words. Players join on their phones by entering the room code at the game's website.
View the prompt
Each round presents a different type of prompt — a photo to caption, a headline to complete, or a film clip to subtitle.
Write your answer
Type the funniest response you can think of within the time limit.
Vote for the best
All answers (plus a decoy "house answer") are shown. Everyone votes for their favorite.
Avoid the house answer
If someone votes for the pre-written house answer, the person who submitted it loses points. Write something better than the default!
Tips & Strategy
- The house answer penalty is real — always submit something, even if you are not sure it is funny.
- Match the tone of the media you are captioning. A deadpan answer for a dramatic film clip works perfectly.
- Short, snappy answers tend to perform better than long ones.
- Pay attention to what makes your group laugh in earlier rounds and lean into that style.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Multiple mini-game types keep the format varied
- Film subtitling is a genuinely unique and hilarious mechanic
- Audience participation supports larger groups
- More accessible than improv for shy players
Cons
- Smaller content library than Jackbox games
- Fewer players know about it, so less community and support
- Only 3-6 active players (smaller than Quiplash)
- Can feel like a Jackbox clone to some players
Game Details
- Players
- 3-6 players(recommended: 5)
- Duration
- 15-30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Price
- Paid
- Platforms
- WindowsMac
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