Everyone plays at once
Nobody sits out waiting for a turn. While one person spells, the whole room is voting on sabotages from their phones.
Party mode
Word games for parties
Most party word games need a box, a scorekeeper and someone willing to read the cards. Spellmates needs a screen and everyone's phone. One person spells, the rest of the room does everything in its power to make sure they don't.
Why it works at a party
Zero setup
No box, no cards, no app store. Open the site on a TV or laptop, everyone types a 4-letter code, and you're playing in under a minute.
It gets personal
Team mode, steals, assists and lifetime rivalry records mean the same friend group carries grudges from one night to the next.
Drinking game built in
Spell It or Sip It turns misses into sips with a cup meter that overflows into a penalty shot. Or leave it off entirely — every mode works dry.
Three ways to play
Classic Points
Spell it, bank it
Nobody goes home. Highest score after the final word wins.
Survivor
Miss it, you're out
Every miss knocks you out (or costs a life). Last speller standing wins.
Spell It or Sip It
Miss a word, take a sip
Levels instead of rounds. Misses cost sips, points still decide the winner.
The sabotages
Up to two per turn, chosen by the audience while the speller has their back turned:
No Definition
The speller cannot ask what the word means.
One More Time
The word can only be repeated once.
Speed Spell
{seconds} seconds on the clock.
Spell Backward
Last letter first, all the way to the front.
Double Trouble
Two words back to back. Both must be right.
Difficulty Spike
The word jumps one level harder.
No Restarting
Letters lock as they're typed — no going back.
Poker Face
The room can't see the letters land.
Silent Host
A robot reads the word instead of the host.
Spell It or Sip It: the drinking version
Pick a cup size — shot glass, Solo cup or pitcher — and every miss adds to that player's meter. When the cup overflows, they take a penalty shot and the meter resets. If the whole room misses the same word, everybody drinks. Players already have their own drinks; the cup on screen is just the penalty meter. Play it with water and it still works as a knockout round.
Team mode and steals
Split the room into squads and pick an answer style: strict rotation, free-for-all, or captain's call. Teammates get a limited number of assists to rescue a speller mid-word, and every player gets a steal — if someone else misses, you get a 15-second lightning round to take the points, free tier included. Read the full rules or browse the word packs.
Ready to ruin a friendship?
Free to play in the browser. No downloads, no accounts — cast one screen and everyone joins with a 4-letter code.