Stop, also known as Name Place Animal Thing or Categories, is the word game people played in their notebooks. A letter is drawn and every player writes a word starting with that letter for each category, before time runs out.
1. A letter is drawn
At the start of each round the app draws a letter (or the room’s manager picks one). Letters don’t repeat within a game.
2. Write one answer per category
The classic categories are Name, Place, Fruit, Animal, Colour, Car, Street, School, Drink, Clothing and Object. Room creators can pick their own. Every answer must start with the round’s letter.
3. STOP!
The round ends when time runs out, when everyone has sent their answers, or when the manager taps STOP.
4. Checking answers
The dictionary confirms most answers and rejects those that don’t start with the letter or don’t look like words. Doubtful ones go to a vote: everything counts by default, and an answer is only rejected if most of the other players vote against it.
5. Scoring
Unique answer: 10 points. Same answer as another player: 5 points. Blank or rejected: 0. Points left over from blank and repeated answers are shared among those who got it right, so a different answer pays off.
6. Cheats (casual rooms)
Before the letter is drawn, each player can prepare a cheat: block a category for opponents, limit their answers to 5 letters in one category, or take 10 seconds off their clock. There are no cheats in the ranking.
7. End of the game
After the last round, the podium shows each player’s total. The winner earns a cheat. Tap Rematch to play again with the same group.
Tips to win
- Skip the obvious answers: everyone else is writing them too.
- Fill in the easy categories first, then come back to the hard ones.
- A blank answer gives points to the others. Better to take a guess.