Password

• Password is a spoken game for at least four players. The object of the game is to guess words from a series of one-word clues.

• The game has also been popular as a TV show in the US, UK, Portugal and Brazil, making its first appearance in 1960’s.

• Gameplay: Players are divided into two teams (A and B). In each round, one player from each team are clue-givers (A1 and A2) and the rest are guessers.
• Clue-giver (A1) of team A picks a target word (the password) and shares it shares it with the other clue-giver (B2) only. A1 and B1 take turns to give one-word clues to  make their teammates find the password.
• Team B begins. B1 gives his/her one-word clue which is heard by all players. In a predetermined time (e.g. 3 min) team B makes a guess.
• If the guess is not correct, now it is A1's turn to give another one-word clue and team A to make a guess.
• The play continues switching from one team to the other until one of the teams correctly guesses the word.
• Since the players from each team can hear all clues by A1 and B1, they try to guess the password based on the entire series of clues given by both A1 and B1.
• When a team finds the target word, they get points depending on the number of total clues given in the round. A maximum of 10 points is scored if the password is found only after one clue. For every additional clue-word, a correct guess scores one point less: 9 points if guessed from the second clue, 8 points if guessed from the third clue, etc.
• A new round begins with new clue-givers (A2, B2). This time B2 picks the password and shares it with A2.
• After a certain number of rounds are complete the team with more total points is the winner.
• Clue-givers should refrain from commenting on the target word or reacting to guesses in such a way as to hint at the target word.

• For example:

The password is 'kite'.
A1: Sky
A2: Cloud?

B1: Colorful
B2: Rainbow?

A1: Fluctuates
A2: Flag?

B1: Runner
B2: Kite!

Team B gets 7 points.