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Heads Up word list: words for the forehead game

Over 250 words in six categories, from pizza to Sholay — for the game where everyone sees the word except you.

The forehead game needs one thing to work: a long list of words that everyone in the room knows except, for a minute, the person guessing. Most lists online are either American TV trivia or so easy the round is over in ten seconds.

These are the words PartyDen's Forehead deals, in the same six categories. Everyday words are the warm-up; films are where the shouting starts, because a title is easy to recognise and hard to describe without saying it. For a mixed room, start with Everyday and Animated, then let whoever is losing pick the next category.

Everyday words

The easiest place to start: everyone can describe a pizza.

  1. 1Beach
  2. 2Pizza
  3. 3Birthday
  4. 4Doctor
  5. 5Football
  6. 6Rainbow
  7. 7Coffee
  8. 8Wedding
  9. 9Snowman
  10. 10Guitar
  11. 11Library
  12. 12Airplane
  13. 13Vampire
  14. 14Umbrella
  15. 15Chocolate
  16. 16Mountain
  17. 17Camera
  18. 18Teacher
  19. 19Honey
  20. 20Robot
  21. 21Ice Cream
  22. 22Toothbrush
  23. 23Volcano
  24. 24Penguin
  25. 25Pirate
  26. 26Sunglasses
  27. 27Balloon
  28. 28Dentist
  29. 29Spider
  30. 30Rainforest
  31. 31Selfie
  32. 32Cricket

Around the house and out and about

  1. 1Kitchen
  2. 2Pillow
  3. 3Television
  4. 4Laundry
  5. 5Alarm Clock
  6. 6Doorbell
  7. 7Mirror
  8. 8Blanket
  9. 9Window
  10. 10Staircase
  11. 11Microwave
  12. 12Garden
  13. 13Candle
  14. 14Broom
  15. 15Fridge
  16. 16Sofa
  17. 17Bathtub
  18. 18Wardrobe
  19. 19Pressure Cooker
  20. 20Ceiling Fan
  21. 21Remote Control
  22. 22Tea Bag
  23. 23Calendar
  24. 24Key
  25. 25Lunchbox
  26. 26Vacuum Cleaner
  27. 27Plug
  28. 28Spoon
  29. 29Wallpaper
  30. 30Teddy Bear
  31. 31Piggy Bank
  32. 32Toaster
  33. 33Bookshelf
  34. 34Bedtime Story
  35. 35Power Cut
  36. 36Doormat
  37. 37Iron
  38. 38Houseplant
  39. 39Dustbin
  40. 40Night Light
  41. 41Traffic Jam
  42. 42Railway Station
  43. 43Zoo
  44. 44Supermarket
  45. 45Cinema
  46. 46Hospital
  47. 47Swimming Pool
  48. 48Petrol Pump
  49. 49Bus Stop
  50. 50Playground
  51. 51Post Office
  52. 52Museum
  53. 53Lighthouse
  54. 54Bridge
  55. 55Campfire
  56. 56Roller Coaster
  57. 57Picnic
  58. 58Market
  59. 59Parking Lot
  60. 60Airport
  61. 61Hotel
  62. 62Restaurant
  63. 63Gym
  64. 64Temple
  65. 65Fire Station
  66. 66Waterfall
  67. 67Desert
  68. 68Snowfall
  69. 69Thunderstorm
  70. 70Ferris Wheel
  71. 71Car Wash
  72. 72Hair Salon
  73. 73Bakery
  74. 74Circus
  75. 75Auto Rickshaw
  76. 76Street Food
  77. 77Toll Booth
  78. 78Fishing
  79. 79Escalator
  80. 80Traffic Light

Movies

  1. 1The Godfather
  2. 2Pulp Fiction
  3. 3Forrest Gump
  4. 4Fight Club
  5. 5The Shawshank Redemption
  6. 6Back to the Future
  7. 7Indiana Jones
  8. 8Star Wars
  9. 9Jaws
  10. 10E.T.
  11. 11The Silence of the Lambs
  12. 12Gladiator
  13. 13The Departed
  14. 14No Country for Old Men
  15. 15Mad Max Fury Road
  16. 16La La Land
  17. 17Parasite
  18. 18Get Out
  19. 19Whiplash
  20. 20The Social Network
  21. 21Home Alone
  22. 22Groundhog Day
  23. 23The Truman Show
  24. 24Jurassic Park
  25. 25Terminator
  26. 26Rocky
  27. 27Top Gun
  28. 28Titanic
  29. 29The Matrix
  30. 30Inception
  31. 31Oppenheimer
  32. 32Barbie
  33. 33Dune
  34. 34Everything Everywhere All At Once
  35. 35Knives Out
  36. 36The Lion King
  37. 37Harry Potter
  38. 38Slumdog Millionaire
  39. 39Finding Nemo
  40. 40Frozen
  41. 41Avengers Endgame
  42. 42The Dark Knight
  43. 43Toy Story
  44. 44Spider-Man
  45. 453 Idiots
  46. 46Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
  47. 47Sholay
  48. 48Gully Boy
  49. 49Interstellar
  50. 50Up

Animated and family films

The pack for a room with children in it.

  1. 1Toy Story
  2. 2Finding Nemo
  3. 3The Lion King
  4. 4Shrek
  5. 5Frozen
  6. 6Moana
  7. 7Up
  8. 8Inside Out
  9. 9Coco
  10. 10Ratatouille
  11. 11Zootopia
  12. 12Kung Fu Panda
  13. 13Madagascar
  14. 14Ice Age
  15. 15How to Train Your Dragon
  16. 16Despicable Me
  17. 17The Incredibles
  18. 18WALL-E
  19. 19Monsters Inc
  20. 20Aladdin
  21. 21Mulan
  22. 22Tangled
  23. 23Encanto
  24. 24Spirited Away
  25. 25My Neighbour Totoro
  26. 26Your Name
  27. 27Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
  28. 28Turning Red
  29. 29Cars
  30. 30Big Hero 6
  31. 31Chhota Bheem
  32. 32Hanuman

Bollywood

  1. 1Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
  2. 2Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
  3. 3Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
  4. 4Sholay
  5. 5Mughal-e-Azam
  6. 6Lagaan
  7. 7Swades
  8. 8Rang De Basanti
  9. 9Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
  10. 10Dil Chahta Hai
  11. 11Chak De India
  12. 12Munna Bhai MBBS
  13. 133 Idiots
  14. 14PK
  15. 15Andaz Apna Apna
  16. 16Hera Pheri
  17. 17Golmaal
  18. 18Om Shanti Om
  19. 19Devdas
  20. 20Bajrangi Bhaijaan
  21. 21Queen
  22. 22Piku
  23. 23Barfi
  24. 24Gully Boy
  25. 25Dangal
  26. 26Baahubali
  27. 27RRR
  28. 28Jawan
  29. 29Kantara
  30. 30Drishyam
  31. 31Sacred Games
  32. 32Deewaar
  33. 33Don
  34. 34Karan Arjun
  35. 35Border
  36. 36Shah Rukh Khan
  37. 37Item Song
  38. 38Baraat
  39. 39Filmfare
  40. 40Playback Singer
  41. 41Interval
  42. 42Villain
  43. 43Amitabh Bachchan
  44. 44Dialogue
  45. 45Nach Baliye
  46. 46Mehendi
  47. 47Bollywood Remake
  48. 48Single Screen
  49. 49Item Number
  50. 50Rajinikanth
  51. 51Antakshari
  52. 52Dhoom
  53. 53Padosan

Cricket

  1. 1Sachin Tendulkar
  2. 2Yorker
  3. 3Duck
  4. 4IPL
  5. 5Third Umpire
  6. 6Hat-trick
  7. 7Googly
  8. 8Wicketkeeper
  9. 9Free Hit
  10. 10MS Dhoni
  11. 11Boundary
  12. 12Nightwatchman
  13. 13Ashes
  14. 14Powerplay
  15. 15Virat Kohli
  16. 16LBW
  17. 17Maiden Over
  18. 18Gully Cricket
  19. 19Toss
  20. 20World Cup

Play Forehead instead

Play Forehead online instead: everyone sees the word on their own phone, the guesser's phone never gets it, and the app keeps the clock and the score.