If all you have is a whiteboard and you want to entertain your family, a group of kids in a classroom, or some elderly at a nursing home, don’t worry. There are actually plenty of whiteboard games you can play that are just as fun and interactive as a standard board game. Plus, what makes whiteboard games so great is that you can typically play them with as many people as you want! Here are 21 super fun whiteboard games for kids and seniors, as well as whiteboard games that everyone can enjoy, no matter their age.
WHITEBOARD GAMES FOR KIDS
Here are some whiteboard games for kids that you can play in a classroom or home setting.
1. TIC-TAC-TOE
While typically a two-person game, you can up the ante and play easily play this as a team game. One player or team plays X, while the other player or team plays O. Then, the two take turns writing an X or an O on a 3×3 grid. The objective? Get 3 X’s or 3 O’s in a row, whether that be vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
2. HANGMAN
A classic whiteboard game you may remember playing in school is Hangman. This is a great game to play with kids who are keen to learn how to spell—in a fun way, of course. In this game, you can start off by thinking of a word and writing down a horizontal line for each letter of that word. Then, the kids can start guessing random letters that may go in that word. For each wrong guess, you start drawing the hangman, line by line. The players need to guess the word before the hangman drawing is complete!
3. PICTIONARY
Yes, you can play Pictionary—or rather, a variation of it—on a whiteboard. Split all the players into smaller teams of around 3 to 4 players. Then, have players come up to the whiteboard one by one to draw something. Prepare some pieces of paper of things to draw, fold them up, and put them in a hat for the drawer of each round to pick from. Then, they must draw their word to the best of their ability. The first team to correctly guess the drawing wins a point.
4. WORD ASSOCIATION
Here’s a fun word game you can play with a whiteboard that’ll get everyone’s hearts pumping a bit. To prepare for this game, have everyone line up in front of the whiteboard. In Word Association, one player starts the game by writing down a random word on the whiteboard. Then, the next player must quickly write down a word underneath that word that relates to the previous word in some way or form. The next player does the same to the second word. And so on. Keep going until someone hesitates for a beat too long or writes down a word that is completely unrelated. If you want to make this a spelling challenge, too, you could also make a rule that all words must be correctly spelled.
If you want to make the game even faster-paced, Word Association can be a great word game to play with no supplies if players simply say the next word instead of writing it down on the board.
For more like this, here’s our post on other word association games.
5. HOT SEAT
To play Hot Seat, put a seat in front of the whiteboard, facing away from the board. Then, one player sits on the seat with their back to the board. The goal of the game is to guess the word that is written on the board on top of their head! To help the player guess, players must try their best to describe the word to the guessing player. However, you cannot say the word, its variations, or rhymes while describing the word, and you cannot use gestures. Once the word is correctly guessed, another player sits in the hot seat and must guess a new word!
6. WORD UNSCRAMBLE
Write down a few words on the whiteboard that are scrambled variations of the correct word. Then, have the children unscramble all of the words on the board. If you want, you can turn this into a competition and have the children race to be first!
7. THE STORY GAME
Want to learn all about nouns, verbs, and adjectives? The Story Game could be a great game to play to exercise this newfound knowledge. Start off the game by writing a story together. You can do this by having students write one word after another, which you’ll write on the board, making sure to write each sentence on a new line.
Then, have students come up to the whiteboard to circle all the nouns in a marker of a specific color. Then, all the verbs. And all the adjectives. Maybe even adverbs!
WHITEBOARD GAMES FOR SENIORS
Kids are not the only ones who can have fun with a whiteboard; there are plenty of whiteboard games for seniors to play, too.
8. BOGGLE
The great thing about the whiteboard is that there is really no limit to what kind of game you can play, especially word games. And one of the best whiteboard word games for seniors is Boggle. While this is a popular board game as well, you can easily play this on the board by drawing a 4×4 grid and writing down random letters. Then, set a timer for 3 minutes, during which time everyone must write down as many words as they can think of that have adjacent letters on the grid, with no letters being repeated.
9. FIND THE BEE
Find the Bee is a whiteboard game variation of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. In this game, draw a large flower on the board and a bee in the middle of the flower. Then, blindfold the players one by one. The blindfolded player must try to find the bee by drawing a circle around where they think the bee is. Whoever guesses the closest wins!
10. STOP THE BUS
Stop the Bus is yet another fun whiteboard game for seniors. You can either play this game in pairs or individually—up to you. Each pair or player must have a pen and a piece of paper in front of them. To prepare this game, write down 5 to 7 categories, such as:
- Colors
- Cities
- Celebrities
- Animals
- Languages
- Vegetables
Then, write a random letter on the board.
Now, when the 2-3 minute timer starts, players must race to write down a word for each category, starting with the chosen letter. All players must announce their answers, as all answers can be challenged if they don’t fit the category! Each player or pair wins one point for each answer.
11. WORDS IN WORDS
Words is Words is a fun game to play on a whiteboard that you play exactly how you might imagine. To play, write a long word on the whiteboard. Then, all players must try to find as many little words within that big word as they can. The player who finds the most words wins!
12. LAST LETTER GAME
You can either play this game on a giant whiteboard that everyone can write on as they go up to the front, or play it with multiple mini whiteboards. Either way, the rules are the same. First, select a broad category, such as “nouns” or “food.” Then, the first player writes down one word in that category on the whiteboard. The second player must then write a word that fits the category but begins with the last letter of the previous word. Keep going until someone isn’t able to think of a word!
13. WORD LADDERS
Word Ladders is a fun word puzzle to play on a whiteboard for seniors. In this game, write two words. Keep in mind that both words need to be the same length. Now, the challenge? Players must get from the first word to the second word by changing just one letter at a time. But each time you change a letter, that must correspond to a valid word.
For example:
If you need to get from “ring” to “bell,” the gameplay might look a little something like this.
ring > bing > bine > bile > bill > bell
14. SUCTION CUP WORD GAME
In this game, you’ll need more than just a whiteboard. You’ll also need a few suction balls to play! To play, have everyone sit in front of the whiteboard. Then, write random syllables and letters on the board, making sure to cover the entire board. Players now take turns throwing a suction cup ball at the board. Now, the player must say a word that starts with whatever syllable or letter the ball lands on.
WHITEBOARD GAMES FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY
Whether you have a mixed group or simply want more ideas for fun and interactive whiteboard games for any age group, you should check out these games that are bound to be a hoot, no matter the occasion.
15. JEOPARDY
Jeopardy may require a bit of preparation beforehand, but there’s a reason this game is tried and true. For a group that enjoys a bit of trivia, you just can’t beat the amount of fun a game of Jeopardy can bring!
To play this, you’ll need to prepare five trivia questions for five categories. But make sure the questions differ in difficulty level, from 1 to 5. Then, assign dollar values to each question. For example, it could be $1 for the easiest question, $2 for the next easiest… and so on until you get to $5 for the most challenging question.
Now that you’ve prepped everything, it’s time to prepare the Jeopardy board on the whiteboard! To do so, draw a 5×6 grid and write the categories in the top row. Then, write the dollar amounts, from $1 to $5, top to bottom, for each category.
Once that’s all set up, it’s time to play! You can either play individually or in teams.
However you play, one team or player comes up to the board and selects a random category and a dollar amount. Then, you’ll read out the question associated with that category and money. If they answer correctly, they win that amount of money! Or, if you don’t want any money exchanged, they receive the corresponding number of points.
Now, it’s time for the next player or team to pick their category and dollar amount.
Continue playing until all questions are answered!
16. TABOO
Taboo is a super fun board game you can easily play even if you don’t have the actual board game with you. Instead, all you need is a whiteboard.
To play this game, have someone sit in front of the whiteboard, with their back to the board. Then, above their head, write down the word they need to guess. But in a different color marker, write five taboo words that players CANNOT use to describe the word that the guesser needs to guess. This is like a more advanced version of the game Hot Seat.
17. A FAKE ARTIST GOES TO NEW YORK
Are you a fan of bluffing games? Then, you’ll love A Fake Artist Goes to New York! In this game, one player is the Question Master. The Question Master announces a category to the group. Then, they’ll write a word within that category on slips of paper and hand them out individually to each player. However, here’s the catch: One player doesn’t know the category, and only receives a slip of paper with an X on it!
Now, players go up to the whiteboard one by one to draw what they need to draw—one line or stroke at a time. After a couple of rounds, it’s time to guess who is the bluffer, AKA the fake artist. If the fake artist is not outed, they win the round. If the fake artist IS outed, all the true artists win.
18. EXPANDING TEXT
Expanding Text is a very fun game that’ll test your creativity to the next level. In this game, you’ll divide the group into two teams. Then, set the timer for three minutes.
One team goes up to the whiteboard and writes down a word. The next team goes up and writes a simple sentence that uses that word. Then, the first team must go up and make the sentence more complicated. The teams take turns going up to the board to add to the sentence.
The team that is holding the marker by the time the timer goes off is the loser of the round!
19. BACKSEAT DRAWING
Prepare a drawing that everyone needs to replicate. Then, give verbal instructions for everyone to follow and draw on their personal whiteboard. The player who manages to best replicate the drawing wins!
20. SQUIGGLES
In this whiteboard game, you’ll need several smaller whiteboards—one for each player. Before you announce what everyone will be drawing, ask everyone to draw a bunch of squiggles on the board. Now, announce what everyone must draw, using those squiggles. No erasing allowed! Everyone can vote for their favorite drawing at the end.
21. ULTIMATE TIC-TAC-TOE
You might have heard of tic-tac-toe already, but have you heard of ultimate tic-tac-toe? To play this, you’ll need to draw a massive 3×3 grid and draw 3×3 grids within each grid of the larger 3×3. To play this, players take turns marking Xs and Os, just like in normal tic-tac-toe. However, the objective of the game is to win three of the smaller tic-tac-toes in a row, whether that be horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Another major rule to keep in mind: where your opponent plays in one of the mini tic-tac-toes determines which of the mini tic-tac-toes you play. For example, if your opponent places an X on the 4th grid of the 6th mini tic-tac-toe on the board, you need to play on the 4th mini tic-tac-toe. This means you may not always be able to block your opponent from winning. This rule also adds an element of strategy to the game, as you can prevent your opponent from blocking your wins!
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