---
title: "Taboo: rules & how to play | Splash It"
description: "Get your team to guess the word without saying the forbidden ones. Under time pressure, even a simple explanation suddenly feels difficult. Rules for 4 to 20 players with Splash It."
url: https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/games/taboo/
language: en
website: Splash It
publisher: Impulse Apps
---

# Taboo

Get your team to guess the word without saying the forbidden ones. Under time pressure, even a simple explanation suddenly feels difficult.

4-20 players

[Download free](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759875980)

![Taboo game card in Splash It](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/img/cards/en/tabu.webp)

## The rules

1. ### Read the word
   One player explains the main word on screen. Their team tries to guess it.
2. ### Avoid forbidden words
   You cannot use any of the displayed taboo words in your explanation. Find another way to the answer.
3. ### Race the timer
   Guess as many words as possible before time runs out. Good communication gets your team ahead.

### A tip for your group

Describe situations or characteristics. If you get stuck, try a completely different connection instead of repeating the same sentence.

## Your next round, sorted.

### [Guess the Celebrity](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/games/guess-the-celebrity/)

3-20 players

### [Quiz Up](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/games/quiz-up/)

2-20 players

### [Imposter](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/games/imposter/)

4-20 players

[Browse all games](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/games/)

## More for your game night.

- [Taboo: explain & skip](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/games/taboo/explain-and-skip/) – Explore Splash It Taboo: allowed descriptions, forbidden terms, up to three skips per round and fair checking between teams.
- [Guess & discover](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/game-night/word-games/) – Choose Taboo, Guess the Celebrity or Quiz Up. Practical ideas for clear explanations, useful questions and fair knowledge rounds.
- [Mixed-language groups](https://splashit.impulse-apps.de/en/game-night/mixed-language-groups/) – Play Splash It with different first languages: choose a shared language, clarify open tasks and protect private role information during questions and clues.