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Pick a Number

The host keeps a secret list of small, harmless tasks. Each member picks a number without knowing the task behind it, and then has to do it. The surprise is the fun.

Players
3 or more
Time
15 minutes
You need
Nothing
Ages
10 and above
Type
WhatsApp group games

How to play

  1. Post the starting message and ask every member to choose a number from 1 to 20.
  2. When a member replies with a number, post the task for that number.
  3. The member completes the task in the group: a photo, a voice note or a message.
  4. A member who cannot do a task may swap it for another number, once.

Ready message to start the game

Game time! Pick any number from 1 to 20 and reply with it. Each number hides a small, fun task. No backing out!

Tasks for the numbers 1 to 20

  1. Send a photo of the view from your nearest window.
  2. Sing two lines of your favourite song in a voice note.
  3. Tell the group one thing you learned this week.
  4. Send a photo of your tea or coffee cup right now.
  5. Type the alphabet backwards as fast as you can.
  6. Say a tongue twister three times in a voice note.
  7. Share your most used emoji and explain why.
  8. Describe your day using only five emojis.
  9. Share a childhood nickname.
  10. Send the oldest photo of a place (not a person) from your gallery.
  11. Write a four-line poem about the person who messaged before you. Keep it kind.
  12. Tell the group your favourite dish and who cooks it best.
  13. Send a voice note of your best animal sound.
  14. Share one good habit you want to start.
  15. Draw the group admin on paper in one minute and send the photo.
  16. Tell a clean joke.
  17. Praise three members of the group, one line each.
  18. Recommend one song everyone should hear today. Only the name.
  19. Send a photo of something yellow near you.
  20. Share the last thing that made you laugh.

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