Codenames is a game usually played with four people in teams of two. Your goal is to help your teammate correctly guess words by giving them clues, without them accidently guessing your opponents words. Whichever team guesses all their words first wins. The game starts by setting up a 5×5 grid of cards, each card has one word on it. Then one person from each team looks at a card (they both look at the same card) that says which of the cards on the grid are their words, which are their opponents words, which are neutral, and the one word that is a bomb! The two people looking at this card will take turns giving their teammate clues to guessing the words. When giving a clue you may say any one word that is not on one of the cards, and then a number. The number is how many cards you think your clue works for, and how many your teammate can guess.
| Guessed card | Result |
|---|---|
| If your teammate correctly guesses your card | Put your color marker on it and they may continue guessing |
| If they guess your opponent’s card | Put their marker on it and end the guessing |
| If they guess a neutral card | Put a grey marker on it and end the guessing |
| If they guess the bomb | Your team looses the game automatically |