Use Your Words is essentially Jackbox with fewer games and a narrower comedy focus. Phones replace controllers, prompts drive the laughter, and the barrier to entry is near zero. The reason it sits outside the top ten is that if you already own Jackbox Party Pack 10, Use Your Words does not add enough to justify both. For groups who want a cheaper or different take on the phone-based comedy format, it delivers well. Just know what you are getting: a single creative lane executed cleanly rather than the full-room format variety Jackbox brings.


Use Your Words
April 3, 2017PuzzleESRB M
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Overview
About Use Your Words
Grab a few friends and get ready to laugh. Use Your Words is the party game for funny people and their unfunny friends!
Use Your Words is a game that invites players to respond to a variety of mini-games and prompts with the funniest answers they can think of! Players play using their phones and tablets as controllers, making game-play seamless and quick to pick up. Players who get stumped can use one of the hidden "House Answers" to lay a trap for their fellow players once it's time for everyone to vote for their favorite.
Whether you're a total novice or a world-famous comedian, we guarantee hours of non-stop hilarity. So, grab a few friends and get ready to laugh along with Use Your Words!
Reference
At a glance
- Released
- April 3, 2017
- Platforms
- Xbox One, PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
- Genres
- Puzzle, Indie, Card, Casual
- Play modes
- Multiplayer, Split-Screen
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Time to beat
- 3 hours
- Multiplayer
- By platform
Media
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Playtime
How long to beat
Player-reported completion times for Use Your Words.
- Typical
- 3hoursStory plus some extras
Playing together
Multiplayer by platform
How Use Your Words supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.
| Platform | Local | Online | LAN | Split-screen | Co-op campaign | Drop-in/out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox One | Yes, up to 6 players | No | No | No | No | No |
- Supported (a number is the player cap)
- Not supported
- Not documented for this platform
Content
Age ratings
How rating boards around the world have classified Use Your Words. Open a board for its content descriptors.
ACBM
Sexual References, Coarse Language, Online Interactivity
ESRBM
- Strong Language
- Sexual Themes
PEGI16
- Bad Language
The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 16 years and over only. It contains: Strong language
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