Guess the Phrase hire · a big-screen game
Hire Guess the Phrase.
A hidden phrase on the big screen, lit up one letter at a time. Teams call letters to reveal the board and race to solve the phrase before the wrong-guess lamps run out, the format everyone recognises from the telly, hosted live in your room.
Your own phrases on the board: the mission statement, the running joke, the product name everyone will spot.
How a round plays
How a round of Guess the Phrase works.
The phrases can be famous sayings, film and TV titles, or lines pulled straight from your company, a mission statement, a running joke, the phrase everyone in the office will spot instantly.
A phrase appears
The board shows a blanked-out phrase with its topic and a row of wrong-guess lamps.
1Call the letters
Teams call letters in turn. Every match flips alight everywhere it appears in the phrase.
2
Watch the lamps
A wrong letter lights a lamp with a flash. Fill all six and the round is lost.
3
In among the tables, every round Solve it
Any team can call the whole phrase at any moment to take the round outright.
4Running the room from the floor
On the big screen
The real screens, not a mock-up.
Every screen on this page is my own software running live, captured at the size a projector throws. It is one of nine big-screen games in the same app, run from a phone in my hand at the microphone, with the sound, the strikes and the scores built in.
Three ways to play
Three ways to play Guess the Phrase.
Every game I run can be played three ways, and I pick the way that suits the room, the timings and the layout on the night: as a show at the front, table against table, or with every single guest playing on their own phone. Mix them across an evening and nobody spends the night watching.
As a show
Teams call the letters
Up to five teams at the front call letters in turn and race to solve the phrase before the six wrong-guess lamps fill. Anyone can call the whole phrase at any moment, which is where the brave teams win and the cautious ones watch it happen.
Best for: awards nights with a stageAt the tables
Every table plays the board
Tables call letters in rotation and every table can buzz to solve. A wrong solve costs a lamp, so the argument at each table about whether to go for it is half the entertainment. Scores by table on the leaderboard.
Best for: conference dinners and Christmas partiesOn the app
Everyone solves on their phone
On phones the whole room types its guess at the phrase as the letters light up, and the first hundred to get it score by speed through the Play Along engine. A half-revealed company slogan with three hundred people typing is a very loud room.
Best for: whole-company nightsBuilt for the room
Same game. Two very different rooms.
I customise every game for the audience in front of me: the questions, the answers, and the way I present them. The same format is a completely different show for a room of graduates in their twenties and a room of chief executives, and it should be. I write for the people who will actually be there, then I speak into the listening on the night: I read what the room is giving back and change gear to match it.
Films, songs and in-jokes
- Phrases I would use
- Film titles, song lyrics, and the thing the office says every Friday afternoon.
- How I host it
- I let the room guess under its breath and then call on the person who obviously knows. Wrong solves get a lamp and a groan.
- What lands
- The company in-joke dropping as a phrase and half the room shouting it before the second letter.
Sayings, strategy and one trap
- Phrases I would use
- British sayings, a line from the company values, and one phrase from the annual report that nobody has ever read aloud.
- How I host it
- Slower letters, more tension, and I make the solve a proper decision: a lamp is a lamp, even for the chairman.
- What lands
- Landing a company message on the board without anyone noticing they were being briefed.
1Written for your people
Send me the year’s stories, the in-jokes, the departments and the industry. The rounds are built from them, so the answers land in a way no off-the-shelf pack ever can.
2Speaking into the listening
The words on the screen are half of it. How I present them is the rest, and I pitch the pace, the teasing and the tone to the room that has turned up, not the one on the brief.
3If a different crowd turns up
Eight hundred events across festivals, awards, conferences and dinners means I have hosted every kind of room. If the mood is not what anyone expected, I change the style on the spot, and often the questions too.
In the running order
Where Guess the Phrase fits in the night.
Where it sits in the night
Between courses, or as the change of pace after a knockout game.
How long
A couple of minutes a phrase. Five phrases is a neat ten-minute block.
Pairs well with
Pair it with What the Blank for a word-game double bill, or use one phrase as the reveal before the awards.
“A half-revealed phrase has the entire room guessing under its breath. When your own company’s phrase drops, it gets the biggest cheer of the night.”
All fourteen games
Fourteen games. One host. One screen.
Five rounds the whole room plays on their phones, and nine big-screen games with teams at the board. All of it is my own software, run from one screen, so I can switch format the moment the room needs a lift. Tap any game to see exactly how it plays.
Common Ground
Vote with the room, score for matching it
How it plays →On your phone
Who’s Bluffing?
Three stories, one true, the room decides
How it plays →On your phone
The Final Few
A knockout quiz down to the last few standing
How it plays →On your phone
Side Bets
Play money on what happens next on stage
How it plays →On your phone
The Cut
Everyone answers, the lowest scores are cut
How it plays →Big screen
Family Fortunes
Two teams, one survey board, three strikes
How it plays →Big screen
Quiz Show
Categories, buzzers and picture rounds
How it plays →Big screen
Play Your Cards Right
Higher or lower on a row of giant cards
How it plays →Big screen
What the Blank
Fill the gap, match the room’s funniest answers
How it plays →Big screenThis pageGuess the Phrase
A hidden phrase, one letter at a time
You are hereBig screen
Category Clues
Describe it without saying it, against the clock
How it plays →Big screen
Scavenger Hunt
The whole room up, hunting and mixing
How it plays →Big screen
The Generation Game
The conveyor belt of prizes to remember
How it plays →Big screen
Bongo Bingo
Rave bingo with dance breaks and forfeits
How it plays →Every one of these can be played as a show, at the tables or on the app, and every one is written around your company before the night. Not sure which mix suits your event? Tell me the room and I will suggest a running order.
What’s included
Everything that comes with Guess the Phrase.
- Your own phrases, sayings and in-jokes
- A bank of British sayings, film and TV titles
- Up to five teams head to head
- Wrong-guess lamps with a flash on the board
- Solve-it-anytime rule for the brave
- Hosted live, tension built by hand
It builds real suspense from almost nothing, a few lit tiles and a lamp count, and it is endlessly customisable, so it doubles as a sneaky way to land a company message. It pairs well with What the Blank for a word-game double bill.
What clients say
Kevin recently hosted a company corporate event and proved to be the consummate professional throughout the evening. He has the unique ability to read a room and keep everyone happy.
Kevin hosted our staff conference event this year which was fantastic. He brought an energy and enthusiasm with him and played a really important part in getting people engaged in the day.
Thank you Kevin for hosting our Christmas party in December 2025. The team had an amazing time. We really liked the intertwining of awards and the game. Everyone had a brilliant time and Kevin was fantastic.
Good to know
Guess the Phrase hire FAQs.
Can we use our own phrases?
Yes, company sayings, product names or in-jokes make the best rounds, alongside a bank of British sayings, film and TV titles.
How many teams can play?
Up to five teams head to head, with the whole room chipping in.
Is there a wrong-guess limit?
Yes, six wrong letters ends the round, which is exactly what keeps it tense.
How long is a round?
A couple of minutes each, long enough to build the tension, short enough to keep the night moving.
Can it be played at the tables or on phones rather than as a show?
Yes. Every game I run can be played three ways: as a show with teams at the front, table against table, or with every guest on their own phone through Play Along. I pick the mix that suits your room and the running order, and I often use all three in one night.
What does it cost?
Fees are quoted individually for the date, the venue and the length of the show. Send the numbers and the running order and I will send a quote.
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Enquiries
Want Guess the Phrase at your event?
Tell me the room and I will run Guess The Phrase for your crowd. Hosted right across the UK.
