A funny word generator, tagged on purpose
This page is the Pictionary generator with the Funny words only switch already on. About 1135 entries in the bank carry the funny tag, and they earned it one of three ways. They are small disasters (stubbed toe, lost luggage, printer jam), which are funny because everyone in the room has had them. They are silly objects (whoopee cushion, garden gnome, fanny pack), which are funny because of what the drawer has to draw. Or they are situations with a face (forgot my password, talk with your mouth full, the dish nobody eats), which are funny because the guessers finish the joke themselves. There are no rude words in the funny set. Silly is the whole idea.
How to draw funny
Funny words are mostly medium and hard tier, because comedy needs a scene. Three habits help. Draw the reaction, not just the thing. For brain freeze, the ice cream is not enough; the face is the clue. Exaggerate. A double chin should be four chins. Use motion lines. Pictionary bans gestures from the drawer, but drawn motion lines, sweat drops and stink waves are all allowed, and they carry most of the joke. Give funny rounds the full 60 seconds; the drawer will use all of it, and the guessing team will spend half of it laughing rather than guessing.
Funny for kids, funny for adults
The funny tag sits on top of the audience setting, so the same switch behaves differently for different tables. With the audience on Kids, the pool is playground comedy: sneezing fit, bedhead, pants on backwards, the dog ate my homework, turkey costume. With Everyone, the everyday disasters join in. With Adults, you get the grown-up comedy of work and travel: reply all, middle seat, gym membership, the DMV, “you’re on mute”. Change the audience from the menu above; the funny switch stays on. The kids page and the adults page open with those audiences by default if you want to send the link.
Game formats where funny wins
- The consolation round. The team that is losing draws a funny word; a correct guess is worth double.
- Every fifth round. On the main generator, flick Funny on for one round in five. It resets the mood of a tight game.
- Art gallery. Keep every drawing. At the end, the table votes for the worst picture that was still guessed, and that player wins something.
- Icebreaker. For a group that does not know each other, funny words with no score for the first ten minutes. Nobody has to be good at drawing; they only have to be brave.
- Holiday comedy. The Christmas and Thanksgiving editions each have their own funny tier (tangled Christmas lights, stretchy pants).
When it stops being funny
If a word is not landing with your group, press Skip; the timer keeps running so a skip is not free, but it is better than a dead minute. And if you find a word that is not funny to you at all, say so. The bank is edited by hand and the funny tag is a judgement, not a rule.
Last updated September 2026. Independent tool; Pictionary® is a trademark of Mattel, Inc.