How it works
This guess the animal game gives three clues for each of 120 animals, the plainest clue last. The cards double as animal riddles for kids: I have three hearts. My blood is blue. I have eight arms.
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How to play
One player reads the first clue and stops. Anyone may guess. If nobody has it, read the second clue, then the third, and press Show answer to check. With two sides, give three points for a guess after one clue, two after two and one after all three.
Choose the animals
Topic keeps the deck to farm and pets, forest, jungle and savanna, ocean, birds, or bugs and small creatures. Easy cards are animals a young child knows, such as a cow or a penguin; hard ones include the okapi and the Arctic tern. Every card is listed under the deck with its answer.
Tips
- After each clue, let the youngest player guess first.
Questions and answers
How do you play the guess the animal game without a screen?
Read the clues from the list under the deck, or copy a few cards onto paper before a trip. The game needs one reader and one guesser, and nothing else.
Does a child need to read to play?
No. A reader says the clues aloud, so the guesser only listens. Each clue is one short sentence spoken by the animal, such as I say quack.
Which animals are in the game?
Twenty in each of six groups: farm and pets, forest, jungle and savanna, ocean, birds, and bugs and small creatures. They run from a cat and a honeybee to a capybara and an anglerfish.
Are the clues true?
Yes. Each clue is a fact read on 2 October 2026 in the animal's English Wikipedia article. Where a fact fits only part of a group, the clue says some, many or most of my kind.