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Bugs & Creepy Crawlies Words for the imposter game

  • Butterfly
  • Cockroach
  • Scorpion
  • Snail
  • Honeybee
  • Centipede
  • Maggot
  • Praying Mantis
  • Mosquito
  • Earthworm
  • Beetle
  • Wasp
  • Caterpillar
  • Firefly
  • Slug
  • Head Lice
  • Grasshopper
  • Tarantula
  • Termite
  • Army Ant

+25 more in the app

Play this pack in Imposterly

Scan with your phone’s camera to get it.

Free on iPhone and Android. No ads, no accounts.

20 of the 45 words in Imposterly’s Bugs & Creepy Crawlies pack, from the Animals & Nature shelf. Family-safe, so kids can play too. New to the game? How to play.

What the words mean

The app shows each word with a line like this, so nobody gets caught out by a word they’ve never heard.

Butterfly
An insect with big colourful wings
Cockroach
A tough brown insect that scuttles in dirty kitchens
Scorpion
A creature with pincers and a stinging curled tail
Snail
A slow, slimy creature that carries a shell on its back
Honeybee
A striped insect that makes honey and pollinates flowers
Centipede
A long creepy-crawly with lots and lots of legs
Maggot
A small white wriggly baby fly
Praying Mantis
A green insect that holds its front legs up as if in prayer
Mosquito
A tiny buzzing insect that bites and sucks blood
Earthworm
A long pink wriggly creature that lives in soil
Beetle
An insect with a hard shiny shell over its wings
Wasp
A yellow and black striped insect with a painful sting
Caterpillar
A crawling baby butterfly that munches leaves
Firefly
A beetle whose tail glows at night
Slug
A slimy creature like a snail with no shell
Head Lice
Tiny insects that live in hair and make you itch
Grasshopper
A green insect that jumps far and chirps
Tarantula
A big hairy spider
Termite
A small insect that eats wood and builds tall mounds
Army Ant
An insect that marches in huge hunting swarms

Deal a random Bugs & Creepy Crawlies word

Everyone’s card says Butterfly. The imposter’s says Cockroach.

That’s Decoy mode: the imposter knows they’re the imposter and gets a word from the same pack to hide behind. In Classic, they get no word at all. How to play

Grab a phone. Find the imposter.

Scan with your phone’s camera to get it.