Excuses & White Lies Words for the imposter game
- My Phone Died
- You Look Great
- Stuck In A Meeting
- I'm On A Diet
- Alarm Didn't Go Off
- I Let You Win
- Dog Ate My Homework
- It's In The Mail
- Just Resting My Eyes
- Traffic Was Terrible
- It's Delicious
- I Got Hacked
- I'll Pay You Back
- Family Emergency
- The Printer Broke
- It Was On Sale
- Didn't See Your Message
- Food Poisoning
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18 of the 37 words in Imposterly’s Excuses & White Lies pack, from the Everyday 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.
- My Phone Died
- Claiming a flat battery so you didn't answer
- You Look Great
- A compliment you say even if it's not true
- Stuck In A Meeting
- Claiming work held you up so you missed a call
- I'm On A Diet
- Saying you're cutting back to dodge food you don't want
- Alarm Didn't Go Off
- Blaming the clock for oversleeping
- I Let You Win
- Pretending you lost on purpose
- Dog Ate My Homework
- Classic school fib about a missing assignment
- It's In The Mail
- Promising the payment or parcel is already on its way
- Just Resting My Eyes
- What you say when caught dozing off
- Traffic Was Terrible
- Blaming the roads for arriving late
- It's Delicious
- Praising food you secretly don't like
- I Got Hacked
- Blaming a cyber intruder for an embarrassing post
- I'll Pay You Back
- A promise to return borrowed money, someday
- Family Emergency
- A sudden home crisis to get out of plans
- The Printer Broke
- Blaming the machine for missing paperwork
- It Was On Sale
- Justifying a purchase because it was discounted
- Didn't See Your Message
- Pretending you missed a text you ignored
- Food Poisoning
- Blaming a bad meal for calling in sick
Everyone’s card says My Phone Died. The imposter’s says You Look Great.
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
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