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Fears & Phobias Words for the imposter game

  • Spiders
  • Public Speaking
  • Elevators
  • Sharks
  • The Dark
  • Job Interviews
  • Snakes
  • Heights
  • Creepy Dolls
  • Drowning
  • Bees
  • Small Spaces
  • Rats
  • Thunderstorms
  • Clowns
  • Flying
  • Cockroaches
  • Ghosts
  • Needles
  • Crowds

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20 of the 45 words in Imposterly’s Fears & Phobias 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.

Spiders
Eight-legged creepy crawlies that spin webs
Public Speaking
Giving a talk in front of a crowd
Elevators
Lifts that might get stuck between floors
Sharks
Big ocean predators with sharp teeth
The Dark
When the lights go out and you can't see
Job Interviews
Nervous meetings to try to get hired
Snakes
Legless slithering reptiles
Heights
Being way up high and looking down
Creepy Dolls
Toy figures with staring glass eyes
Drowning
Being unable to breathe in deep water
Bees
Buzzing striped insects that sting
Small Spaces
Cramped, tight places you can't get out of
Rats
Big scurrying rodents with long tails
Thunderstorms
Loud booms and lightning in the sky
Clowns
Circus performers with painted faces and red noses
Flying
Travelling on a plane high above the ground
Cockroaches
Fast-scuttling brown bugs
Ghosts
Spooky spirits said to haunt houses
Needles
Sharp jabs for injections
Crowds
Being squashed among loads of people

Deal a random Fears & Phobias word

Everyone’s card says Spiders. The imposter’s says Public Speaking.

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.