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Choose a letter
The caller picks one unused letter from A to Z and locks it in. That letter cannot be used again.
Party game
Party game
I Call On
The caller stops the room.
Pick a letter, fill the host’s categories, then watch the caller mark every answer. Each letter is used once, so a match lasts at most 26 rounds.
2–12 playersUp to 5 categoriesNo timer26 rounds max
What is I Call On?
I Call On is a party word game with no clock. The caller chooses a letter, the room fills the same categories, and the caller decides when answering stops.
The highest score at the end wins. A tie shares the win. The host can end early, and the match also ends once all 26 letters have been used.
How to play
Six steps, then the caller rotates. There is no countdown. A letter can be used once, so the match stops at 26 rounds.
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Fill the categories
The host picks up to five categories. That same list appears for the room every round. There is no countdown. Finishing early does not end the round.
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The caller stops
When the caller presses stop, every answer locks at the same time. Blanks are already worth nothing.
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Mark out loud
The caller marks each answer valid or invalid while the room watches. The server finds duplicates.
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See the round
A valid answer only you wrote scores 2. A shared valid answer scores 1. Invalid and blank score 0.
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Pass the caller
The next seat becomes caller. The host can end after a finished round. After the 26th letter, the match ends.
Roles
The caller is a player in a seat. The role moves after every round. There is no moderator seat.
Caller
- A seated player, starting at the first seat
- Chooses the letter
- Stops the round
- Marks every answer
Player
- Fills one answer per category
- Can edit until stop
- Cannot see other lists until that category is marked
- Scores with the room
Spectator
- Watches the letter and the marking
- Cannot answer, stop, or mark
- Joining after the start means you watch
Letter M
One round of the General pack. The number is the score after the caller has marked the row.
Maya
2
Name
Valid, and only one
Monkey
1
Animal
Valid, and shared
Mars
0
Country
Marked invalid
Blank
0
Food
No caller tap needed
Mirror
2
Object
Valid, and only one
Game modes
The host picks up to five categories before the match. Those are the categories every round.
Classic
The host’s categories stay in the picked order for every round.
- Up to five categories.
- A new room starts with Name, Animal, Country, Food, and Object.
Auto Call
The game randomly calls an unused letter each round. There is no player caller.
- Any player can stop the round.
- Players mark each other's answers. Nobody marks their own.
Rules
Open a group for the detail. The short line is the rule that matters.
The letterShowHideOne new letter each round, locked by the caller.
- Any letter from A to Z that this match has not used yet.
- Twenty-six rounds is the longest match, one for each letter.
- The caller highlights it, then confirms. After that it cannot change, and it cannot come back.
- The server does not check that an answer starts with the letter. The caller does, when they mark.
AnswersShowHideOne answer per category, editable until stop.
- Up to 40 characters. Letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and apostrophes.
- Spaces are kept. Duplicates match after trim, collapsed spaces, and case.
- Your list stays private during answering. From marking on, the current category is public.
- Categories still ahead stay hidden.
MarkingShowHideThe caller says valid or invalid. The server scores the category again on every mark.
- A blank is 0 without a tap.
- A valid answer nobody else also has marked valid is 2.
- A valid answer that matches another valid answer in that category is 1.
- An earlier unique drops to 1 when a duplicate is accepted later.
- Invalid is 0. The caller can switch valid and invalid until the round closes.
The callerShowHideThe role rotates with the seats. It is not a separate moderator.
- The first caller is the first seat. After the round, the next connected seat is caller.
- While the caller is only reconnecting, the round waits. Nobody else can stop or mark.
- Once the caller is reported absent, the host can pass the role. That is the only takeover.
- The next caller continues the match. The host can continue for them.
Winning
Rounds add up. The host can end early. The 26th letter ends the alphabet.
After a round
End match is available on the round result, and again while the next letter is being chosen.
Highest score
Everyone on the top score wins together. Leaving in the middle of a round does not record a result.
Caller away
The round waits through a reconnect. After the caller is gone, the host can pass the role and keep the match.
What the host can change
These are set in the room before the match. The board teaches the rest.
Mode
Classic or Auto Call. Classic is the default. In Classic, players take turns calling letters. In Auto Call, the game calls a random unused letter.
Categories
The host picks up to 5. A new room starts with Name, Animal, Country, Food, and Object. That list is used every round.
Difficulty
Easy, Normal, Hard, or Chaos. Normal is the default. The categories in the match are the ones the host picked.
Seats
One player per seat, from 2 to 12. The host sets the count. The default is 4. There are no bots.
Ending
The host can end from the round result, or while the next letter is being chosen after at least one finished round. If every letter has been used, the next continue finishes the match.
Last Chance
The lobby can save this on or off. This match does not use it.
Ready to play I Call On?
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