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Play Pawcasso

Updated September 30, 2026

Pawcasso is a drawing game. The drawer gets a secret word on their phone and draws it there, and the drawing shows live on the big screen while everyone else races to guess.

Start a game

  1. Open Games, tap Pawcasso, then New game.
  2. Choose Teams or Free-for-all. With teams, you can add up to four.
  3. Set the Rounds, the Clock, the Difficulty and the categories.
  4. Leave Let people type guesses on so a typed right answer scores by itself. Shouting still works too: the host awards it.
  5. Under More options, add some act-it-out turns, or choose Draw on paper instead if you'd rather use a whiteboard.
  6. Tap Start the game.

Everyone draws the number of times you picked. People who join late start with the next round.

Your turn to draw

  1. When the big screen says it's your turn, tap your phone to see your word.
  2. After a 3-2-1 countdown, draw it right on your phone. Keep your screen to yourself.
  3. Use the colors, pen sizes, Eraser, Undo and Clear as you go. Pictures only: no letters or numbers.
  4. Tap They got it! when someone shouts the right answer. You can swap to a New word once per turn.

Guessing

Type your guess on your phone, or shout it out. If someone shouts it, the host picks who got it.

Scoring

The person who guesses it and the drawer both score, and the faster it's guessed, the more points. With teams, the points go to each person's team.

At the end, you see the final standings and The gallery of every drawing from the game.

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Still stuck? Email support@houndkit.com, or send a ticket from the menu inside houndkit.