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What Were You Thinking?
2025
Rules assistance for What Were You Thinking?
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 3–99 players
- 15 min
- 10+
For 3 players
Rules assistant for What Were You Thinking?
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What Were You Thinking? is a board game released in 2025 for 3–99 players, 15 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. Its main mechanics are Team-Based Game, Communication Limits, and Targeted Clues.
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About the game
Can you give the perfect clue before anyone else? What Were You Thinking is a guessing game for horrible mind readers, and it's as fun to play as it is to watch. Break into two teams. Shuffle the Letter Tiles and place them on The Board until it’s full. Pick one person from each team to be the Guesser. It’s your team’s job to get your Guesser to say the word from the Word Card by giving them a two word clue that starts with letters from The Board. For example, if your word is “Penguin,” your team might decide to give “Snow Bird” as a clue. But hurry, because if the other team yells out a clue first, their Guesser can guess before yours. If they get it right, that team gets to flip over the letters they used for a clue (Ex. if the winning clue is “waddling tuxedo,” they’d flip over “w” and “t”.) The team that flips over 5 letters in a row wins. How to play: Pull a Word Card for your team to guess. Hurry and think of the perfect two-word clue using letters from the Board before the other team does. If the clue worked, flip the Tiles on the Board that correspond with your clue. The first team to flip 5 in a row wins. —description from the publisher
Publishers
- Exploding Kittens
Questions and answers
What Were You Thinking? supports 3–99 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for What Were You Thinking? is 15 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists What Were You Thinking? for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
What Were You Thinking? belongs to these categories: Card Game, Word Game, and Party Game. Its main mechanics are Team-Based Game, Communication Limits, and Targeted Clues. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists What Were You Thinking? as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.