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Clues are revealed one at a time.
The board starts hidden and clues open one at a time — up to five, each one narrowing the field a little more.
Boardee Arcade · Party & social
Thread
Find the link between the clues.
Clues drop one at a time and the room leans in. Guess early for glory, wait for certainty — every reveal resets the argument.
Also known as: pinpoint · guess the category
👥 1–4 Players✨ AI fills the content
- Free for teachers · students never need accounts
How to play
Work out the hidden link between the clues.
That's the goal — no rules to teach. Here's how a round of Thread runs.
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Guess the connection — the sooner the better.
Type what links them whenever you're ready. Wrong? No harm — it just opens the next clue and the room argues again.
Fewer clues used means a higher score.
Name it on the first clue and it's worth the most; every reveal you wait costs a point. Confidence pays.
Ways to play
One set of clues, three ways to run it
The same Thread round works as a front-of-class guessing game, a live device race, or take-home practice. Pick at press-play — nothing to rebuild.
On the big screen
Its natural home. Project one round and reveal a clue, pause, and let the whole room call out what links them before you open the next. No devices, no codes, no setup.
Zero devices · zero prepLive on their devices
Students go to boardee.app/join and race to name the connection on their own screens — phones, tablets, chromebooks, any browser. The sooner they lock it in, the more they score.
Join code or QR · no student accountsIn their own time
Share one play link and the same set becomes homework, a warm-up or early-finisher work. Each student works through the connections at their own pace, and their score lands in your results — no chasing.
One link · results tracked for youWhat can you thread?
Anything with a hidden link
Members of a set, steps in a sequence, examples of a rule — if a handful of things share a secret connection, it's a Thread round. Type the topic; AI writes the clues and the link.
Three of a kind
ScienceCopperIronGold
MetalsSpot the set
GeographyTokyoCairoLima
Capital citiesLink the dates
History106617761969
Famous yearsFind the thread
EnglishHamletMacbethOthello
ShakespeareSee the pattern?
Maths2357
PrimesSame idea ×3
LanguagesRougeRotRojo
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The library
Thread is one shape of twenty-five
The Arcade is a library of classroom games that all drink from the same topic box. When the connection's been guessed, the identical content becomes a quiz, a set of flashcards or a sorting round — same topic, new game, zero re-typing.
- 25 game types, from quiz shows to word puzzles
- One topic box fills any of them in under a minute
- Save your rounds and relaunch them any lesson
Three ways in
Three ways to get a Thread
Ready-made from the Discover shelves, AI-built from your topic, or typed by hand — every door ends at the same play button.
Grab one ready-made
Search the Discover shelves — curated games plus rounds shared by other teachers. Find one that fits and press play.
Ask AI to build it
Type what you're teaching and the Arcade writes your Thread in under a minute. Check it, tweak anything, play.
Type it yourself
Every Thread has a plain editor underneath — your exact list, row by row, no AI in the loop.
Built for the classroom
AI fills it. You press play.
Every Arcade game starts from the same box: type what you're teaching and the content writes itself — questions, words, clues — ready for the board at the front of the room.
- Real content on your topic and grade — skim, edit or reroll before the class sees it
- Big type and chunky buttons, readable from the back row
- Students join with a code and a name — no accounts, ever
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Game types in the Arcade — one topic box fills them all
60s
From typing a topic to pressing play
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Student accounts — a code and a first name is the whole login
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Steps every time: type it, check it, play it
I typed 'the water cycle' and had a class quiz in ten seconds flat. It's the first tool my whole department adopted.
FAQ
Good to know
How does scoring work?
Clues reveal one at a time, and the fewer you use before naming the connection, the higher the score — early confidence pays.
How many students can play?
One to four players per round, or run it whole-class on the projector with guesses between every clue.
Do students need devices?
No. Projector-only is the natural way to play; students can also join on their own devices with a code or play link.
Can AI write rounds on my topic?
Yes. Give it a topic and grade level and it writes the categories and clues in under a minute — or author your own.
Do students need accounts?
Never. Students join with a code and a name — no emails, no passwords. Teachers don't need an account to try it either.
Same box, different shape
More party & social
Same three steps, different game. Type a topic and pick your shape.
What are you teaching tomorrow?
Type it in, check the content, press play. The Arcade does the rest.