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Finish the Sentence

A hilarious comedy prompt game. Complete unfinished lines and vote for the funniest ending with your friends.

3-12 Players 5-10 Min
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About Finish the Sentence

Finish the Sentence is a rapid comedy-writing duel. Each round, the AI sends an unfinished line to the whole lobby, and every player secretly writes their own ending. Once all submissions are locked, the endings are displayed anonymously and everyone votes for their favorite; voting for your own ending is blocked, so flattery gets you nowhere.

The host reveals the results, authorship is unmasked, the winning writer banks 10 points on the lobby scoreboard, and a fresh prompt launches the next round. Because the funny comes entirely from your group's answers, no two lobbies produce the same game, and quiet players routinely turn out to be the deadliest writers in the room.

Finish the Sentence Rules

  • The host starts a round and the AI generates an unfinished sentence prompt for the whole lobby.
  • Every player secretly writes and submits their own ending.
  • When all submissions are in, the host opens voting. Endings are shown without author names.
  • Each player votes for their favorite ending. You cannot vote for your own.
  • The host reveals the results: authors are unmasked, vote counts are shown, and the top ending wins.
  • The round winner earns 10 points on the lobby scoreboard, and the host fires the next prompt.

Tips to Win

  • Write for your specific audience. An inside joke that lands with your group beats generic cleverness every time.
  • Short endings usually win; the punchline should not need a second reading.
  • Play against the prompt's expectation. The obvious completion is what everyone else is writing.
  • Since votes are cast on anonymous entries, do not write in your recognizable voice if you are the table's known comedian; people vote against favorites.
  • Commit to your weird idea. Safe middle-of-the-road answers collect zero votes.

Best for

For groups who love the fill-in-the-blank comedy of games like Cards Against Humanity but want answers written by their friends instead of dealt from a deck. It needs at least 3 players, hits its stride around 5 or more, and works equally well as a party centerpiece or a quick warm-up between bigger games.

Finish the Sentence FAQ

No. Your own submission is locked out of your voting options, so every vote is earned from someone else.

During voting, yes; endings are shown without names. Authors are revealed with the results, along with who voted for what.

Yes. The ending with the most votes wins the round and its author earns 10 points on the shared lobby scoreboard.

The AI generates a fresh unfinished sentence each round, so the game never repeats a stack of cards your group has already memorized.

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