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Guess the Acronyms | Meeting Ice Breakers

19 May 2009 3,046 views 6 Comments

acronymsGame Description:

This is a fun and easy meeting ice breaker by letting the people guess the full meaning of acronyms. It is suitable for all ages and meetings, though adults would probably be more knowledgeable. It can be rather humorous to see how the people can creatively come up with names when they have no idea what the acronym means. For Example, in stead of Doctor of Philosophy, PHD becomes Permanent Head Damage. Yes you will be surprised by the answers they give!

Number of players:

Any

Materials Needed:

A sheet of paper and marker for each group

Noise Level:

Low

Neutrals:

Game Master who will give out questions and scoring

Preparation:

Prepare a list of acronyms, like NASA, IKEA, NATO, SCUBA etc, you can easily get a list of acronyms by  googling “acronyms”. The difficulty of the acronyms will be dependent on the background and age group of the people.

How To Play

  1. Players will be divided into groups of 3-5
  2. Game master will shout out an acronym, for example, “HTML”
  3. Group will have to discuss and write the correct answer into the piece of paper
  4. Winning group will be the one with the most correct answers.
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6 Comments »

  • Sharon said:

    I think this is a great ice breaker for all ages. I plan to use it for a bus trip with adult couples. I\’m sure it will be a fun and engaging. It will also help the time to pass while riding…

    Thanks again,
    Sharon

    # 27 May 2009 at 1:11 pm
  • tianyi said:

    Hey Sharon, hope they like it!

    # 28 May 2009 at 8:20 am
  • tony van niekerk said:

    hi all, I'm a new visitor to this blog, and would like to thank all the individuals who made this possible.
    i run a youth group in cape town south Africa at a church called st Mary's. i have often run out of ideas and games to entertain our young people and this blog will definitely assist or bail me out when I'm at sea for ideas!!!
    god bless…. tony van niekerk

    # 28 May 2009 at 1:04 pm
  • tianyi said:

    Thanks for visiting Tony! Hope that you youth will like the games here :)

    # 3 June 2009 at 11:36 am
  • Cheryl vdHeever said:

    This sounds perfect for my lesson tomorrow as an icebreaker before I introduce the Acronym for our new counseling skills lesson.
    Thank you for the inspiration!
    Cheryl – South Africa

    # 31 July 2009 at 5:56 am
  • tianyi said:

    Hey Cheryl, I hope your students enjoyed it :)

    # 3 August 2009 at 9:40 am

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