What's New

WhoDrew is updated almost every day. This page lists the changes players will notice, newest first. Small bug fixes happen in between. If something you want isn't here yet, tell me. Many of these changes started as a player's message. — Staarvijay

21 October 2026

• The online word pool was cut by hand from over 5,600 to about 1,500 words. Players told us some words, like "Power Symbol", were impossible to draw in one round, so every word left is something a casual player can draw.
• The Forger's last guess now shows one blank per letter for single-word answers too.

20 October 2026

• Multi-word answers show their shape on the Forger's guess, with little words like "of" left visible.
• New guides and free tools: the imposter game rules, an imposter word generator for in-person games, and themed word lists for skribbl.

19 October 2026

• Organizer mode: host a private game or a whole tournament without playing yourself. Built for office events, classrooms and streamers.
• Themed word packs for private rooms, including Desi, Bollywood, Cricket and Festivals.
• A festive Diwali theme with firework sounds, a fuse-style interrogation timer and smoke bombs on the Forger's guess (switches off after 20 November).

18 October 2026

• "Drawing of the day": the best canvas from real rounds is picked automatically and shared on Instagram, Discord and Telegram, with a poll for the community. Past picks are in the Drawing Gallery.

16 October 2026

• Play Online is now the first button on the home page, and the guess box is wider.
• Your player name is remembered between visits.

13 October 2026

• Player safety: chat filtering, reporting and vote-kick for public games.
• Sound effects and an interactive tutorial for first-time players.

12 October 2026

• A floating voice chat dock that shows who is speaking, with connections that repair themselves.
• Votes can be retracted and changed before the reveal.

10–11 October 2026

• Free peer-to-peer voice chat. It's open in the lobby, during the interrogation and on the results screen, and pauses while people draw.
• Full-height lobby chat.

1 October 2026

• WhoDrew is now on Discord! The WhoDrew Activity is live in the Discord App Directory. Add it to your server and play inside a voice channel, no browser tab needed.

30 September 2026

• Faster public matchmaking with a clearer "players waiting" status on the home page.
• A stroke that runs out of time is now kept instead of lost.

29 September 2026

• WhoDrew became a Discord Activity: play inside a Discord voice channel, with one-click join links.
• Waiting room and spectators: arrive mid-game and you join the next round.
• Drawing rounds capped at 5 and simpler stroke timer options (10 or 15 seconds).

27–28 September 2026

• Lobby chat, chat on the results screen and live emoji reactions to strokes.

25 September 2026

• Interrogation timer setting (30 seconds to 2 minutes, 1 minute by default) and "voted" badges during the vote.
• Every emoji replaced with hand-drawn doodle icons.
• Each room's chat is fully isolated from every other room.

24 September 2026

• Light and dark themes, a new logo, and the About, Privacy, Terms and Contact pages.

18 September 2026

• Work on WhoDrew began: rooms, the shared canvas, the Forger, voting and the last guess.