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Free Printable New Year’s Eve Scattergories Game

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Britni Vigil

02/18/2025

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Free printable Scattergories lists for New Year's Eve! Fun game for kids, for teens, and even for adults! One of my family's favorite New Year's Eve games

This New Year’s Eve Scattergories game is a fun way to remember things from the year in a quick and easy game! See who can come up with the most correct answers and be the big winner! 

Free printable Scattergories lists for New Year's Eve! Fun game for kids, for teens, and even for adults! One of my family's favorite New Year's Eve games

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One of my all-time favorite board games is Scattergories, although I guess technically it’s more a word game than a board game.

If you’ve never played Scattergories, it’s pretty easy. In the actual game, you have a bunch of different category lists and a letter die. You roll the die then have to come up with words starting with that letter for the category lists.

It’s easy to learn, easy to play, and a lot of fun! And this New Year’s Eve version would make a great addition to any New Year’s Eve party!

New Year’s Eve Scattergories

This free printable New Year’s Eve Scattergories game is designed to be played in four rounds on New Year’s Eve! Instead of having different Scattergories categories lists and a random letter based on the roll of the die, it’s just one set of category lists and the letters will be Y-E-A-R.

New Year's Eve scattergories game

New Year’s Eve Scattergories Rules

In addition to the written out rules below, there’s a video in this post that shows how to play as well! If you don’t see it, refresh the page and don’t click out of the video that pops up.

Print out one sheet for every person who will be playing. Give everyone a sheet and a working pen. (These are my favorite pens!)

Set a timer for two minutes.

When you say go, start the timer and tell everyone to start.

During the two minutes, they must come up with an answer for each of the categories first for letter Y. The goal is to come up with a real answer but also one that is original because you only get a point for each answer if no one else has the same answer.

People playing a New Year's Eve scattergories game

Keep writing answers until the timer ends then starting with one person, go around the circle and read off your answers for the first category. If anyone else has the same answer as you, cross out that answer. If no one else has the same answer, you score one point for that answer.

Continue going around in the circle reading your answers for each of the categories then total up the points for the letter Y.

Set the timer again and do the same thing for the letters E, A, and R.

Filling out words on a Scattergories game

How to Win

After all four rounds, everyone adds up their total amount of points they scored during the game. The person who has the most points wins.

If there’s a tie, ask one of the questions below and whoever gets the closest wins.

  1. In what year was Scattergories published by Milton Bradley? (1988)
  2. How many total categories are in the original Scattergories game? (192)
Filled out Scattergories game sheets

New Year’s Eve Prize Ideas

For any New Year’s Eve games, I love to have a number of prizes that are related to the current year. One of my favorite things to do is $25 gift cards (or whatever year it is) or any of these:

  • Star Wars movie collection
  • Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia
  • Fandango gift card
  • Baby Yoda mug (or other items)
  • Screaming lady + cat sweater
  • New Year’s Eve movie

Need more ideas? I have an entire collection of great New Year’s Eve prize ideas here!

Download the Free Printable Scattergories Game

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Free printable Scattergories lists for New Year's Eve! Fun game for kids, for teens, and even for adults! One of my family's favorite New Year's Eve games

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Don’t forget to pin this New Year’s Eve Scattergories game for later!

Free printable Scattergories lists for New Year's Eve! Fun game for kids, for teens, and even for adults! One of my family's favorite New Year's Eve games

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  1. Abby
    12/31/2024

    looks like fun

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  2. Rob McFee
    12/30/2024

    Very user friendly and draws your attention as well as keeping your interest. Great design.

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  3. Mel
    12/30/2024

    Cool!

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  4. Tara
    12/30/2022

    Thanks!

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  5. Brandy Williams
    12/12/2022

    Love the games!!

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    1. Britni Vigil
      12/14/2022

      Thank you, glad you enjoy them!

      Reply

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