Office Break Games

Word games

Invisible bridge

Get from one word to an unrelated one in as few links as possible. Coffee to elephant in four steps: go.

Players
2–10
Time
5–15 min

What you need

  • Paper and a pen

How to play

  1. Someone names two unrelated words.
  2. Everyone writes a chain of linked words from the first to the second (coffee, bean, grey, elephant).
  3. Each link must make sense to the group; the room votes on doubtful ones.
  4. Shortest valid chain wins and picks the next pair.

Office tip: Read the chains aloud. The explanations are the best part.

Where it works