Crocodile 3: Word Game for Chats

The chat is quiet, everyone is busy with their own thing, and you want to wake the group up. Crocodile 3 does it in seconds: press /start, one person explains a word, the rest try to guess it. 🐊

It is the classic explain-the-word party game moved into a Telegram group chat. The bot picks the word, enforces the rules and keeps score.

How a round plays out

/start launches the game, and whoever pressed it becomes the host. The bot shows the host a secret word, and the host describes it to everyone else in the chat.

You can explain with descriptions, associations or hints. Words that share a root with the answer are off limits, because they would make guessing too easy. The first person to name the word scores a point, and the host role moves on.

Commands worth knowing

• /rules refreshes the rules when newcomers join.
• /rating shows the player ranking of your chat.
• /globalrating compares you with players from other chats.
• /chatrating ranks the chats themselves.
• /mystats prints your personal numbers.
• /language switches the bot language.
• /hangman starts hangman when you want a change.

Rankings make it competitive

A leaderboard turns casual hanging out into a small tournament. Every chat soon grows its own champions, and the jokes about who missed the obvious word live for weeks.

The chat ranking adds team spirit. Invite friends from other groups and see whose crowd plays harder.

What premium is for

The command list includes /buy for premium. /resetrating and /settings are marked as premium-chat features: resetting the ranking and changing chat settings.

Check the terms and the price inside the bot before paying. For everyday evening games the basic mode is enough.

Setting it up in your own group

1. Add the bot to a group with the button on this page.
2. Make sure it is a member and allowed to send messages.
3. Send /start and wait for someone to take the host seat.
4. Open /rules if there is an argument about what counts as a hint.

Popular game bots can get busy at peak hours. If it does not answer, wait a little and repeat the command.

Why the game never gets old

The rules fit in one sentence and no props are needed. That is why Crocodile works for a circle of friends, a work chat on a Friday evening, or a family group where grandma turns out to be the best guesser.

Text format helps too: people can play in bursts and answer between other tasks, so nobody has to be online at the same minute.

Three tips for the host

Start with broad categories such as "an animal" or "a kitchen item". Players catch the thread faster that way.

Do not give every hint at once. Stretch the round until the excitement peaks. Rotate hosts so the same person does not explain every time.

Keep it friendly. In chats with people who barely know each other, agree early that words stay free of insults.