Holidays & Seasons words for the imposter game

Celebrations all year round. Every secret word comes with a hint for the imposter: related enough to bluff with, never a giveaway.

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#Secret wordImposter hint
1ChristmasTree
2HalloweenCostumes
3EasterEggs
4ThanksgivingTurkey
5New Year's EveCountdown
6Valentine's DayRoses
7BirthdayCandles
8Fourth of JulyFireworks
9St. Patrick's DayGreen
10HanukkahMenorah
11DiwaliLights
12Lunar New YearDragon
13Mother's Dayin the app
14Father's Dayin the app
15April Fools' Dayin the app
16Summerin the app
17Winterin the app
18Springin the app
19Autumnin the app
20Spring Breakin the app
21Black Fridayin the app
22Weddingin the app
23Honeymoonin the app
24Graduationin the app
25Anniversaryin the app
26Mardi Grasin the app
27Oktoberfestin the app
28Carnivalin the app
29Ramadanin the app
30Day of the Deadin the app
31Groundhog Dayin the app
32Earth Dayin the app
33Labor Dayin the app
34Super Bowl Sundayin the app
35Boxing Dayin the app
36Back to Schoolin the app
37Baby Showerin the app
38Road Tripin the app
39Snow Dayin the app
40Leap Dayin the app

Hints for the first 12 words are shown here. All 40 hints, plus categories made by AI from any topic, are in the Hoot app.

How to use this list

Write each word on a slip of paper and one slip with "Imposter" on it, or let one player be the game master who whispers the word to everyone but the imposter. Each round, players give one-word clues and then vote. The full rules are on the imposter game page.

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