Every Second Counts. Every Word Wins.

The South African word game for your next braai, family night or road trip. One phone, passed around the room.

Get it on Google Play App Store, coming soon

Plays offline. Free to try, with the full deck for a once-off R99.

How a turn works

One phone, a few teams and a sand timer. Describe as many words as you can before the sand runs out, and race your team up the board.

Pass the phone
Hand it to the describer. Only they look at the screen. Playing a dice style? Roll the die first.
Describe the words
Pick GO NOW and the sand starts straight away, or PEEK FIRST to read your words before you start the timer. Then talk fast.
Tap the ones they get
Every time your teammates (or the person you’re challenging) say the word, tap it. When the sand runs out, check the words together.
Climb the board
Your token climbs one block for each right answer. Pass the phone to the next team. First to the flag at the top wins.

The Tezula game board: cream stone blocks climbing from a yellow start line to a red flag, with blue question-mark, green plus-two, red minus-two and gold times-two blocks along the way. — The short board: 20 blocks from start to flag.

Try a clue

Here’s how you’d describe a few words from the deck. Tap a card to flip it. One of them breaks the rules.

You can

Use other words, descriptions and examples
Hum, sing or act it out
Say “and” or “the” if they’re part of the name

You can’t

Say any part of the word or name on the card
Give “sounds like” or rhyming clues
Spell it out or use initials
Translate it into another language

Play it your way

Quick game after supper or a full evening of trash talk. Change the rules to suit the room.

Three game styles

Pure Skill

Every right word moves you one block. No luck, no excuses.

Classic Dice

Roll first. The die takes 0, 1 or 2 off your words.

Funky Dice

Penalties, doubles, steals and swaps. Friendships may be tested.

Special blocks on the board

Land on one and things change. Don’t want them? Switch any of them off.

Trivia

A “Did you know?” fact card.

Boost +2

A lekker leg-up of two blocks.

Haibo! −2

Back you go, two blocks.

Double ×2

Your next round counts double.

Set it up your way

Round timer: 30 seconds45 seconds60 seconds
Words per card: 456
Board length: Short, 20 blocksNormal, 35Long, 50

Up to four teams, or go solo

Play with 1 to 4 teams. Each team picks a token and a colour. Solo mode keeps track of your best score.

Kids mode

Any team can be a Kids team, with its own kids words and kids tokens. So the little ones play the same game as the grown-ups, at their own level.

Works offline

No signal at the campsite? The game plays fully offline. Only ads and purchases need a connection.

Guided tour

New to it? Play a practice round with tips on every screen and you’ll be sorted by the end of it.

Free to play. R99 for the lot.

Start with the free version. If your crowd wants more, unlock everything with one payment.

What you get	Free	Full versionR99one payment
Main word deck	500 words	All 1,900+ words
Kids words	500	All 2,500+
Ads	Short ads between rounds	No ads
Your own words	No	Add your own words and hide ones you don’t like

Price shown is for South Africa. No subscription and no account: you buy it once in the app.

Get it on Google Play

What “Tezula” means

teh-ZOO-lah

Tezula (teh-ZOO-lah) is a South African-inspired word created for the game, meaning “speedy intellect”. It blends the Zulu/Xhosa root -zuza (to gain or win) with fast-paced local sounds and Nguni verb endings.