A Word that Best Describes Me (Icebreaker)

This game will help a new group of participants in learning each other’s names and a little bit about personalities too. Participants can remain at their workstations or you can get them to form a circle. You won't need any prep time or supplies. This icebreaker is very simple to run and is perfect for the first day.

You’ll start with a brief explanation of the game that goes something like this:

In this game we will go around the room and you will be introducing yourself by giving us your first name with an adjective in front of your name that you think best describes you. The key though is that the word that best describes you must start with the same letter as your first name.

As the instructor, you should probably go first to provide an actual example of how it’s done.

Let’s say your name is Hank. You would say, ‘Hi, I’m Happy Hank.’ Each person takes a turn then says a word they think best describes them followed by their name. The word must start with the same letter that their first name does. Here are some examples: Joyous Julie, Careful Chris, Outrageous Opal, Nervous Nancy.

You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to remember everyone’s name after this game! Now you can also play a more difficult version where each person has to repeat everyone’s name and associated word that came before him or her. If you really want to make it tricky, have each participant rattle off the name and descriptor for everyone who came before him/her.

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