Christmas Word Whiz

☆ Created by Good Golly Games ☆

Christmas Word Whiz – ESL PowerPoint Vocabulary Game for Classrooms

Make Christmas vocabulary practice unforgettable with this no-prep, interactive PowerPoint game. Perfect for ESL/EFL classrooms, Christmas Word Whiz challenges students to guess Christmas-themed vocabulary words across 5 unique rounds of gameplay – great for vocabulary review, warm-ups, or end-of-term fun.

Teams compete to guess words and become the ultimate Word Whiz in your classroom. Just download, open in PowerPoint, enable macros, and play!

How it works

• Players guess words across 5 different rounds of gameplay:
• Scramblers: Unscramble the letters to uncover the word
• Fill-Ins: Guess the word based on the first and last letter and a single clue
• Snippets: Unscramble the groups of 1-2 letters to uncover the word
• Drops: Guess the word based on letters that drop in one by one
• Towers: Beat the tower by guessing the 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-letter words

Features

• 100 ready-to-play Christmas vocabulary puzzles (classroom-safe)
• Easy-to-edit blank slides – add your own vocabulary for unlimited reuse
• Automatic 16-second timer
• Scoreboard for 4 players or teams (macros required)
• Christmas-themed animations and graphics
• Sound effects and music (normal, low, and no-sound versions)
• No-prep: download and play the same day

What you’ll get

• Macro Version – PowerPoint game with scoreboard (requires macros and ActiveX)
• No-Macro Version – PowerPoint game without scoreboard, plus printable (PDF) scorecard
• Answer key (Word document)

Watch it in action

• Watch the demo on YouTube to see how easy it is to play and customize!

Compatibility note

• Works best on PowerPoint 365 for Windows PC
• Not compatible with Mac, Google Slides, or Keynote
• Some features may not work on older versions of PowerPoint
• Always test the game before your lesson