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PricingAboutSupportAli: the Hebrew Party Word Game
Teams explain Hebrew words against an hourglass and race a pin up the map from Eilat to Jerusalem. Every card carries nikud, a transliteration and the English, so Israelis and Americans play the same game at the same table. Free in the baba app.
Free in the baba app. No subscription needed to play.
How It Works
Split into teams
Two to six teams of two to six people, so four players is the minimum. Everyone plays on their own phone, iPhone or Android, with the free baba app.
Host a game
One player starts a game and gets a four-letter code, a QR and a link. Everyone else joins on their own phone with the code, the QR, or the link, types their name, and taps a team.
Explain for sixty seconds
One explainer, one card at a time, a real hourglass. Your team has to say the Hebrew word. Got It moves your pin forward; Skip moves it back.
Race up the map
Every phone shows the road from Eilat to Jerusalem with every team's pin on it. The first team into Jerusalem wins.
Built for a Table That Speaks Both
Every card, both ways
The Hebrew word with nikud, the transliteration underneath it, and the English. A guest who reads no Hebrew can still explain the card, and an Israeli who has never seen the English word is not stuck either.
Explain in either language
Explaining is allowed in Hebrew, English or both, and the host can lock a game to one. Whatever the explainer says, the guess that counts is the Hebrew word.
Only the explainer sees the word
Everyone plays on their own phone. The explainer's screen shows the card; teammates see a Guess! screen with the timer, and the other teams see whose turn it is and the road. There is no referee and nothing to call.
No decks, no categories
Every card is random from the whole pool of about 1,300 words, with no repeats in a game. Nobody gets an easy round and nobody gets the medical-terms round.
The Road to Jerusalem
The board is a thirty-space road up a map of Israel, from Eilat at the bottom to Jerusalem at the top, and every phone shows it with each team's pin. Three kinds of space change the next turn.
Hebrew Only
Land here and your next turn is explained in Hebrew alone. The English speakers at the table suddenly earn their keep.
Slang
The next turn is all Israeli slang: the cards Israelis use daily and no textbook teaches. There are 108 of them in the pool.
Everyone Plays
Every team guesses at once. Each word goes to whoever says it first, so the whole table is shouting for one turn.
Joining a Game
The host's phone starts the game and shows a four-letter code, a QR and a link. Everyone else joins on their own phone by typing the code, scanning the QR, or tapping the shared link, types their name, and taps a team. The host sets how many teams there are, from two to six, and the language rule (Hebrew, English or both), then starts the hourglass.
When the sand runs out, a beep sounds and the last word on the card is open to every team: the first to say it takes the space. Then the next team explains. Anyone can leave at any time; a team that drops below two players is out, and the game ends when fewer than two teams are left. Game sounds and light background music run under the whole thing, and both can be switched off.
What You Need
Four or more people
Two teams of two is the smallest game. Up to six teams of six fit.
Your own phone
iPhone or Android, mixed is fine. Only the explainer's phone ever shows the word.
The free baba app
Ali is free for everyone in baba. Rules and an illustrated intro are inside, in English and Hebrew.
Before the Game
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an Alias in Hebrew?
If you are looking for the Alias or Taboo kind of game in Hebrew, Ali is that kind of game: one explainer, an hourglass, and a word your team has to say. Ali is its own game inside the baba app, with its own cards and board, and it is not made by or connected to the makers of Alias.
Do I need to know Hebrew to play?
No. Every card shows the Hebrew word with nikud, a transliteration and the English, and you can explain in English, Hebrew or a mix. The only rule is that the team says the Hebrew word. A Hebrew Only space is the one moment English is off the table for a turn.
Is Ali free?
Yes. Ali is free for everyone in the baba app, on iPhone and Android, with no subscription needed to play a full game.
How many words are there?
About 1,300 cards today, including 108 Israeli slang cards, and the pool is growing towards 3,000. There are no decks or categories: every card is drawn at random from the whole pool, and a word never repeats inside one game.
Can we play on one phone?
No, everyone plays on their own phone. The explainer's phone is the only one that shows the word; teammates see a Guess! screen with the timer, and the other teams see whose turn it is and the road.
How many people do we need?
Four at least: two teams of two. The game takes up to six teams of up to six people, so a big table works too.
What happens if someone leaves?
Anyone can leave at any time, from any screen. A team that drops below two players is out of the game, and if fewer than two teams are left the game ends and shows the results.
What happens when the sand runs out?
A beep marks it, and the last word on the card is open to every team. The first team to say it takes the space.
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