Mouse of Games ( first played on Series 1, Episode 4 & last played on Series 6, Episode 4): The players are given a series of clues to films, TV shows, novels, etc. in which a single letter has been changed from the original title. Each clue is a short description of the would-be newly titled work and the player must give the altered title. For films, the year of release of the original film is also given. House of Champions Week 4 (28 November–2 December 2022): Stephen Bailey, Charlie Brooks, Ria Lina and John Thomson Is It Me? ( first played on Series 1, Episode 1 & last played on Series 2, Episode 8): Each team member is given a card with something specific on it. Osman asks questions and each player must raise their card up if they think that the answer on the card is a correct answer to the question, and lower their card if they do not think it relates to it.

The Answer's in the Question ( first played on Series 1, Episode 5): The players are shown a statement based on a category. Part of it is in capitals, that need to be rearranged to create an answer that is relevant to the category in question and described by the statement. Get Your Junk Out ( first played on Series 2, Episode 3, Round 4 & last played on Series 2, Episode 6, Round 1): This round is played in exactly the same way as Richard's Junk from the regular show. However, instead of the junk items being shown on the screen, ten members of the audience physically hold up the junk items for the contestants to see (during the 15-second memorisation period and when the items are given as correct answers). Week 10 (18–22 October 2021): Joanne McNally, Bill Turnbull, Michelle Collins and Reginald D. Hunter I've Got The Historical Blues ( first played on Series 2, Episode 1, Round 2 & last played on Series 2, Episode 4, Round 2): David O'Doherty has the "historical blues" and he represents this by singing original songs played by the live band. O'Doherty sings each player in turn a song whose lyrics reference a historical event (Group 1) or figure (Group 2), with the final lyric being of the form "I've got the (event or figure) blues". Just before this lyric, the song stops, and the player must name the event or figure. If they do this successfully, they earn a point; otherwise, any other player can buzz in and try to take the point. Unusually for a game played in Round 2, this game is not a pairs game. House of Games: Give the answers to the two trivia questions. Both the answers are anagrams of one another.

Hobbies

Redemption Week Week 2 (31 October–4 November 2022): Sian Gibson, Jean Johansson, Iain Stirling and Rav Wilding Don't Trust The Experts ( only played on Series 1, Episode 2, Round 4): Two experts give each player a fact in their area of expertise. Only one of these facts is true, which the player has to determine. Correction Centre ( first played on Series 1, Episode 2): The players are shown statements in which one word is incorrect and needs to be amended. Each player gets their own statements, and get a point for each correct answer, but an incorrect answer opens the statement to everyone else to buzz in. I Am Not A Robot ( first played on Series 5, Episode 6): Each player in turn is shown a picture divided into squares, resembling a CAPTCHA. They must select all squares fulfilling a particular condition (and no other squares) to earn a point. Great Minds Link Alike ( first played on Series 7, Episode 12): Each pair is given the titles of three things, but one word is missing out of each title. The missing words all share a common link. One of the players buzzes in with the thing that links the missing words and their partner lists the missing words.

House of Gamers ( first played on Series 3, Episode 44 & last played on Series 5, Episode 105): Same as Mouse of Games except that, instead of changing a letter in each original title, an extra letter is inserted. I'm Terrible At Dating ( first played on Series 2, Episode 5): The players have to write down what they think the answer is to a question to which the answer is a year. The player who is closest to the correct answer gets a point, but if anyone gets the year exactly right, they then get two points. A week's worth of shows is recorded on a single day, so the celebrities are booked for only one day, [4] changing outfits between shows. I Complete You ( first played on Series 3, Episode 45 & last played on Series 3, Episode 97): The pairs are given a question which has a two word answer. In a reverse to You Complete Me, one of the players in a pair buzzes in with the second word of the answer, and then the other player in the pair has to give the first word for them both to get a point. Totes Emoji – another team game. One member of the team is shown a card with two titles on – they choose one to express through the medium of emojis. If their partner gets it right, points are gained. If not, the opposing team can buzz in for a bonus point. Regardless of bonuses, they then have to emojify the other title.This Round Is in Code ( first played on Series 1, Episode 3): The players are given a category, and answers are shown in alpha-numeric code (1=A, 2=B, 3=C, etc.). The players have to unscramble the codes to get a point.

Totes Emoji: On a smartphone, spell out one of the answers below using emojis for your teammate to guess. House of Champions Week 3 (21–25 February 2022): Beattie Edmondson, Adrian Edmondson, Kemah Bob and Angela BarnesWhere Is Kazakhstan? ( first played on Series 1, Episode 3): The players are given a map of a certain part of the world on their tablets. They are given a question and have to point on their map where they think it is. The closest to the correct place wins a point. Singonyms ( first played on Series 5, Episode 11): The players are given a set of song lyrics where all words have been replaced with synonyms of the original words. Players are also provided the year that the song was released. They must buzz in with the title of the song to earn a point. You Complete Me – this has to be played as teams of two. A question is asked with a two-word answer. Whichever team buzzes the Richard Osman buzzer first gets a chance to answer, but the pair have to give one word of the answer each without conferring. Could be awkward… House of Champions Week 4 (28 February–4 March 2022): Sara Barron, Gregg Wallace, Sanjeev Kohli and Josie Long

You Spell Terrible ( first played on Series 3, Episode 2): The pairs are given a question which one player must buzz in to say the correct answer, and the other player must spell it out correctly to get a point. Rhyme Time ( first played on Series 1, Episode 1): The players are shown two statements whose answers rhyme. They then buzz in with the correct answers. On some questions, one of the statements is replaced with either a picture or a song (in which the title of the song is the rhyming answer they require). This is usually the first round of the week to ease the contestants into the format. Week 10 (27 November–1 December 2023): Clive Anderson, Lutalo Muhammad, Sara Davies and Alison Spittle Get Your Head In The Game ( first played in Series 2, Episode 2, Round 4 & last played on Series 2, Episode 5, Round 2): Each contestant in turn stands behind the screen. The screen displays a live video feed of the contestant, with their face replaced by something else (which may or may not be the face of a famous person). Each of the other contestants provides a one-word clue as to what the contestant "is", after which the contestant must guess who they "are". If they are correct, they earn a point. Similarly to The Nice Round, they can also give a point to the opponent who wrote the best clue. There are four rounds of game categories to play, and the fifth and final game is the Answer Smash. For this, none of the players takes on the role of host. After three Answer Smash cards have been played, the game is over. The most points scored wins the game.

Toys

Don't Cry For Me Guatemala ( first played on Series 1, Episode 1, Round 3 & last played on Series 2, Episode 5, Round 1): The players are given a question before the show in which the answer is (unknown to them) part of the lyrics of a well-known song. A live band then sings the song and cuts to the answers given by each player to see if they have completed it. Roonerspisms ( first played on Series 2, Episode 5 & last played in Series 5, Episode 94): Same as Rhyme Time except that, rather than the answers rhyming, they are spoonerisms of each other. For example, a statement could say "Surname of Richie Rich's minder, portrayed by Ade Edmondson" and the other one say "Hat referred to in Scotland as a bunnet", then the answers would be " Catflap" and " Flat cap".