How to Play Ghashim (مين الغشيم): Full Rules, Setup & Tips

Ghashim takes about a minute to learn and a single round runs 5–15 minutes, so it fits into any game night. Here is the complete rundown of how a round works, from setup to the final vote.

Steps

Gather 3 to 20 players in one room, or start an online room if you are playing across devices.
Pick a category (Animals, Food, Places, Sports, Jobs, Movies, Brands, Objects, or Random), or let the app choose one at random.
The app secretly assigns the same word to every player except one — the spy sees that they are the spy but not the word.
Going around in turn order, each player gives a short, one- or two-word hint about the secret word without saying it outright.
The spy listens carefully and bluffs a plausible-sounding hint of their own, trying to blend in without knowing the real word.
After a round (or a set number of hint rounds), open the floor for discussion — question anyone whose hints felt vague or off.
Vote together on who you think the spy is.
Reveal the result: the group wins if they vote out the real spy; the spy wins by surviving the vote, or by correctly guessing the secret word if caught.

Tips

Playing the spy: give a hint vague enough to survive, but specific enough that no one calls you out in the first round.
Playing a detective: compare hints across players — a spy's hint often fits several possible words, not just one.
Keep hints to one or two words; long explanations make it easier for the spy to reverse-engineer the secret word.
Rotate who starts each round so the same player isn't always first or last to give a hint.
With larger groups (10+), agree on a hint order in advance to keep the round moving quickly.