The pre-drinks
Half the group still doesn't know each other. One round and the bridesmaids and the work crew are accusing each other like old friends.
Hen do · bachelorette · pantsy.app
Hen party games where
one of you is faking it.
One secret word, one hidden faker, everyone bluffing on their own phone — give a clue, read the room, vote out who's winging it. No app, no props, nothing to print or bin in the morning. Want it all about her? Hand Pantsy the bride's in-jokes and every round turns into a roast.
Hens3–10 per room
SetupNo app, no props
Each roundAbout five minutes
ToneYou set it — PG to cheeky
PriceFree
One round, start to finish
One secret word. One imposter. Five-minute rounds.
Press play — here's one round, start to finish, with a real hen-do word. About five minutes each; then a new word drops and you go again, all the way to the club if you want.
▸ a simplified demo round, looping · tap to pause
Make it personal
Make it about
her.
Pantsy doesn’t just run the game — it makes it yours. It scores every round and roasts the table, and writes a word pack about the bride herself: her worst exes, the wildest nights out, the hen-party clichés.
Scored & roasted
Words about her
From pre-drinks to last orders
One game that runs the whole night.
Start a fresh round whenever you're all together, from the first prosecco to the last taxi — nothing to carry, nothing to set up, and everyone from the quiet cousin to the loud uni mates plays every round.
Round the table
Drinks in, everyone sat down, no one going anywhere. The moment to deal a few rounds back to back and let the bluffing build.
The roast round
Drop in the custom pack about the bride. Every clue is a buried memory she'd half-forgotten she told you.
The 2am one
Back at the flat, shoes off, the night not quite done. Cheeky pack, one last round before bed.
An honest look
Pantsy vs the classic hen games.
The old favourites still earn their laughs — here's where each one shines, and where a phone game pulls its weight.
| Pantsythis one | Mr & Mrs Quiz | Dares Scratchcards | Prosecco Pong | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you do | Bluff a secret word, spot the faker | Guess the groom's answers | Do the dare on the card | Land a ball, drink up |
| Props / prep | None — just phones | Pre-interview the groom | Buy the card packs | Cups, prosecco, a table |
| Who's actually playing | Everyone, every round | Everyone guesses | One hen at a time | Two at a time |
| Tone you control | PG to cheeky — your pack | As cheeky as the answers | Fixed on the card | 18+ |
| Works for mixed ages | Yes — swap the pack | Usually | Often not | 18+ |
| Plays again & again | New word each round | One and done | Till the cards run out | Till it runs out |
| Cost | Free | Free | Cost of the packs | Cost of the prosecco |
Keep the classics — Mr & Mrs always lands and the dares are good for a scream. Pantsy is the one that pulls in everyone at once, reads the room, and dials from gran-safe to cheeky on the same join code.
Straight answers
Hen party game questions.
What's a good hen party game that doesn't need an app?
Pantsy. Everyone joins from their own phone with a short code — no app, no account — and you all share one secret word except a hidden faker, then give clues and vote out who's bluffing. When you start a game you choose clean or cheeky words up front, so it can be a cheeky laugh for a grown-up crowd, or completely PG if the bride's aunties are in.
Can we keep the hen do clean for a mixed-age crowd?
Yes. When you tap Create game, you pick Clean or Cheeky before anyone joins — Clean keeps it gran-safe so everyone from the bridesmaids to gran can play. You can also build your own pack and keep it exactly as tame as you like.
How do we make it about the bride?
Build a custom pack from her life — the in-jokes, the worst date, how they actually met, her party-trick at uni. Type a theme and Pantsy writes the pack, or add the words yourself, and every round becomes an inside joke about her.
Do we need props, sashes or willy straws?
No. Pantsy needs nothing but phones and a join code — nothing to print, buy, label or lug between the flat, the bus and the restaurant. The classic tat is optional; the game isn't carrying it.
How many can play, and does it work moving around all day?
Pantsy is built for 3 to 10 in the same room on their own phones. Because a round is just read a word, give a clue and tap a vote, you can fire one up anywhere the group's together — the pre-drinks, the cab queue, the table wait — and pick it back up later with the same code.
Is it better than the usual hen drinking games?
It plays great with or without drinks. The fun is the bluffing and reading the room for who's faking, so it still lands stone-cold sober at brunch and gets cheekier as the night goes on — without leaving anyone sat out.
Does it work for a virtual hen over video?
Honestly, no — Pantsy is built for guests in the same room, where reading each other's faces is half the fun. For a fully remote hen over video it isn't the right fit.
Before the prosecco's poured
The bride is about
to go bright red.
Free, no app, no props. Build her pack faster than you could pour the prosecco.