Google Feud Game Lets You Guess Autocomplete Queries Family Feud Style

Have you ever been baffled by Google's autocomplete suggestions, or can you autocomplete with the best of them? If you are looking for a new and quick Internet game, then Google Feud is for you. It's deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive to play. In this Family Feud-style game, you can guess how Google autocompletes its queries for points. It's fun to play alone, but it would be more fun in a room full of friends. It could also make a great drinking game if you're a college student in your twenties and into that sort of thing.

It's easy to play. First, choose from four categories like Culture, People, Names, and Questions. The categories a bit misleading. For example, my first query from the People category was, "I swallowed a..." After playing around with it,

At least in the real Family Feud, players have a host like Steve Harvey to coax them to the right answer. In Google Feud, your answer needs to match the top ten autocomplete answers to be correct. So in our, "I swallowed a..." example, "I swallowed a bone" gets you points but not as many as "I swallowed a bone what do I do." I literally laughed out loud at the "what do I do" part, and I'm sure you'll find some ridiculous autocompleted answers when you play it. Looking closer, there is a warning that some of the answers may be offensive and incomprehensible because the results are pulled directly from Google's autocomplete. In my games, I didn't run into anything offensive or incomprehensible, but I was definitely caught off guard by, "Do you like...the smell of your own farts."

This game isn't officially by Google, so it's not a new Google Doodle of the day. It was made by developer Justin Hook and has no affiliation with Google or Family Feud. Google Feud isn't as difficult as challenging IBM's supercomputer, Watson, at Jeopardy, but guessing Google's hive-minded autocomplete is a challenge in its own right. I recommend playing it right away because there is no telling how long this game will stay available.

You can play Google Feud right here.