What does the game say about Horror?
Tip line in the match
“Horror night: something is hunting you for … seconds!”
Category
🌧️ Weather
Seen in our own match, Nov 10, 2026
Horror quick facts
| Category | Weather (confirmed in our Index) |
|---|---|
| How long it lasts | A horror night; the exact number of seconds was unreadable in our screenshot. |
| Threat level | High (from our matches) |
| Word Mastery | No |
| Seen by us | match 2, Nov 10, 2026 |
What happens when someone writes Horror?
- The game announces a horror night (“something is hunting you”).
- A clown appears and hunts players.
- It counted for our Index: Weather went from 6% to 12% after HORROR joined SNOW.
Horror in our match
We wrote HORROR ourselves in the second match to test it. The game announced a horror night with the line “something is hunting you”, and then a second banner: “CLOWN is here! A clown just joined the game. Run.” The clown found us soon after, and the knock-out screen read “CLOWN got you.” with our own word underneath, so the writer is not safe from their own word. The Index later listed HORROR in the Weather tab, which raised Weather from 6% to 12%. If you are going to write HORROR, have a speed item ready.
How do you survive Horror?
- Run and keep running until the horror night ends.
- Smoke Bomb and Speed Coil help you break away from the clown.
- Head for open ground with several escape routes, not into a small building with one door.
- If you have Garlic, it will not help here: the clown is not described as undead.
- Keep your revive in mind: a clown kill early in a match is a good time to use a free one.
Common mistakes
- Writing it without an escape item.
- Stopping to hide in a dead end.
Best items against Horror
Your best five items come into every match. These ones help here; the descriptions are copied from the game:
| Item | Rarity · chance | In-game description |
|---|---|---|
| Smoke Bomb Recharge 20s | Rare 1.88% | Vanish in smoke: creatures, even bosses, lose you for 8 seconds and you run faster for 6. |
| Speed Coil Passive | Uncommon 3.11% | Run 40% faster while you hold it, leaving a blue speed trail. |
| Bloxy Cola Recharge 45s | Common 5% | Chug it: run 40% faster for 15 seconds and heal 15. Your big burp scares nearby creatures away. |
All 40 items and their odds: Items & Spins.
How weather words work
Weather words change the sky and the conditions: snow brings a blizzard that hurts anyone not under a roof or near a fire, fog hides everything, and HORROR starts a horror night. They tend to make every other word on the map harder to deal with.
See every Weather word we have checked on the word list.
Should you write Horror yourself?
- Dangerous for everyone, the writer included. We wrote it and the clown still got us.
- Write it when other players are spread out and far from you.
- Do not write it when you are the one with no escape items left.
Horror with other words
Words stack, so what else is on the map matters:
- Zombies Two hunters at once.
More word guides: Zombies · Tornado · Nuke · Tsunami · Black Hole · Monster