Free Jeopardy Game Maker
Build a custom category-and-points board in minutes. Add your own categories, clues, answers, images and point values with the Jeopardy board maker, then host your Jeopardy-style game online with built-in team scoring.
Generate an editable board from a topic or lesson plan · 2 free generations after email verification.
Free to start • No credit card required
Build your board right here
Name the game, name your five categories and write the first clue. The board preview updates as you type. When you continue, everything you wrote is kept and carried into the full builder — you'll be asked to create a free account there so your board can be saved, hosted and published.
First clue — Category 1, $100
Free account required in the next step — your work here is kept.
Prefer a head start? Let AI draft the clues.
A standard board is 5 categories × 5 point values. In the full builder you can add images to clues, pick a theme, resize the grid, run the clue timer and keep team scores on the same screen.
See What You Can Make
Preview a finished Kleveroo board, then create your own.
5th Grade Solar System Jeopardy Review
Review the Sun, planets, moons, gravity, rotation, revolution, and other key solar system concepts for 5th grade.
Westward Expansion
Review people, places, laws, and routes of U.S. westward expansion from the Louisiana Purchase to the Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad. Built for Grades 5-8. 25 ready-to-play clues, no prep needed.
4th Grade Map Skills and Geography Review
Practice cardinal directions, map keys, scale, latitude, longitude, physical maps, and basic geography in this 4th grade social studies game.
What you can do with Kleveroo's Jeopardy game maker
The specifications behind the maker — what's free, what a paid plan adds, and what you need before you can host.
- Manual board creation
- Free. Unlimited 5×5 boards, saved to your account and hosted at no cost.
- Maximum manual board size
- 5×5 on the free plan, up to 8×8 on Kleveroo Boards or Kleveroo+.
- AI board generation
- 2 free generations after you verify your email, then AI credits or a paid plan (Kleveroo Boards $4.99/month with 10 per month, Kleveroo+ $9.99/month with 15).
- Standard AI board output
- A complete, editable 5×5 board — 25 clues. AI output is a draft; review it before hosting.
- Lesson-material upload
- Supported: PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), plain text (.txt, .md, .csv, .rtf) and photos of worksheets. Reviewing the suggested setup is free; generating the board uses one AI generation.
- CSV import
- Included with Kleveroo Boards or Kleveroo+. Not part of the free plan.
- Board themes
- Yes. Premium board themes are part of Kleveroo Boards and Kleveroo+.
- Built-in team scoring
- Yes. Name your teams, award or deduct points, and the running scoreboard stays on screen.
- Clue timer
- Yes, optional. Turn the per-clue countdown on or off while hosting.
- Shared-screen hosting
- Yes. Host fullscreen on a projector, classroom TV, smartboard, laptop, or a shared tab on a video call.
- Do players need accounts?
- No for shared-screen Board Battle — players need no accounts, apps or devices. The person creating or saving a board does need a free account.
- Installation required
- No. The builder and the game both run in a web browser — nothing to download or install.
- Private boards
- Available with Kleveroo Boards or Kleveroo+. Completed boards on a free account are shared in the Kleveroo Community.
- Public board browsing
- Available without an account — browse the free library by subject, grade or topic.
Ready to make your own?
Start from an empty 5×5 grid and fill in your own categories and clues.
Who builds manual boards
What the board maker gives you
Total creative control
Every word on the board is yours. No prompts, no templates, no surprise AI rewrites.
Standard or large grid
Classic 5x5 free, up to 8x8 on Kleveroo Boards or Kleveroo+ when you need more rounds.
Big screen ready
Designed to host from a TV, projector or shared laptop — including over a Zoom, Meet or Teams screen share. Players play in the room.
Edit until showtime
Fix typos, swap a clue, reword a category — right up to the moment you press start.
Share or keep private
Free boards are shared in the Kleveroo Community. A paid plan lets you keep a board private.
Built-in team scoring
Name your teams, tap to award or deduct, and the board keeps the running total on screen — no spreadsheet, no whiteboard tally.
Played clues track themselves
Every tile you open is marked as played, so nobody replays a question by accident. Come back in the same browser on the same device and your scores and progress are restored.
Clue timer when you want it
Put a countdown on each clue to keep the room moving, or leave it off and let the table argue.
Customize categories, clues, answers and point values
From blank board to game night
- Step 1
Open the maker
Sign in free, click New Manual Board.
- Step 2
Title + emoji
Two fields, ten seconds, sets the whole vibe.
- Step 3
Write categories
Type the names of your 5 columns.
- Step 4
Fill the grid
Clue + answer for each cell. Skip any cell to come back later.
- Step 5
Save and host
Open it on the big screen and run the room.
What is the Kleveroo Jeopardy board maker?
A free online tool for making your own Jeopardy-style game board. You name five categories, write a clue and answer for each of the 25 tiles, set the point values, then host the finished board fullscreen on a projector, TV or laptop.
- Manual board creation and hosting are free, with no limit on how many boards you make.
- A standard board is 5 categories x 5 point values; a paid plan (Kleveroo Boards or Kleveroo+) supports grids up to 8×8.
- Boards save to your account, so you can edit, duplicate and reuse them.
- Team scoring is built in — name your teams, award or deduct points, and the scoreboard updates on screen.
- Played clues mark themselves, and your teams, scores and progress are saved in your browser for that board.
- Nothing to download: the builder and the game both run in the browser.
How to create a Jeopardy game, step by step
The whole workflow, from empty grid to a hosted game.
Start with a blank board
No templates pushing you in a direction you didn't ask for.
Manual board maker vs AI board generator
Pick the one that matches what you walked in with.
Manual maker (free)
- You already have the questions in your head
- You want every clue to be specific (inside jokes, company stuff, classroom material)
- You enjoy writing — this is the fun part for you
- You want to save drafts and tweak forever
AI generator (2 free, then credits or a plan)
- You have a topic but no clues yet
- You want a complete draft to edit instead of writing 25 clues
- You're fine editing a draft instead of writing from zero
- You make boards often and don't want to start from blank every time
Popular manual board ideas
Real boards real hosts have built — borrow any of them.
Made for the whole room
Put your board on a projector, TV, or shared screen and start playing. One host controls the board and scoring while teams play together — no individual player setup required.
What you actually type into each field
Every board is the same six inputs. Nothing else is required to get a playable game.
How categories, clues, and answers fit together
The grid is columns of categories crossed with rows of point values. Understanding that makes writing a board much faster.
Preview it, then host it
The board you build is the board your room sees — there's no separate export or publish step before you can play.
You can browse and play boards before you build anything
You don't have to write a board to see whether Kleveroo fits how you run a room. The public board library is open — pick a board, host it, and play a few clues first. If you like one, remix it into your own copy and edit the clues instead of starting from an empty grid.
- Browse the free public library by subject, grade, or theme — no account needed to look.
- Open a board and play it to see the host view, timer, and team scoring for real.
- Remix any public board into your own editable copy, then change whatever you want.
What a Kleveroo Board Battle is
Board Battle is Kleveroo's host-led, shared-screen mode. The board lives on one screen — a projector, a TV, a laptop, or a shared tab on a video call — and the host drives it: pick a tile, read the clue, run the timer, reveal the answer, award the points. Players don't need accounts, apps, or their own devices, and there are no mobile buzzers. If you specifically want everyone answering from their own phone or laptop, that's Live Trivia, a separate Kleveroo mode.
What's free and what isn't
Making boards by hand is free — unlimited boards, no card, no trial clock. Hosting a board and playing the public library are free too. The paid plans exist for AI generation and bigger grids: Kleveroo Boards is $4.99/month with 10 AI boards and Kleveroo+ is $9.99/month with 15 AI boards. Kleveroo Boards and Kleveroo+ both unlock private boards, CSV import, premium board themes, clue images, and manual boards up to 8×8. New accounts unlock 2 free AI board generations after verifying their email.
No PowerPoint template required
The classic way to do this is a PowerPoint deck with a slide per clue and hyperlinks back to the grid. The board maker replaces that: you fill in a grid on a web page and the tiles, reveal and scoring already work. If you're coming from a deck, see the guide to making a Jeopardy-style game without PowerPoint linked below.
Building for a specific room?
Same builder, with setup advice for the group you're hosting.
Classroom Jeopardy
Review-game formats and host tips for a class period.
Family Jeopardy
Category ideas for game night with your own family.
Office Jeopardy
Company boards for onboarding, all-hands, and training.
Live Trivia instead
Want everyone answering from their own device? Live rooms work with a shared code.
Don't want to write it from scratch?
Two shortcuts that end in the same playable board.
Ready-made boards
Hundreds of free public boards you can open and host right now.
AI board generator
Type a topic or upload your lesson material, get an editable draft board, then finish it in this same builder.
PowerPoint alternative
Why a browser board beats a slide deck for game shows — and how to switch.
Still comparing options?
Not sure this is the right builder for you? Here's how the main options stack up.
That's the whole workflow.
Open the builder and fill the grid — it saves as you go.
Once your game is published publicly you can also embed it on your own website, blog or course page with a single snippet, so people play it without leaving your site.
Guides that pair with the board maker
Setup, scoring, and hosting walkthroughs from the Kleveroo library.
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Read guideCreate your Jeopardy-style game now
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Frequently asked questions
+What does the board maker actually let me build?
A full game show style board: title, emoji, category names, clue text, the correct answer for each clue and the point value. You decide everything — we just give you the grid and the host controls.
+Is the Jeopardy board maker free?
Yes. Building boards manually is free with no board limit, and hosting them is free too. Paid plans add AI board generation and larger grids, but nothing about manual building is gated.
+How long does it take to make a board?
Writing 25 clues from scratch usually takes 20–40 minutes. If you're adapting a study guide or a list you already have, it's closer to 10. You can also save a half-finished draft and come back.
+Can I use my own point values?
Yes. The default ladder is $100 to $500 (or higher on larger paid boards), but you can rename, reorder or change the values to fit a tournament, a kids board, or a long-form night.
+Do I need to write all 25 clues before I can play?
No. You can save a draft, walk away, and come back to finish later. Empty cells just won't appear in the game.
+Can I duplicate a board to make a new version?
Yes. Open any saved board and clone it — handy for re-running a classroom review for a new unit, or making a sequel to last year's holiday board.
+How is the manual maker different from the AI generator?
Manual is for when you already know the questions you want — you keep total creative control, and it's free. The AI generator is for when you have a topic but no clues yet and want a full draft to edit instead of a blank grid; after your two free generations (unlocked by verifying your email), it runs on AI credits or a paid plan.
+Do I need PowerPoint or any download?
No. The board maker is a web page and the game is hosted in the same browser — there's no template file, no .pptx and nothing to install for you or your players.
+Can I keep my board private?
Yes, with a paid plan. Completed boards on a free account are shared in the Kleveroo Community. Keeping a board private is part of Kleveroo Boards or Kleveroo+. Kleveroo Boards is $4.99/month and Kleveroo+ is $9.99/month.
+Where does my board live after I make it?
In your account library. Reopen it any time to edit, duplicate, host again, or publish it publicly.
+Do players need their own devices?
No. Kleveroo Board Battle is designed for shared-screen, host-led play. Put the board on a projector, TV, or shared screen and play as teams or groups — the host controls the board and scoring, and players don't need accounts, apps, or phones. If you want everyone participating from their own device, Kleveroo also offers Live Trivia as a separate mode.
+How do teams play a Kleveroo Board Battle?
Split the group into teams and choose whatever rules work best for you. Teams can take turns choosing and answering clues, you can allow open answering, or you can use your own house rules. Kleveroo handles the board and scoring while the host runs the game.
Open a blank board.
You can have a playable game ready before your guests arrive.