All Survive Your Ideas Words

Every Survive Your Ideas word we know about, 52 so far, with what it does and how to survive it. Words are sorted by player votes inside each group. Search for a word, filter by type, vote on the ones you have tried, and add any word that is missing.

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Disaster Words

Natural and cosmic disasters that hit the whole map. These eliminate the most players.

Word	What happens	How to survive
Nukealso: fallout	A nuclear bomb drops onto the map. Anyone caught in the open when it lands is eliminated, and the danger passes after the blast. Typing "fallout" produced the same nuke in testing.	Run into the bunker as soon as the word appears. Players who make it inside survive the blast.
Flood	Water rises over the whole map and stays until someone clears it. Players who cannot reach high ground slowly drown.	Get onto a roof, a tower or a boat. If you are the next writer, type "clear skies" or "no flood" to drain it.
Tsunami	Huge waves sweep across the map, and a second wave can follow the first. Players at ground level are washed away.	Climb to the very top of the tallest structure and stay there until both waves pass.
Meteor Showeralso: meteor, meteors	Meteors rain down for the rest of the match and keep dealing damage after they land. They are strong enough to smash through the bunker.	Keep moving and watch the sky. Do not rely on the bunker, because meteors can break it.
Apocalypse	A chain disaster: meteors fall first, then the ground breaks apart and an earthquake follows. It can reshape the whole map.	Stay away from the edges, keep moving between impacts and look for solid ground that is not cracking.
Earthquake	The ground shakes and splits, sometimes cutting the map in half. In one match a player lost both arms and could no longer hold a gun.	Move away from the crack as it opens and avoid standing near ledges.
Tornado	A tornado moves across the map, and players who get too close are pulled into it.	Watch which way it is moving and stay on the opposite side of the map.
Acid Rain	Acid falls from the sky and damages everyone without cover, including the player who typed it.	Get under a roof or into the bunker. If you type it yourself, make sure you are already under cover.
Lavaalso: the floor is lava	The ground turns into lava. Anything standing on the floor burns, and even a spawned shark died once the water became lava.	Get to high ground immediately. Towers, roofs and anything you can climb are safe spots.
Black Hole	A black hole opens and eliminates everyone inside its area. Where it appears matters: one spawned far from the crowd and did almost nothing.	Spread out instead of standing in a big group, and move away from the edge of the pull.
Supernova	A supernova goes off over the map. In one match players rushed to hide until it was over.	Hide inside or behind a solid structure until it passes.
Blackout	Night falls and the lights go out, so the whole map becomes dark.	Stay near any remaining light source.
Desert	The island dries into a desert with tall mesas, and the heat turns your skin red.	Climb the mesas, and eat food such as watermelon slices to recover health.
Backrooms	Players are teleported into the Backrooms, an endless maze of yellow rooms with a monster inside. Many of the doors are fake exits.	Keep moving, avoid the monster and try different doors until you find the real exit. Almond water can appear inside.

Creature Words

Monsters and animals that spawn and chase players. Some are deadly, some are harmless.

Word	What happens	How to survive
Zombies	The dead rise and chase players around the map, and they stay for the rest of the match.	Get to high ground or into a vehicle, and keep a weapon if one has dropped.
Werewolf	A werewolf hides among the players and attacks when it howls.	Get up high whenever you hear it howl.
Shark	A shark spawns in the water and attacks swimmers. It is far more dangerous when the map is flooded.	Stay out of the water. Turning the floor into lava will kill it.
T-Rexalso: dinosaur, godzilla	A dinosaur appears. Typing Godzilla also produced a dinosaur, because the game falls back to the closest effect it knows. In testing it mostly wandered around and did very little damage.	Just keep your distance. It is one of the weakest creature words.
King Kong	A big friendly ape appears instead of a monster. Players nicknamed it Bing Bong because it walked around without hurting anyone.	No counter needed. It is harmless.
Giant	A giant appears on the map. Note that it does not make you giant yourself.	Keep your distance and stay near cover.
Grizzly Bearalso: bear	A grizzly bear appears and goes after nearby players.	Keep running and get onto high ground.
Crocodile	A crocodile appears and goes after nearby players.	Keep your distance.
Evil Clowns	Creepy clowns appear and run around the map.	Keep moving and avoid getting cornered.
Arise	Summons a squad of shadow knights that chase players, a nod to the Solo Leveling anime.	Run, and get out of the shadows where they gather.
Assassin	An assassin appears and goes after players.	Keep your distance and keep moving.

Weapon Words

Words that drop weapons or give the writer a way to attack other players directly.

Word	What happens	How to survive
Ban Everyone	A giant ban hammer falls from the sky. Its shadow shows where it will land.	Watch the ground and get out of the shadow before it hits.
Gunalso: weapon	A weapon drop lands at the flare. The first player to reach it gets the gun.	Rush to the flare if you are close. If you are far away, take cover.
Gunsalso: guns for everyone	Guns for everyone. Ammo is limited, and players can steal guns from each other.	Grab one quickly and stay behind cover.
Sniper	Sniper rifles drop, including heavy .50 cal rifles. Shots can take a player out in one hit from long range.	Never stand still in the open. AFK players are the first to be sniped.
Knife	The writer gets a knife and can attack nearby players.	Keep your distance from whoever typed it.
Admin	Typing admin as a normal word gives an admin sword, and in one match the sword broke quickly. This is not the /admin meta word, which costs Robux and gives admin commands.	Stay away from the player holding the sword.

Escape & Movement Words

Vehicles and movement words that help you get away from ground-level disasters.

Word	What happens	How to survive
Plane	Drops a plane you can fly, taking you out of the way of ground disasters.	Not a threat. It is one of the best words for surviving.
Helicopter	Spawns a helicopter so you can escape floods, lava and creatures.	Not a threat. Try to get in before someone else does.
Caralso: cars	Spawns cars that players can drive around the map. Be careful, drivers can run other players over.	Watch out for drivers if you are on foot.
Super Speed	Everyone becomes much faster.	Use the speed to reach high ground or the bunker early.
Anti-Gravity	Gravity breaks and everyone floats and jumps much higher.	Great for reaching rooftops and escaping floods.
Space	Turns everyone into astronauts with low gravity, with planets visible in the sky.	Harmless on its own. Use the floaty jumps to reach high places.
Building	A building shoots up out of the ground that everyone can climb.	Climb it before a flood or tsunami arrives.

Healing & Support Words

Words that restore health, calm the weather or drop useful pickups.

Word	What happens	How to survive
Full Healthalso: full hp	Restores the writer to full health and adds a full shield.	Best saved for when you are low on HP late in a round.
Watermelon	Food for everyone. Players can eat watermelon slices to heal.	Pick up a slice and keep it for later.
Clear Skiesalso: peace, no flood	The weather goes back to normal and floods drain away.	Useful when you are about to drown, but it helps every other player too, so it rarely wins you the round.
Hospital	A hospital appears, but the game answers "no free healing", so do not count on it to restore health.	Type full health or watermelon instead if you need to heal.
God	Typing god as a normal word drops a power star at the red flare, and the first player to reach it picks it up. This is not the /god meta word.	Race to the flare if you are nearby.

Chaos & Troll Words

Strange, funny and unpredictable words, from instant eliminations to stink clouds.

Word	What happens	How to survive
Plaguealso: common cold, stomach virus	Makes players sick. Skin turns green and the illness slowly drags you down.	Heal with watermelon or full health if you can.
Slow Motion	Everything moves in slow motion, which makes dodging other disasters much harder.	Start moving toward safety early, because you will get there slowly.
Energy Beams	The writer aims energy beams at other players, and everyone has to dodge.	Keep jumping and changing direction so you are hard to hit.
Pikachu	Calls down lightning that electrocutes nearby players.	Spread out so one strike cannot hit several players.
Clones	Copies of players appear, so it becomes hard to tell who is real.	Mostly confusing rather than deadly.
Butt	Releases a stink cloud on the map. More of a joke than a threat.	Walk away from the cloud.
Ronaldo	The football star shows up as a character and a soccer match starts in the middle of the chaos. Famous names often spawn as characters like this.	Harmless. Enjoy the game, but watch for the T-Rex.
Kill + Username	Typing kill followed by a specific player's name targeted that player directly in one match.	Keep a low profile and a weapon nearby in the final rounds.
Snap	Half of everything turns to dust, just like the famous movie snap. Random players disappear instantly.	There is no reliable counter. It is pure luck, which is why many players rate it one of the strongest words.

Add a Missing Word

Survive Your Ideas accepts almost any word, so this list will never be complete without help. Tell us a word you have seen in a round and what it did. New words appear on the list after a quick review.

How This Word List Works

The first words on this list come from watching real Survive Your Ideas rounds and guide videos. Since the game turns almost any word into something, some effects can change after updates or behave differently depending on what is already on the map. When the game does not recognize a word, it uses the closest effect it knows or spawns a character with that name. Players keep the list accurate: votes push the most useful words to the top of each group, the report button flags anything that is wrong, and submitted words are added after review.