Most teachers have years of quiz material in Word documents and PDFs. Kahoot can't import these directly - it needs a specific spreadsheet format. Pirai AI converts your existing quiz document to a Kahoot-ready .xlsx file in minutes, with all questions formatted to Kahoot's character limits. Free for educators.
The Problem Every Teacher Knows
You have a unit review quiz in Word. Forty multiple choice questions. You want to run it as a Kahoot game tomorrow. The options are: spend an hour copying questions one by one into Kahoot's editor, staying within the 95-character question limit and 60-character answer limit for every item. Or use Pirai AI and have a Kahoot-ready spreadsheet in 2 minutes.
Kahoot's native editor requires each question to be typed in manually - there is no paste-from-Word option, no PDF reader, and no batch import from a document. The only bulk import route is Kahoot's spreadsheet import, which requires the questions to be in a specific .xlsx template. Pirai AI produces that template automatically from your document.
How It Works for Teachers
Upload your quiz document
Go to platform.piraiai.com. Upload your Word (.docx), PDF, or Excel quiz file. Works with scanned PDFs from a photocopier too - OCR extracts the text.
Review the extracted questions
Pirai AI extracts every question and answer option. The AI Survey Editor shows you the full question list before you download. Edit any question, fix an answer, or remove items that don't suit the Kahoot format.
Download the Kahoot spreadsheet
Select Kahoot as the target. Download the .xlsx file - your questions are in the correct columns, character limits respected, correct answers flagged where your document included an answer key.
Import into Kahoot and launch
In Kahoot: Create > Quiz > Blank Canvas > Import spreadsheet. Upload the .xlsx. Your questions appear in the Kahoot editor. Add images if you want, adjust timers, and launch the game.
What Question Types Convert to Kahoot
Kahoot supports multiple choice questions with up to 4 answer options and one correct answer per question. Pirai AI maps question types from your document accordingly:
| Document Question Type | Kahoot Output |
|---|---|
| Multiple choice (4 options) | Direct conversion |
| True / False | 2-option multiple choice |
| Multiple choice (2-3 options) | Converted with available options |
| Multiple choice (5+ options) | Reduced to top 4 options, flagged for review |
| Open text / short answer | Not supported in Kahoot - excluded from output |
| Matrix / grid questions | Not supported in Kahoot - split or excluded |
Kahoot Character Limits - Handled Automatically
Kahoot's most common import error is character limit violations. Questions are limited to 95 characters and answer options to 60 characters. A question like "Which of the following best describes the primary cause of the First World War according to the July Crisis theory?" is 106 characters and will fail on import.
Pirai AI checks every question and answer against Kahoot's limits during conversion. Items that exceed the limits are flagged in the AI Survey Editor before you download the spreadsheet - so you can shorten them in the editor rather than discovering the error after a failed Kahoot import.
Also Need a Google Forms Version?
From the same document upload, download a Google Forms Apps Script to build the same quiz as a self-grading Google Form - useful for an independent practice assignment alongside the Kahoot review game. No re-uploading required. See the Google Forms for teachers guide.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Upload the scanned PDF to Pirai AI with Advanced PDF Processing enabled for OCR. The text is extracted from the scan and formatted into the Kahoot import spreadsheet. Review the AI Survey Editor output for any OCR errors before downloading.
Kahoot only supports multiple choice questions. Open-ended, short answer, and essay questions from your document are excluded from the Kahoot output and flagged in the AI Survey Editor. If your quiz has a mix of question types, the multiple choice questions convert and the rest are noted for your review.
Kahoot's spreadsheet import supports up to 100 questions per quiz. For longer question banks, Pirai AI can split the output into multiple spreadsheets. The 1MB file size limit per import is also respected in the output.
Yes. Pirai AI's free tier provides 2 Kahoot spreadsheet conversions per day with no credit card required. Teachers and schools can apply for extended free access. Paid plans are available for higher-volume use.
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