🎯 How does a match work? Rules and scoring explained

A Rosh BeRosh match is always you against one real opponent, live. No multiple choice here — you type your own answers to open list-questions.

The match structure

• A match has 3 rounds, and each round starts with one question.

• Before each round there is a short waiting countdown. In Advanced, both players see only the question category there; the full question appears when the round begins.

• Who answers first alternates every round — if your opponent opened the last round, this one is yours.

The turn timer

On your turn you race the clock: it currently starts at 15 seconds, and shrinks by 1 second for every correct answer already found in the round — down to a minimum of 8 seconds. The deeper the round goes, the hotter it gets.

• A correct, new answer passes the turn to your opponent with a fresh timer.

• A wrong or duplicate answer costs you nothing but time — keep typing and retrying as long as your timer is running.

Spelling is forgiving: close-enough typos are accepted, and alternate spellings of the same answer count too.

Winning rounds — and the match

• Your timer runs out? You lose the round and your opponent gets 1 round point.

• When the reserve-question rule is active in a standard turn-based match and a suitable reserve is available, finding every answer on the first question triggers “Question Cleared! A fresh question is coming…” and loads that reserve within the same round; the other player starts it.

• If the rule is off, no suitable reserve is available, or the reserve is also fully cleared, the round uses the normal draw result and both players get a point.

• The match goes to whoever has the better score after 3 rounds, and a 2-point lead wins the match early.

• Tied after 3 rounds? The match is a draw and your entry fee is refunded.

Pro tip: wrong answers cost nothing but seconds — when in doubt, fire away. The only real enemy is the timer.