How does a match work, from start to finish?
Pick a room, get matched with a real opponent, and battle through up to 3 rounds of typed answers. First player to lead by 2 rounds wins.
Updated July 29, 2026
Step 1: pick a room
Hit the Play button and choose a room — currently Classic, Advanced or Champions. Each room has a coin-and-energy entry cost and matching prizes; there is no Trophy entry fee. The exact live amounts are always shown on the room card. Higher rooms = bigger stakes, bigger wins.
The game then matches you with a real opponent searching in the same room. No bots, no mercy.
Step 2: the round begins
Each round opens with a 10-second waiting preview. In the Advanced room, both players see only the question category during this screen; the full wording appears when the round begins. In a room that shows the full question, use the preview to start listing answers in your head.
Then you take turns. On your turn you currently get a 15-second timer to type a correct answer — and here is the twist: the timer shrinks as more answers get found in the round (by default 1 second per found answer, down to a minimum of 8 seconds). The longer a round runs, the spicier it gets.
Step 3: answering
A correct new answer passes the turn to your opponent with a fresh timer.
A wrong or already-used answer does not end your turn — keep trying until your time runs out.
Spelling is typo-tolerant, so type fast and do not overthink perfect spelling.
Step 4: winning rounds and the match
If your timer runs out on your turn, your opponent wins the round (+1).
When the reserve-question rule is active in a standard turn-based match and a suitable reserve is available, finding every answer to the first question triggers “Question Cleared! A fresh question is coming…” and loads that reserve in the same round; the other player starts it.
If the rule is off, no suitable reserve is available, or the reserve question is also fully cleared, the round uses the normal draw result and both players get +1.
The match ends early as soon as someone leads by 2 rounds; otherwise the best score after 3 rounds wins.
A tied match is a draw — your entry fee is refunded.
Stuck mid-round? Power-ups can save you: Joker auto-answers for you, Time Extend restarts your timer, and Change Question swaps the question. By default the first use of each costs coins, and a repeat use costs diamonds.
Pro tip: fire off the obvious answers fast while the timer is long, and save your trickiest answer for the endgame when turns shrink to the minimum.