Twentyroll

Help & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything about playing Twentyroll: challenges, scoring, learning, and your account. Still stuck? Email hello@twentyroll.com.

The basics

What is Twentyroll?

Twentyroll is a fast-paced online trivia game and learning hub. Rounds are 7 questions with a 10-second timer each, and faster correct answers score more points. You can play timed solo rounds, untimed practice rounds with explanations, or challenge friends head-to-head, all while climbing a global leaderboard and earning XP, levels, and achievements.

Do I need to download an app?

No. Twentyroll runs in any modern browser on phones, tablets, and computers. It is a progressive web app, so you can optionally add it to your home screen and it behaves like a native app, but there is nothing to install from an app store.

Is Twentyroll free to play?

Yes. The free tier includes solo games, practice mode, and friend challenges, with a daily allowance of games. A premium subscription removes the daily limit and unlocks exclusive categories.

What categories are available?

The library spans dozens of categories including science, history, geography, sports, movies, music, technology, art, literature, food, and general knowledge, and it keeps growing. You can browse the full list on the categories page.

Playing with friends

How do friend challenges work?

Pick a category, pick a friend, and send the challenge. Both players answer the exact same 7 questions with the same 10-second timer, the server scores both rounds, and you get a question-by-question comparison when both of you have finished.

Can I challenge friends asynchronously?

Yes. In an async challenge you play your round immediately and your friend has 24 hours to play the same questions whenever it suits them. If you are both online, you can play live in real time instead.

How do I add friends?

Send a friend request from the challenge screen or share your personal invite link. Once connected, you can challenge each other anytime and see your head-to-head history.

Can we play on different devices?

Yes. Because Twentyroll runs in the browser, an iPhone player can challenge an Android or desktop player without any compatibility issues.

Group rooms and party games

What are Group Rooms?

Private game rooms for up to 12 players. The host creates a room, shares a 6-character code or link, and everyone plays together in real time from their own browser. Each room includes four games: Trivia Night, Word Mix (a word scramble race), Imposter (a social deduction word game), and Odd One Out.

Do my friends need accounts to join a room?

No. Only the host needs a free account. Everyone else opens the link or enters the code, types a display name, and plays as a guest. Guests can join from any phone, tablet, or computer.

What can the host control?

The game type, the trivia category mix (up to 8 categories or a surprise mix), the number of rounds, a per-question timer from 10 to 30 seconds or no timer, whether reveals advance automatically or wait for the host, and whether everyone’s answers are shown after each question.

Do room games count toward my rank or XP?

No. Room games are casual, so guests and ranked players can share a scoreboard without affecting anyone’s global position. Solo games and friend challenges are the ranked modes.

How long does a room stay open?

As long as people are in it. A room where everyone has disconnected expires after about 30 minutes (the host gets a notification), and any room closes after 12 hours. Hosts can also close a room manually, and your open rooms are listed on the Group Rooms page so you can rejoin with the same code.

Are Group Rooms free?

Yes, completely: hosting, joining, and all four game types. The only premium touch is optional: a premium host unlocks premium trivia categories for the whole room.

Blitz: survival trivia

What is Blitz?

Blitz is the survival mode. Questions keep coming until you answer one wrong or the clock runs out, so there is no round length and no finish line. You start with 30 seconds, every correct answer adds time back, and your score is simply how many questions you survived. Your first runs will end somewhere in the teens; reaching 50 is a genuine achievement.

How does the Blitz clock work?

It is one running bank shared across the whole run rather than a timer per question, and it only counts down while a question is actually answerable, so you are never charged for loading or your connection. A correct answer adds time back and moves you straight to the next question with no reveal screen. A wrong answer ends the run instantly.

How much time does a correct answer add?

Six seconds for the first 10 questions, then one second less every 10 after that: +5s from question 11, +4s from 21, +3s from 31, +2s from 41, and +1s from question 51 onward. The bank never exceeds the 30 seconds you started with, so the pressure only ever builds.

Do I need an account to play Blitz?

No. Blitz is the one mode you can walk into with no sign-up at all, including from a link a friend shared. An account is only needed to post your score to the leaderboard, and a run you finish as a guest is held until you create one.

How many Blitz runs do I get per day?

Free players get a daily allowance of Blitz runs. It is deliberately separate from the normal daily game limit, so a run that ends on question two does not cost you a whole game. Premium removes the limit completely: unlimited Blitz runs and unlimited games, every day.

How is the Blitz leaderboard ranked?

On questions survived in your single best run, with total elapsed time breaking ties in the faster player’s favour. Best run only, so a great night beats consistent grinding. There are three views: This Week, which resets every Monday so the board never gets locked up, All Time, and Friends.

Does Blitz get harder as I go?

The questions do not, the clock does. Every player meets the same pool with no per-player difficulty tuning, which is what makes the leaderboard mean something. Blitz draws on four broad categories (General Knowledge, World History, Science and Geography) because in a mode where one wrong answer ends everything, a narrow specialist question produces an unfair death.

Does Blitz affect my accuracy or win record?

No. A Blitz run is perfectly accurate right up to the single wrong answer that ends it, so counting it would distort your lifetime accuracy. Blitz keeps its own best-run and total-runs counters and its own achievement ladder, feeds your XP and your longest streak, and leaves accuracy, wins, perfect games and games played untouched.

Scoring and leaderboards

How are leaderboard rankings calculated?

Rankings are based on total points earned across scored games. Every question is worth 20 points: answer in the first second and a half and you keep all 20, after which the value slides down to 10 as the timer runs out. Wrong or out of time scores nothing. All scoring is calculated and verified on the server, and you can view global and regional rankings.

Can scores be cheated?

The game is designed to prevent it. Correct answers are never sent to your browser before you answer, all scoring happens server-side, and the 10-second timer leaves no time to look answers up.

What are XP, levels, and achievements?

Alongside leaderboard points, every game earns XP that raises your level over time. Achievements mark milestones like streak records, accuracy runs, and challenge wins. Daily streaks reward playing a little every day.

Learning on Twentyroll

What is practice mode?

Practice mode is an untimed solo round that shows a full explanation after every answer. It awards no points or XP, so there is zero pressure: it exists purely for learning a category before you compete in it.

Does Twentyroll actually help me learn?

The format is built on well-studied learning science: answering questions is retrieval practice, explanations give immediate feedback, and mixed categories add interleaving. On top of that, an adaptive engine keeps each round at your level and a Daily Review built on spaced repetition brings facts back right before you forget them. You can read the full breakdown on our Why Trivia Works page.

Does Twentyroll adjust to my level?

Yes. The game tracks your skill in each topic and serves questions tuned to it, aiming for the sweet spot where you are challenged but still getting most answers right. Question difficulty is measured from how everyone actually answers, not set by hand, so it keeps getting more accurate as more people play. A beginner and an expert can play the same category and each get a round that fits them.

What is Daily Review?

Daily Review is a short, untimed round that gathers the questions you are about to forget, pulled from every topic you have played, with an explanation after each answer. It is built on spaced repetition, so clearing it each day is the fastest way to turn what you learn into knowledge that lasts.

How does spaced repetition work on Twentyroll?

Every question you answer gets a personal review date. Answer it correctly and it returns later; miss it and it returns sooner, right before you would forget. You never schedule anything yourself: the game mixes due reviews into your rounds and gathers them in your Daily Review automatically.

What is the mastery score on my dashboard?

Because your skill is tracked per topic, your dashboard shows a mastery score for each category that rises as you get stronger and keep your reviews up, turning practice into visible progress. The adaptive engine, spaced repetition, and Daily Review are free for everyone; premium only removes the daily game limit and unlocks exclusive categories.

Do all questions have explanations?

Yes. In practice mode and Daily Review the explanation appears right after you answer. In timed rounds and challenges, explanations are shown in the post-game answer review.

Account and premium

What does premium include?

Premium removes every daily limit, including the separate Blitz run allowance, and unlocks exclusive categories. Play as many games and as many Blitz runs as you like, every day. Payments are handled securely through Paddle, and you can cancel anytime from your subscription page.

What happens when I hit the free daily limit?

You can keep browsing categories and leaderboards, and your limit resets the next day. Games and Blitz runs have separate allowances, so running out of one does not stop the other. Premium subscribers play without limits on either.

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