Hostrivia — Wordclock

Event & saved setups

Quiz night name

Venue

Both optional. Whatever you enter shows on the big screen while you host.

Saving keeps everything on this page — rounds, players, scoring and the board — under a name you choose.

General Settings

Language

Letters round clock

Numbers round clock

Scramble clock

Language sets the whole host screen, the letter pool, and which scramble words you can pick from.

Player Settings

How will players answer?

Host-only (no phones) Live phone join (QR + room code)

Host participation

Host does not play Host takes part

If the host takes part, add them as one of the players below.

Players/teams

Number of players/teams

Player/team names Each player/team gets their own name box.

Round plan

Letters rounds

Nine letters, then everyone writes their longest word.

Numbers rounds

Five numbers and a target to reach with + - × ÷.

Scrambles

A scrambled nine-letter word. First correct answer takes the points.

Round order

Classic (letters and numbers alternate, scrambles last) Grouped (all letters, then all numbers, then scrambles)

No rounds planned yet.

Round scoring

Letters round scoring

How the letters round pays out.

Letters round validation

No dictionary lookup either way — this is host-speed validation.

Numbers round scoring

Applies to every numbers round.

Scramble scoring

First correct answer takes the points.

Scramble words

Random words AI generated Manual selection

Random word difficulty

Pulls one nine-letter word per scramble from the 1000-word master pack.

Limit to one category (optional)

Leave on "All categories" to mix subjects across the scrambles.

No scramble words generated yet. Choose a difficulty above, then press Generate random words.

Or type your own nine-letter words (one per line)

Anything here is added to the pool the game draws from, alongside the words above.