The rules, step by step
- Every answer is a number. Write your best guess — being wildly wrong is survivable.
- All the guesses go up in order, and the longest odds sit at the edges.
- Now bet. You can back your own guess, or anybody else’s.
- The winning guess is the closest one that does not go over the true answer.
- Knowing nothing is fine. Knowing who knows things is better.
Scoring and the fiddly bits
Building the board
Guesses go up in ascending order with identical numbers merged into one slot. Everything is rounded to two decimals so near-identical guesses cannot split the board.
The odds
Positional: 2:1 in the middle, climbing outward to 6:1 at the ends of a wide board. The “smaller than all” square is always 5:1.
Scoring
3 points to everyone who wrote the winning number, bet or no bet, and 2 × the odds to everyone who backed that slot.
Closest without going over
The winner is the highest guess at or below the true answer. Overshoot the lot and the square below the board takes the round.
Who wrote what
Sealed until the answer is read out. Only your own slot is marked, and only on your own phone.
Questions about Wits & Bets
Is Wits & Bets free?
Yes. Every game on Table Party is free, with no accounts, no adverts and nothing to buy.
How many people do you need for Wits & Bets?
Between 3 and 10. Below 3 there are not enough of you for the game to work.
Do we need to download anything?
No. One person opens the site and starts a room; everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Can we play Wits & Bets over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
Play Wits & Bets online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.