How to play
LangBoth is a speed game for learning words. Everyone in a room gets the same word and a few seconds to answer. The most accurate and fastest player wins.
▶ Choose a roomRooms
- Permanent rooms — one for each language and level: London is English A1, Istanbul is Turkish A1, Moscow is Russian A1 and so on. Plus the Numbers, Expressions, Idioms and Math rooms.
- Your own room — the “Create room” button on the home page. It can be open (listed for everyone) or private (code or link only).
- A 4-character code (e.g. K7P3) and a link like
/r/K7P3let you invite friends. Enter the code on the home page. - The host is the room creator or the first player in. Only the host changes the settings. If the host leaves, the next player takes over.
- A created room closes after staying empty for 5 minutes.
- My own words (for teachers): when creating a room tick “My own words” and paste a “word — translation” list — up to 100 words. After the game the “Hard words” tab shows which words caused mistakes and for whom.
Starting a game
- Press “Ready”. As soon as two players are ready, a 10-second countdown starts — others can still join and play.
- “Start now” skips the countdown: only players who pressed “Ready” play, the rest watch.
- If you are alone in a room, just press “Ready” — you can play solo.
- You can’t join a game that has already started — you’ll be connected automatically when it ends.
- You can leave the lobby at any time, even after “Ready”, and you’re removed from the room at once. During a game we ask you to confirm first.
Questions and points
- Everyone gets the same word and the same time — a 5, 10, 15 or 20-second timer (set by the host). A game has 10, 15, 20 or 50 questions.
- A correct answer gives 100 points + up to 100 bonus points for speed: answer instantly — almost 200, in the last second — about 100.
- A wrong answer or no answer gives 0. You can’t change your answer.
- A question ends when the timer runs out or earlier — once everyone has answered.
- After each question there’s a review: the right answer, who chose what and how fast. The next question comes after 10 seconds or once everyone presses “Next”.
- On a computer, answer with keys 1–4 or A–D, and press Enter for “Next”.
- Game mode (set by the host): every player for themselves; teams — Red vs Blue, the team with the higher average score per player wins; survival — a wrong answer or no answer and you’re out, the last one standing wins.
Game modes
- Words — word → translation, optionally by part of speech (verbs, nouns…).
- Expressions — set phrases: would like, yardım etmek, принимать душ.
- Idioms — B1–C1 idioms: break the ice, jeton düştü, водить за нос.
- Sentences — whole sentences: from everyday conversation (A1) to the way native speakers talk (C2). Answer by choosing an option or by ear.
- Numbers — number in words → digits. Digits — the other way round. The level sets the range: from 0–20 up to billions.
- Math — sums and equations at six difficulty levels.
- How to answer (words, expressions, idioms): choose one of 4 options; listening — the word is read aloud but not shown; type the word in the language you learn from its translation; letters — build it from shuffled letters. Case, stress marks and ё/е don’t matter; Turkish letters can be typed in Latin.
Levels
- CEFR levels: A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 — from first words to rare literary vocabulary. The higher the level, the redder the button.
- Each level has 300 words per language. Expressions cover all levels, idioms B1–C1, sentences — 50 per level.
Native language and translations
- You can learn English, Turkish and Russian — from any of these languages.
- Your native language is the one translations are shown in. Set it in your profile; if it isn’t set, the site language from the header switch is used.
- In one room everyone gets their own translations: a Turk and a Brit in a Russian room see the same word, but each gets the options in their own language.
- Direction: “foreign → native” (see the word, pick the translation) or “native → foreign” (the other way round).
- If the room language is your native language, translations are shown in another language.
- The home page doesn’t offer your native language: an English speaker sees Turkish and Russian.
Daily challenge and “My mistakes”
- The Daily challenge is 10 mixed questions, the same for everyone: words, numbers, math and “three languages” (translate from one language you learn into another). Questions in your native language are swapped for words of the same level in other languages — everyone gets only foreign words. A new one comes every day at midnight Moscow/Istanbul time.
- Your first attempt goes to the daily table; after that you can replay for practice. In the morning the Telegram bot reminds you about the new challenge (you can turn it off in your profile).
- My mistakes — signed-in players keep the words they got wrong or missed. You can review them in a separate game.
- Spaced repetition: a word from your dictionary comes back after 1, 3, 7 and 21 days. Answer correctly on time to move to the next interval; after 21 days the word is learned; a mistake brings it back the next day. The home page shows how many words are due today — press “Review”.
- The “Add to my dictionary” button in the review adds any word. Your profile shows progress: how many words of each level you already know.
Records, streak and friends
- Records — best results by room and overall, filtered by language, level, mode, number of questions and timer.
- Streak 🔥 — how many days in a row you’ve played. One game a day is enough.
- Weekly league — on the friends page: points for games and the daily challenge since Monday for you and your friends. Achievements — badges in your profile: streaks, learned words, a flawless game, a win in a big room and more.
- Friends — add players from a room or from the records table and follow their results. In the lobby, “Invite a friend” sends an invitation to the site or Telegram.
- Challenge — after a game press “Challenge a friend” and send the link: your friend answers the same questions when convenient, and you compare results in the challenge table.
Sign-in and profile
- You can play without signing up: pick your own name and icon.
- Sign in with Telegram, Google or an e-mail code to keep records, mistakes, your streak, friends and native language on all devices.
- 🔊 Words are read aloud by the browser’s voice — turn sound off with the button in the room.