@BarnOwlLive Chat game rules
Buster, our resident barn owl, hosts games right in the YouTube live chat. Anyone watching can join in. There's nothing to sign up for: you just type in chat.
Coming soon to our live cams. Buster is still practising his hosting, so the games are only switched on in our test stream for now. Keep an eye on chat for the big launch!
🏆 League table
Points from every chat game: Quizzy, Wordy, Word Jumble and Count the Critters.
Quizzy
!quizzyA 10-question multiple-choice quiz. Answer quickly to grab the bonus points.
How to play
- Type !quizzy in chat to start a quiz.
- If you started it, choose a category within 15 seconds by typing a letter: A Wildlife, B Barn Owls, C Trivia (true or false), D General Knowledge or E Random. If you don't choose, it's Wildlife.
- Buster counts down 20 seconds so everyone can join in.
- For each question, type a, b, c or d (just a or b for true or false). You have 25 seconds.
- Buster reveals the answer after each question, the leader at halfway, and the winner at the end.
Points
- Right answer10 points
- Fastest right answer+5 bonus
What it looks like in chat
Wordy
!wordyGuess the hidden wildlife word from a clue. The sooner you guess, the more points you get.
How to play
- Type !wordy in chat to start a game.
- Buster shows a clue and the word as blanks, like _ _ _ _ _ _.
- Every 15 seconds he reveals another letter.
- Type the word in chat. The first person to get it right wins that word. Capitals and spaces don't matter.
- There are 5 words per game, then Buster announces the winner.
Points
- Guessed before any letters show50 points
- Each new letter takes off10 points
- Lowest score for a right guess10 points
What it looks like in chat
Word Jumble
!jumbleMake as many words as you can from a jumble of letters. Longer words score more, and there's a big bonus for the word that uses every letter.
How to play
- Type !jumble in chat to start a game.
- Buster posts a jumble of letters, like R T E S L E K.
- Type words made from those letters, one word per message, 3 letters or longer. Each letter can only be used as many times as it appears.
- Every word can only be claimed once, by the first person to type it.
- Every 30 seconds Buster posts the letters again, the scores and the latest words found. If nobody has found the big word by halfway, he gives a hint.
- There are 3 rounds of 90 seconds, then Buster announces the winner.
Points
- Every word1 point per letter
- The big word that uses every letter+25 bonus
What it looks like in chat
Count the Critters
!crittersBuster shows a row of animals. Count the ones he asks for and type the number. That's it!
How to play
- Type !critters in chat to start a game.
- Buster posts a row of animals and asks how many there are of one kind, like “How many OWLS?”
- Count them and type the number. Only your first answer counts, so count carefully!
- After 20 seconds, Buster reveals the answer and who got it right.
- There are 8 rounds, with longer rows and more kinds of animal as you go, then Buster announces the winner.
Points
- Right answer10 points
- Fastest right answer+5 bonus
What it looks like in chat
Good to know
- Type your answer on its own. Buster only counts a message that's just the answer, so type “b”, “badger”, “trek” or “5”, not “I think it's b”.
- Your first answer counts in Quizzy and Count the Critters, so there's no changing your mind.
- One game at a time. If a game is already running, jump in and play.
- Buster needs a quick rest after each game: 15 seconds after Wordy, Word Jumble or Count the Critters, and 5 minutes after Quizzy.
- Be kind and don't spam. Our moderators can stop a game at any time.
- Want more? Try our full wildlife quiz, with thousands of questions, at barnowl.live/quiz.