Liar's Dice

How to play Liar's Dice

• Everyone rolls five dice in secret. Players take turns bidding on all the dice on the table, such as 4 × ("at least four fives"). Each bid must be higher than the last: more dice, or the same number of dice with a higher face.
• If you think the last bid is too high, call Liar! All dice are counted: if there are fewer than the bid, the bidder loses a die; otherwise the caller does. When you run out of dice you're out, and the last player with dice wins.

• Liar's Dice rulesBidding, calling Liar, wild ones, bidding on ones, Spot On, variations and the odds, with pictures

How to play on this page

• Pick a face, set the number with − and +, and press Bid. Or press Liar! to challenge the last bid. The Hint button shows the odds of the current bid.
• By default 1s are wild, and the 1s in your cup are marked "wild". A bid on ones counts only the ones: switching to ones needs half the number (rounded up), and switching back needs twice the number plus one. The first bid of a round can't be on ones. You can turn wild ones off in Settings.
• Spot On is off by default. Turn it on in Settings to claim the last bid is exactly right: if it is, you win back a die (up to five); if not, you lose one. Not allowed when only two players are left.
• In Settings you can also play with 2 to 6 players and choose Easy, Normal or Hard. Your game is saved, so you can close the page and continue later.
• To play with friends, press Friends, make a link and send it to them. Everyone plays on their own phone or computer, 2 to 6 players, and the computer takes any empty seats. A link works until 12 hours after the last move. The Hint button is off in online games.

Tips

• Estimate the dice you can't see. With wild ones, about a third of them count for any face; without wilds, about a sixth. Add your own dice: with 15 unseen dice and two fives in your cup, around 7 fives is a reasonable bid, and 10 is probably a lie.
• Other players' bids leak information. Someone who keeps raising on sixes probably holds a few, so a bid on sixes is safer than the raw numbers suggest.
• Raise in small steps on a face you actually hold. The bigger the jump, the more likely the next player calls Liar.

About the game

Liar's Dice is a traditional bluffing game from South America, where it is called Dudo. This page uses common rules: five dice each, wild ones, and the last player with dice wins. Read about its history and variations.