Meyer Glossary: Every Term You Will Hear at the Table

By the MeyerLive3D team, Norway · Published 2026-10-02

Meyer has its own small vocabulary, some of it from Danish and Norwegian table talk. Here is every term you are likely to meet, in MeyerLive3D or at a real table, with a short explanation.

A decider's screen with the claim 6-2 and the buttons Believe and Lift Cup — The moment most of these terms describe: a claim on the table, and a decider choosing between Believe and Lift Cup.

The dice

Reading: A roll is read as a two-digit number with the higher die first: a 3 and a 5 is "53". Pairs are read as pairs ("a pair of 4s", or "44").
Meyer (21): A 2 and a 1. The highest roll in the game.
Little Meyer (31): A 3 and a 1. Second only to Meyer. Danish: Lille Meyer.
Pair: Both dice the same. Every pair beats every ordinary roll; a pair of 6s is the best of them.
Ordinary roll: Any roll that is not a pair, Meyer or Little Meyer: 32, 41, 42 … up to 65.
32: The lowest roll in the game. Any claim beats it.

The turn

Roller: The player whose turn it is to shake the cup.
Peek: The roller's secret look at the dice. In MeyerLive3D, the second tap on the cup; only the roller's screen shows the values.
Claim: What the roller says they rolled. True or false, it must beat the previous claim.
Decider (the challenged): The next player, who must believe or lift.
Believe: Accept the claim without looking, take the cup, roll, and announce something strictly higher.
Lift: Reveal the dice. If they are at least as good as the claim, the lifter loses a life; if not, the claimer does.
Reveal: The moment after a lift when everyone sees the true roll.

A third player's screen reading "Waiting for the challenged to decide" — Everyone else waits while "the challenged" — the decider — makes up their mind.

Tactics

Floor: The claim the next announcement must beat. It rises every time a claim is believed.
Ladder: The sequence of rising claims in a round. The higher it gets, the harder it is to climb honestly.
Bluff: A claim higher than the real roll.
Under-claim: A claim lower than the real roll. Always safe if lifted; often used to make a strong roll look ordinary.
Blind pass: Announcing a claim without peeking. In MeyerLive3D a blind claim must still beat the floor, and the next player sees that it was blind.
Tell: Anything that gives a bluffer away: a pause, a glance, a habit.

The game

Lives: Each player starts with six, shown in MeyerLive3D as a die on their seat. Losing a round costs one.
Round: Everything from the first roll to the lift. The loser of a round starts the next.
Loser: Meyer has no single winner: the game ends when one player has lost all their lives.
Table code: The short code that identifies a MeyerLive3D table. Share it and friends can join in seconds.
Suspended: A player whose connection dropped. Their seat is held while they reconnect; it is not a penalty.

For the complete rules, see Game Rules; for the decision that matters most, read Believe or Lift?.