rock paper scissors
Fist-based decider
Rock paper scissors is a game of chance between two players who simultaneously form hand gestures—a fist (rock), flat hand (paper), or two extended fingers (scissors).
Rock crushes scissors, scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock.
Used to settle minor disputes or make quick decisions: Let's rock paper scissors for who goes first.
Also called roshambles or ro-sham-bo.
- handGrasping body part
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- roshamboHand-gesture elimination game
- playRecreation or staged drama
- gameOrganized play or sport
playground game · competition · outcome · hand signals · childhood games · tie · randomization · tiebreaker · best of three · probability · fairness · rock · shoot on three · throw down · quick draw · bluffing · mind games · choice
- two-player gameschess, checkers, backgammon, tic-tac-toe, Connect Four
- hand gamescat's cradle, thumb war, thumb wrestling, patty cake, hand clapping
- threestrio, triad, triple, triplet, trinity
- playground rulesdibs, do-over, finders keepers, called it, time out
- group gamesicebreaker, party game, party games, group game, team building
- random selectioncoin flip, dice roll, heads or tails, lottery, raffle
rock paper scissorschess
Strategic board game
Go · poker · bridge · Civilization · Dungeons and Dragons
rock paper scissorspoker
Hearth implement for coals
craps · blackjack · board games · card games · dice games
rock paper scissorschess
Strategic board game
Monopoly · Dungeons & Dragons · cricket · baseball · test match
paper, scissors, rocks, papers, rocked, rocking, rockier, rockiest, papered