diff --git a/lith/Caddyfile b/lith/Caddyfile
index ebb3aeb4a..80e736b81 100644
--- a/lith/Caddyfile
+++ b/lith/Caddyfile
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ oskiewar.com {
     redir @oskiewarwatchmatch https://oskiewar.com/{re.oskiewarwatchmatch.1} 308
     @oskiewarwatchroot path /watch /watch/
     redir @oskiewarwatchroot https://oskiewar.com/ 308
-    @oskiewarround path_regexp oskiewarround ^/([bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]-[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]-[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou])/?$
+    @oskiewarround path_regexp oskiewarround ^/(([a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})|([bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]-[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]-[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]))/?$
     handle @oskiewarround {
         root * /opt/ac/xbox/live
         rewrite * /mac-test.html
diff --git a/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs b/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs
index ffad2afc9..d0cd5e2dc 100644
--- a/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs
+++ b/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 // Small, public, match-id-scoped relay for phone spectators.
 
 const MATCH_WORD = "[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]";
-const MATCH_NAME = new RegExp(`^${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}$`);
-const MATCH_ID = new RegExp(`^ow-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}$`);
+const MATCH_NAME = new RegExp(
+  `^(?:${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}|[a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})$`);
+const MATCH_ID = new RegExp(
+  `^ow-(?:${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}|[a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})$`);
 const PHASES = new Set(["select", "intro", "fight", "round", "match", "replay"]);
 const MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES = 8192;
 const MAX_VIEWERS = 64;
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ export function validateOskiewarLiveState(value) {
       typeof value.round.result !== "string" || value.round.result.length > 80)
     return "Invalid round";
   if (value.replayUrl !== undefined &&
-      !/^\/api\/oskiewar-replays\?id=ow-[a-z-]+$/.test(value.replayUrl))
+      !/^\/api\/oskiewar-replays\?id=ow-[a-z0-9-]+$/.test(value.replayUrl))
     return "Invalid replay URL";
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.test.mjs b/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.test.mjs
index 3bc9bb34d..0f2f7b5c8 100644
--- a/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.test.mjs
+++ b/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.test.mjs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ test("canonical match IDs accept the QR name or ow-prefixed ID", () => {
   const name = "bafegu-dorimi-kunapo";
   assert.equal(canonicalMatchId(name), `ow-${name}`);
   assert.equal(canonicalMatchId(`ow-${name}`), `ow-${name}`);
+  assert.equal(canonicalMatchId("sezzi7"), "ow-sezzi7");
+  assert.equal(canonicalMatchId("ow-shuppy652"), "ow-shuppy652");
   assert.equal(canonicalMatchId("short-name"), null);
 });
 
diff --git a/system/backend/tests/oskiewar-replays.test.mjs b/system/backend/tests/oskiewar-replays.test.mjs
index bf9568685..db6f66d55 100644
--- a/system/backend/tests/oskiewar-replays.test.mjs
+++ b/system/backend/tests/oskiewar-replays.test.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const demo = {
 
 test("accepts a bounded versioned demo stream", () => {
   assert.equal(validateDemo(demo), null);
+  assert.equal(validateDemo({ ...demo, matchName: "shuppy652",
+    matchId: "ow-shuppy652" }), null);
 });
 
 test("rejects unknown formats and malformed command streams", () => {
diff --git a/system/netlify/functions/oskiewar-replays.mjs b/system/netlify/functions/oskiewar-replays.mjs
index 7ea458434..2370cfde4 100644
--- a/system/netlify/functions/oskiewar-replays.mjs
+++ b/system/netlify/functions/oskiewar-replays.mjs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import { respond } from "../../backend/http.mjs";
 const COLLECTION = "oskiewar-replays";
 const MAX_BYTES = 524288;
 const MATCH_WORD = "[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]";
-const MATCH_NAME = new RegExp(`^${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}$`);
-const MATCH_ID = new RegExp(`^ow-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}$`);
+const MATCH_NAME = new RegExp(
+  `^(?:${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}|[a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})$`);
+const MATCH_ID = new RegExp(
+  `^ow-(?:${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}-${MATCH_WORD}|[a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})$`);
 
 const finite = (value, limit = 1000000000) =>
   Number.isFinite(value) && Math.abs(value) <= limit;
diff --git a/system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/oskiewar.mjs b/system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/oskiewar.mjs
index 1edfb16b8..976d58e47 100644
--- a/system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/oskiewar.mjs
+++ b/system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/oskiewar.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Opens the standalone OSKIEWAR game, live room, or replay suite.
 
 const WORD = "(?:[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]){3}";
-const ROUND_NAME = new RegExp(`^${WORD}-${WORD}-${WORD}$`);
+const ROUND_NAME = new RegExp(`^(?:${WORD}-${WORD}-${WORD}|[a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})$`);
 
 function target({ colon = [], params = [] } = {}) {
   const candidate = String(colon[0] || params[0] || "").toLowerCase()
diff --git a/system/tests/oskiewar-live-viewer.test.mjs b/system/tests/oskiewar-live-viewer.test.mjs
index 750296ccb..88ee4601b 100644
--- a/system/tests/oskiewar-live-viewer.test.mjs
+++ b/system/tests/oskiewar-live-viewer.test.mjs
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ test("a colon round opens the same raw room URL", () => {
   const name = "bafegu-dorimi-kunapo";
   assert.equal(target({ colon: [name] }), `https://oskiewar.com/${name}`);
   assert.equal(target({ params: [`ow-${name}`] }), `https://oskiewar.com/${name}`);
+  assert.equal(target({ colon: ["sezzi7"] }), "https://oskiewar.com/sezzi7");
+  assert.equal(target({ colon: ["shuppy652"] }), "https://oskiewar.com/shuppy652");
   assert.equal(target({ colon: ["not-a-round"] }), "https://oskiewar.com/");
 });
diff --git a/xbox/live/hello.js b/xbox/live/hello.js
index 23039d2e0..54d5adb92 100644
--- a/xbox/live/hello.js
+++ b/xbox/live/hello.js
@@ -261,17 +261,16 @@ let roundViewerDemo = null;
 let roundViewerDemoStartedAt = 0;
 
 function pronounceableMatchName() {
+  const onsets = ["b", "d", "f", "g", "k", "l", "m", "n", "p", "r",
+    "s", "t", "v", "z", "ch", "sh", "th"];
   const consonants = "bdfgklmnprstvz";
   const vowels = "aeiou";
-  const word = () => {
-    let result = "";
-    for (let index = 0; index < 6; index++) {
-      const alphabet = index % 2 === 0 ? consonants : vowels;
-      result += alphabet[Math.floor(Math.random() * alphabet.length)];
-    }
-    return result;
-  };
-  return word() + "-" + word() + "-" + word();
+  const onset = onsets[Math.floor(Math.random() * onsets.length)];
+  const vowel = vowels[Math.floor(Math.random() * vowels.length)];
+  const middle = consonants[Math.floor(Math.random() * consonants.length)];
+  const ending = (vowels + "y")[Math.floor(Math.random() * (vowels.length + 1))];
+  return onset + vowel + middle + middle + ending +
+    Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000);
 }
 
 function demoTick(now) {
diff --git a/xbox/live/round-room.mjs b/xbox/live/round-room.mjs
index 3686c8498..06ab51064 100644
--- a/xbox/live/round-room.mjs
+++ b/xbox/live/round-room.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Keeps live and stored-demo delivery outside the shared game/render engine.
 
 const WORD = "(?:[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]){3}";
-const ROUND_NAME = new RegExp(`^${WORD}-${WORD}-${WORD}$`);
+const ROUND_NAME = new RegExp(`^(?:${WORD}-${WORD}-${WORD}|[a-z]{4,7}[0-9]{1,3})$`);
 
 export function roundNameFromPath(pathname) {
   const name = String(pathname || "").replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "").toLowerCase();
diff --git a/xbox/live/tests/hello.test.mjs b/xbox/live/tests/hello.test.mjs
index 85af57fc7..3312a5194 100644
--- a/xbox/live/tests/hello.test.mjs
+++ b/xbox/live/tests/hello.test.mjs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ test("active matches publish bounded phone spectator snapshots", () => {
   tick(50000);
   assert.ok(liveFrames.length > 0);
   const [matchId, frame] = liveFrames.at(-1);
-  assert.match(matchId, /^ow-[a-z]{6}-[a-z]{6}-[a-z]{6}$/);
+  assert.match(matchId, /^ow-[a-z]{5,6}[0-9]{1,3}$/);
   assert.equal(frame.format, "ac.oskiewar.live");
   assert.equal(frame.fighters.length, 2);
   assert.ok(frame.camera.width >= 100);
@@ -713,8 +713,7 @@ test("first to five round wins takes the match", () => {
   assert.equal(demo.format, "ac.oskiedemo");
   assert.equal(demo.version, 1);
   assert.equal(demo.winner, "@JEFFREY");
-  assert.match(demo.matchName,
-    /^(?:[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]){3}-(?:[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]){3}-(?:[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]){3}$/);
+  assert.match(demo.matchName, /^[a-z]{5,6}[0-9]{1,3}$/);
   assert.equal(demo.matchId, "ow-" + demo.matchName);
   assert.equal(demo.roundId, demo.matchId);
   assert.equal(demo.roundIndex, 4);
diff --git a/xbox/live/tests/round-room.test.mjs b/xbox/live/tests/round-room.test.mjs
index d60624674..0be93c2af 100644
--- a/xbox/live/tests/round-room.test.mjs
+++ b/xbox/live/tests/round-room.test.mjs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class Socket {
 Socket.all = [];
 
 test("raw paths recognize only pronounceable round IDs", () => {
+  assert.equal(roundNameFromPath("/sezzi7"), "sezzi7");
+  assert.equal(roundNameFromPath("/shuppy652"), "shuppy652");
   assert.equal(roundNameFromPath("/bafegu-dorimi-kunapo"),
     "bafegu-dorimi-kunapo");
   assert.equal(roundNameFromPath("/bafegu-dorimi-kunapo/"),
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ test("raw paths recognize only pronounceable round IDs", () => {
 
 test("a live room changes its URL and socket when the next round arrives", async () => {
   const paths = [], messages = [];
-  const room = new RoundRoom("bafegu-dorimi-kunapo", {
+  const room = new RoundRoom("sezzi7", {
     WebSocketImpl: Socket,
     fetchImpl: async () => ({ ok: false }),
     historyImpl: { replaceState(_state, _title, path) { paths.push(path); } },
@@ -29,10 +31,10 @@ test("a live room changes its URL and socket when the next round arrives", async
   room.start((message) => messages.push(message));
   const first = Socket.all.at(-1);
   first.event("message", JSON.stringify({ type: "oskiewar:state", content: {
-    nextRoundId: "ow-fagori-buneta-kovisu",
+    nextRoundId: "ow-shuppy652",
   } }));
-  assert.deepEqual(paths, ["/fagori-buneta-kovisu"]);
-  assert.match(Socket.all.at(-1).url, /match=ow-fagori-buneta-kovisu$/);
+  assert.deepEqual(paths, ["/shuppy652"]);
+  assert.match(Socket.all.at(-1).url, /match=ow-shuppy652$/);
   assert.equal(messages.at(-1).type, "round");
   room.stop();
 });
diff --git a/xbox/native-bios/OskiewarLivePublisher.cpp b/xbox/native-bios/OskiewarLivePublisher.cpp
index 9428d6bb7..e59734353 100644
--- a/xbox/native-bios/OskiewarLivePublisher.cpp
+++ b/xbox/native-bios/OskiewarLivePublisher.cpp
@@ -21,12 +21,24 @@ std::wstring Wide(std::string_view value) {
 }
 
 bool ValidMatchId(std::string_view value) {
-  if (value.size() != 23 || value.substr(0, 3) != "ow-") return false;
-  for (std::size_t index = 3; index < value.size(); ++index) {
-    const auto c = value[index];
-    if (!((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '-')) return false;
+  if (value.substr(0, 3) != "ow-") return false;
+  // Legacy three-word IDs remain durable.
+  if (value.size() == 23) {
+    for (std::size_t index = 3; index < value.size(); ++index) {
+      const auto c = value[index];
+      if (!((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || c == '-')) return false;
+    }
+    return value[9] == '-' && value[16] == '-';
   }
-  return value[9] == '-' && value[16] == '-';
+  // New Meet-like IDs are one speakable stem plus one to three digits.
+  const auto name = value.substr(3);
+  std::size_t digit = 0;
+  while (digit < name.size() && name[digit] >= 'a' && name[digit] <= 'z') ++digit;
+  if (digit < 4 || digit > 7 || name.size() - digit < 1 ||
+      name.size() - digit > 3) return false;
+  for (; digit < name.size(); ++digit)
+    if (name[digit] < '0' || name[digit] > '9') return false;
+  return true;
 }
 
 }  // namespace