I was over 1000 grains when I got bored. There seems to be no penalty for getting anything wrong, and I take issue with some of the definitions.

Your vocab level goes down for getting a word wrong.

I had already been doing this for months, but I am glad it got on Fark. Hopefully a lot more people start playing/donating.

eclypsyr: Your vocab level goes down for getting a word wrong.

Really? I didn't notice. It seemed to keep going up. I think I only missed three or four. And what does the "level" mean, anyway? There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the selection/difficulty of the words.

You missed 3 or 4!! OMG I am sooo much better than you

/JUST KIDDING!!!!
//no I'm not

My favorite game lately! Farkers challenge: beat my 48

The first few you answer are designed to set your vocabulary level. They're all over the place in terms of difficulty.

From there, you answer questions and for every three you get wrong, you drop a level.

For each word you get wrong, does a can of beer get donated to a needy fraternity?

Pocket Ninja:
Really? I didn't notice. It seemed to keep going up. I think I only missed three or four. And what does the "level" mean, anyway? There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the selection/difficulty of the words.

Read the FAQs. Difficulty of words is based on number of times wrong answer is given.

ExJerseyGirl:

Read the FAQs. Difficulty of words is based on number of times wrong answer is given.

Boy, that made little to no sense.

Here:

"The program keeps track of how many people get each word right or wrong, and then adjusts each word's difficulty level accordingly. So the words at the easiest levels are the ones that people most often get right. The words at the hardest levels are the ones that people most often get wrong."

anthropophagus = cannibal

ok, that one I gotta find a way to use.

This is fun.

Wow im at 1120, im surprised I know as many words as i do. Well kinda anyway, used to win spelling bees and all that as a kid. My girlfriend on the other hand, complains about people using "big" words lol. Always asks me what something means.

Strauuman: My favorite game lately! Farkers challenge: beat my 48

Ok. I hit 50.
haven't played much recently, but i see they have added levels, so i guess it is time to go back.
BA

meh, 1400 and done.

balancing act:

Ok. I hit 50.
haven't played much recently, but i see they have added levels, so i guess it is time to go back.
BA

I am impressed. But if you play a lot it does get easier, because you learn the harder level words. I usually average around 46.

oddly, I was in Ralph Lauren the other day (buying present for fussy friend, not a regular stop for me)and one of the sales people was talking about this site. Seemed an unusual choice of conversation in the overpriced yuppie store.

I topped out at 40. Not bad for a guy with little formal collegiate level edumacationism

After 2500 grains, my eyes crossed. Does anyone know if it ever ends?

I had a perfect score until I hit the word "lade." Apparently I fail at every incarnation of the word.

VOCAB LEVEL: 27
YOUR BEST LEVEL: 37


so far

I failed at "catholicity". For some reason I was looking for the word "religiosity" in the answers.

How is it that simply playing a free word game results in real-world food donations? If the World Food Programme has the resources to donate the food, why do they require us to play these little games before they'll feed the hungry? That seems a little macabre.

In truth, the word game does nothing; the WFP already donates huge amounts of rice (and other stuff) every day. They also rely on monetary donations, just like every other charity group in existence. So, while it may feel good to think you're feeding the hungry BY THE POWAH OV YOUW MIIIIND... it's not real.

If you want to really help people, make a donation to the World Food Programme.

Pocket Ninja: I was over 1000 grains when I got bored. There seems to be no penalty for getting anything wrong,

...because it's a food donation scheme. Imagine if they took 10 grains of rice AWAY from a starting population for each word you got wrong.

=Smidge=

daffy: After 2500 grains, my eyes crossed. Does anyone know if it ever ends?

It ends when there are no more starving people in the world :-)


or maybe :-( ?

Pocket Ninja: There seems to be no penalty for getting anything wrong, and I take issue with some of the definitions.

See, the penalty is it pisses you off.

I played up to 300 grains of rice, missed only 1, and intentionally stopped at 42 just because, you know...

I've always been good at multiple guess, and wouldn't have known what many of these words mean. In many cases I correctly paired two words, neither of which I really would feel confident using in a sentence, because I saw some correspondence in the latinate roots.

Kinda makes you wonder about entrusting the destiny of college-bound students to standardized testing...

Smidge204: Pocket Ninja: I was over 1000 grains when I got bored. There seems to be no penalty for getting anything wrong,

...because it's a food donation scheme. Imagine if they took 10 grains of rice AWAY from a starving population for each word you got wrong.

=Smidge=

/sorry, pet peeve

Yay 960 grains! This is fun.

/I'm dumber than I thought
//frown
///eating a bowl of rice right now

oddly, I was in Ralph Lauren the other day (buying present for fussy friend, not a regular stop for me)and one of the sales people was talking about this site. Seemed an unusual choice of conversation in the overpriced yuppie store.

It makes people feel better, like giving something back for the hundreds of years of exploitation that still go on today.. anything to help overcome the white man guilt..

Wulfhardt: How is it that simply playing a free word game results in real-world food donations?


The advertisers agree to pay based on numbers of grains of rice "earned" through people playing the game.

4740 grains. I have no life.

/and I'm smrt! S-M-R-T!!!

So, is this the thread where we brag about our vocabularies?

FTFG:
CORRECT!
bung = stopper

If you're a straight dude, you're doing it wrong...

/my bung is exit only

Wulfhardt: How is it that simply playing a free word game results in real-world food donations? If the World Food Programme has the resources to donate the food, why do they require us to play these little games before they'll feed the hungry? That seems a little macabre.

In truth, the word game does nothing; the WFP already donates huge amounts of rice (and other stuff) every day. They also rely on monetary donations, just like every other charity group in existence. So, while it may feel good to think you're feeding the hungry BY THE POWAH OV YOUW MIIIIND... it's not real.

If you want to really help people, make a donation to the World Food Programme.

THANKS FOR DASHING MY HOPES!

/Now I'm sobbing.
//Thanks, Wulf. Thanks a lot. Next you'll be telling me Santa and the tooth fairy aren't real?

I was going to play until I found out they give the rice away to someone who could never beat me at this game. No rice for you!!

Wulfhardt: How is it that simply playing a free word game results in real-world food donations?

There is an ad at the bottom of the screen.
If you guess right, they give the ad revenue to charity, if you guess wrong, the ad revenue goes towards maintenance of the site.

Ta-daa!

ExJerseyGirl: The advertisers agree to pay based on numbers of grains of rice "earned" through people playing the game.

Are you sure? I didn't see any mention of this on the site.

How long before I get my thank you card from the hungry African kid? "Hey, rice doesn't just grow on trees you know. I had to WORK for those 600 grains! How 'bout a little appreciation!?"

Continued progression became increasingly arduous approaching level 40. Word match tough make past here.

Donateing rice is a waster of time? assmiter

Wulfhardt: E

Are you sure? I didn't see any mention of this on the site.

From the FAQ:

Who pays for the donated rice?

The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen. This is regular advertising for these companies, but it is also something more. Through their advertising at FreeRice, these companies support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We commend these companies for their participation at FreeRice.

tintinnabulation = ringing
Will use tomorrow

ComicBookGuy
So, is this the thread where we brag about our vocabularies?

How obtuse...

/wait for it

I got as far as 1220 grains and the word was Looper. All I could think of was Carl Spackler.

"So I jump ship in Tibet..."

ExJerseyGirl:
Ah, okay. Thanks for pointing it out. Now I know it really ISN'T a waste of time. :D

Killerclaw: Donateing rice is a waster of time? assmiter

Apparently the vocabulary section is a aste of time for you.

EsteeFlwrPot
///eating a bowl of rice right now

You greedy bastard!
/takes swig of beer

ArtemisGoldfish: THANKS FOR DASHING MY HOPES!

It's what I do.
Santa and the Tooth Fairy are real. They even live together. But Santa prefers to go by "SantaBear" and the other guy just goes by "Fairy." And their flat is actually in Soho, not the North Pole. That pole reference actually goes back to something else entirely.