Free as in rice

[spudtater]

http://www.freerice.com/

Wouldn't want to speculate on how effective it is in actually getting rice to hungry people, but am totally hooked on the vocabulary challenge. Also makes me realise that about half these words I only know because I've seem them in one fantasy novel or another. Funny where things come in handy...

Comments

[brucec.livejournal.com]

That is very addictive. Something I find slightly worrying is that my instinct on many words was right, yet I don't know how I would know them! I'm currently sliding between levels 36 and 39 as I try and get past 40 :)

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd noticed that too. There are lots of patterns in the English language that I think you pick up on subconciously. For example, whether it is latinate, greek, anglo-saxon, etc. tells you quite a bit about what sort of word it is.

[nicholaw.livejournal.com]

Intuition often seems to be correct for unfamiliar words. I shot up to 47 to start with, but never quite regained that again.

Must stop now, I really don't have time...

[markadm.livejournal.com]

Wopnderful! Thank you!