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Strengthen Your Vocabulary

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by airportkid, Nov 20, 2007.

  1. airportkid

    airportkid Will Fly For Food

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    Check out FreeRice.com

    The best I could manage was 46, generally running about 42-44 (50 is max), after several runs that totaled about 2500 grains.

    Clever site and idea. I think direct donations to the Red Cross and other charities probably give more bang for each minute of the time you invest, but if you're gonna twiddle your thumbs waiting for something else to finish, this is about as constructive and engaging a twiddle as I've seen.

    Mark Baird
    Alameda CA
     
    #1 airportkid, Nov 20, 2007
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    Damn you....do the words ever end?
     
    #2 efusco, Nov 20, 2007
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    That was fun and could get addicting! When I stopped, mine was at 43. Thanks for sharing. I'll probably be playing it at work now too.
     
    #3 AuntBee, Nov 22, 2007
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    I had like 2300 grains of rice and was at about 41 and had varied b/w 38 and 42 most of the time...seems like the words got easier the lower your score got and harder the higher it go...maybe my imagination though.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Nov 21 2007, 10:05 PM) [snapback]542817[/snapback]</div>
    Not your imagination at all - the "score" is your "level" at any given moment, with 50 the maximum level. I was able to just touch 48 before dropping back to about 45; I can sustain about 44, although I'm still reasoning out what most of the words mean because 90% of them I rarely or never encounter, but there's enough in the root syllables or suffixes or prefixes to narrow it down to the correct definition. This sort of game is where 3 years of high school Latin finally pays off in recognizing roots. I'm at about 4000 grains over multiple sessions - you'd think at that quantity they'd throw in some shrimp or chicken now and then :p

    MB
     
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    35 - 39, not so clever but it is 1.00AM, yeah I know that just an excuse.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Nov 22 2007, 05:39 AM) [snapback]542859[/snapback]</div>
    No kidding. I was camped out on 45 for a while. It could have easily been
    40 if I didn't speak Spanish.

    I was also helped out by an affinity for British Lit, too. Some of those words
    are way out there.
     
    #7 patrickindallas, Nov 24, 2007
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    Man, my head hurts. It's too late at night for this.

    I got up to 41 but stopped at 320 grains of rice. How can you guys go for that long?
     
    #8 Godiva, Nov 24, 2007
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    I hit 46, but at 45 I was just guessing, based on whether a word looked like it should be a verb or a noun, etc. Generally at 44 I was getting most of them right, but only once got enough 45s right to make it to 46. I was a bit shy of 400 grains when I got tired of it. How many grains of rice make a meal? I'm too lazy to count how many are in a cup.
     
    #9 daniel, Nov 24, 2007
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    I love playing Boggle on the computer, but this is even better and SO much easier. Yes, if you know Latin, you can generally use the prefixes, suffixes, and root words to figure out the meaning. I use to proof read, so this was right up my alley!
     
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    Okay, in 600 grains of rice, I made it to 42 consistently.

    I think I've found a new addiction. Thank you SO MUCH. *sigh*
     
    #11 Rae Vynn, Jan 15, 2008
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    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    very cool... i bounced from 35 to a high of 41.... but donated 6000 grains...
     
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    I made it up to 45... but that was tough!
     
    #13 Rae Vynn, Jan 16, 2008
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    The highest I've gotten it so far is 47, but didn't maintain it for long. It's fun though.
     
    #14 AuntBee, Jan 16, 2008
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