FreeRice Word Definitions Game

[Something Else]

I think Les and JP could really do some good here: http://www.freerice.com/index.php
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FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people… everyone!

FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place.

There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48.

I'm hovering at around 31, but it's great fun and seems genuine :D

[Biggles]

I think Les and JP could really do some good here: http://www.freerice.com/index.php


FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people… everyone!

FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place.

There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48.

I'm hovering at around 31, but it's great fun and seems genuine :D

Still can't get past 45 but I have donated 1110 grains of rice. Some of those words are obscure. I know many but would never use them on a day to day basis.

[bigboab]

I reached 40-42.:)

[Something Else]

I haven't got anything over 33 yet...my miniscule memory of latin lessons has helped a weebit though.

[Sextent]

Still can't get past 45 but I have donated 1110 grains of rice. Some of those words are obscure. I know many but would never use them on a day to day basis.

That's good, couldn't get over 43 myself, 600 grains doned.

I'll probly have a look at that again, it seems like a good idea.

[bigboab]

I haven't got anything over 33 yet...my miniscule memory of latin lessons has helped a weebit though.

Thank goodness weebit was not one of them.:lol:

Sorry could not resist.:(

[Something Else]

:lol: np

I just thought. They're gonna be sick to death of rice after we're all done mastering this game :dabs:

[chalice]

41.

Some were total guesses.

Good game. Good game.

[Sextent]

41.

Some were total guesses.

Good game. Good game.

It's not really total guesses but, is it. You're probly recognizing parts of words or common roots.

[chalice]

41.

Some were total guesses.

Good game. Good game.

It's not really total guesses but, is it. You're probly recognizing parts of words or common roots.


Correct. Educated guesses would be more punctilious (whatever that means).

[Sextent]

It's awe that Latin you studied when you were a wean.

[Biggles]

After the umpteenth attempt at 45 I got two right and cheated to go to 46 - 46 was a piece of cake :unsure: but I think they are making words up by the time you get to 47 :blink:

Sans cheating I would say 44 was my comfortable limit. 1710 grains of rice now. A meal for someone.

[bigboab]

After the umpteenth attempt at 45 I got two right and cheated to go to 46 - 46 was a piece of cake :unsure: but I think they are making words up by the time you get to 47 :blink:

Sans cheating I would say 44 was my comfortable limit. 1710 grains of rice now. A meal for someone.

Some of them are repeated. I still got them wrong.:cry:

[Sextent]

46 was a piece of cake .

Slice :blink: that's pish easy for 46.

[Biggles]

First question on 47 was lucerne

a town in Switzerland was not an option. The answer was alfalfa

I thought a bottle of chianti was essential with those.

[Spider_dude]

40 is my highest so far, but i had a bad run and dropped down to 34, donated 170 grains of rice so far. i hit 40 after 4 questions.

[clocker]

level 49
670 grains of rice

Never heard of "clochard".

Lots of (semi) educated guesses to get that far...caught a few uniquely Shakespearean words along the way.

[Spider_dude]

it's the obvious looking ones which throw me.

[Something Else]

I made it to 42 but only for 10 seconds like. It was what alcoholics call 'a moment of clarity'.

[Gripper]

Lvl 43 was the highest,600 rice donates.

[Castronaut]

Pretty good idea this. Learnt that hoodlum means thug, I guess that's from Hooded top. :P


Managed level 34 with 1210. :)

[Mr JP Fugley]

Pretty good idea this. Learnt that hoodlum means thug, I guess that's from Hooded top. :P




:mellow:

[dinsdale]

This game is genius! Can't get passed 38!!!!

[Something Else]

Hoi disndale, don't be neglecting ur workz!

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[dinsdale]

Jesus, that guy gives me nightmares.......

[dinsdale]

Looks like something from a Cronenberg movie

[Something Else]

^ :glag:

Did you see the MILF of the day? :O

[Defy]

This is fun... 710 grains of rice and counting! :)

[dinsdale]

A guy in my office managed to get 46! Makes my brain hurt!

[Something Else]

Someone on clownpr0n got to 50! :O

[dinsdale]

50, jeez, he must have went to oxbridge university and studied theory.

[Something Else]

:glag:

[Barbarossa]

I got up to 42, but am now pissed off because apparently "enormity = wickedness" :blink:

[Skweeky]

I made it to 43..

Without cheating

And I'm proud of that cuz English is only my 3rd language

[Snee]

Howering around 38-42. My english is a bit rusty, I say.

1430 grains atm.

EDit: 3300 grains, and no beating 42. I'll try when I'm no so tired.

[Snee]

44 today :01:

[Snee]

Maybe this should be pinned like the mamblagram-link.

[Sextent]

Maybe this should be pinned like the mamblagram-link.

Bon idea.

P'raps a modulator could do a bit of housebaking on the stickies.

[CrabGirl]

Why havent I seen this before! 44 with a struggling rusty brain, 45 for one then it all went a bit pete tong.

[Something Else]

Thats pretty frikkin good crabgirl :D

[dinsdale]

One of the senior software developers in my office got to level 49! How many grains of rice in a single meal anyway?

[Imagine_If]

..I better not tell you my results..it will make you all jealous and I would end on all your ignore lists...

I said... I am not telling you! , http://www.mensap2p.com/Imagine_If /IMAG0003.gif

[Old Geezer]

While interesting at first, I quickly realized how little of an impact my question-answering was making.

29,000 grains in a pound means 1,812.5 grains per ounce which means 182 correct questions per ounce of rice. Assuming you can answer these questions correctly at a rate of one question for every two seconds, this means that you would spend 364 seconds, or just over 6 minutes, answering questions. Given that I can buy a box of rice for less than $5 at the local supermarket, I think it would be a better deal for me to just write a check for $5 to the United Nations World Food Program (where the "free riceHOW MANY GRAINS OF RICE IN A POUND? Stingy ass mothers. Don't see how this could help much.

According to Producer's Rice Mills, (http://www.producersrice.com/rice/facts.html (http://www.producersrice.com/rice/facts.html)), there are over 29,000 grains in a pound of long grain white rice.

You'd have slightly fewer for long grain brown, as each grain retains its bran layer. Short grain rice is 3-4 times shorter, so you'd have 3-4 times as many in a pound

[Something Else]

So just play it more :)

[dinsdale]

But what is more likely? You play the game some more, or you donate money? Your vocabulary also improves, and the game is fun. As yesterdays total was 212,660,970 grains, that equates to roughly 1,800 pounds of rice, assuming you get four times as many per pound. That is not bad for a daily sum generated by an online flash game. It will also attract revenue from people who would not think of donating to charity.

So there.

[Aaxel21]

Man I'm glad this isn't getting graded.

[Fibo]

40 not bad i guess.

Ill try it again.

[Aaxel21]

Got more rice.

[kittybewm]

There should be a freeramen game

[MsDraginGirl]

I got 42 steady. :smilie4:

[KFlint]

i'm stuck at level 22 :bag:

english isn't my first language however, so i guess it's not that bad

[Something Else]

i'm stuck at level 22 :bag:

english isn't my first language however, so i guess it's not that bad

That's a lot higher than most of the mods here would get. And English is their first language. :smilie4:

[KFlint]

i'm stuck at level 22 :bag:

english isn't my first language however, so i guess it's not that bad

That's a lot higher than most of the mods here would get. And English is their first language. :smilie4:

hahaha, thx for the support, i feel better now :01:

[Furonem]

I love this site. It's entertaining, improves your vocabulary, and, most importantly, is for a good cause.

[Ismegordo]

Hi there I got to 39 and due to the ups and downs of the games got to donate 2300 grains of rice, wow, What a game, I love it.
I will pass this site around to family and friends, its for a good cause,

Take Care All and I will be back to beat the level 40

Isme gordo ;)

[Aerozin]

got 22

[Quylui]

I've been doing this for a while. Nice to see that this is stickied here.

edit: Score: VOCAB LEVEL: 40
YOUR BEST LEVEL: 41

[Qlix]

FreeRice is a scam. There are enough proof that cover that. Search free rice + scam on google and read.

[Zimon]

only 21 lvl ;/

[Something Else]

FreeRice is a scam. There are enough proof that cover that. Search free rice + scam on google and read.

I did that. Then I actually read the links. Did you. :unsure:


No....you didn't... kthxbai. :snooty:

[Jamilla]

I made it to 43 without cheating.. nice huh..

[escuoop]

I think I have to cheat:cry:

[Snee]

FreeRice is a scam. There are enough proof that cover that. Search free rice + scam on google and read.

I did that. Then I actually read the links. Did you. :unsure:


No....you didn't... kthxbai. :snooty:

I checked the site/blog that, I think, originated the claim (the one that it is true, anyways, there's a bunch of them without real proof).

Turns out some guy decided it was a scam, and set out to prove it, ultimately having people use a bunch of clicking macros to donate the rice.

As evidence he cites numbers of successful clicks as given through browsers running macros, and then compares it to the amount of rice reported given by the site at the end of the month, or somesuch.

So he's cheating the site to prove it, and telling everyone the site is the scam.

He also claims that the owner of the site pockets the supposed revenues that didn't go into rice, although this can't proven.

He even has the WFP (World Food programme) commenting on his site/blog, saying they would very much like him to stop.


I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's more to do with a database issue, and that the number of simultaneous commands issued by the bots fuck up the amount of clicks submitted to the database.

At any rate that wee mythbuster there sounds like a massive cunt.

[chalice]

I did that. Then I actually read the links. Did you. :unsure:


No....you didn't... kthxbai. :snooty:

I checked the site/blog that, I think, originated the claim.

Turns out some guy decided it was a scam, and set out to prove it, ultimately having people use a bunch of clicking macros to donate the rice.

As evidence he cites numbers of successful clicks as given through browsers running macros, and then compares it to the amount of rice reported given by the site at the end of the month, or somesuch.

So he's cheating the site to prove it, and telling everyone the site is the scam.

He also claims that the owner of the site pockets the supposed revenues that didn't go into rice, although this can't proven.

He even has the WFP (World Food programme) commenting on his site/blog, saying they would very much like him to stop.


I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's more to do with a database issue, and that the number of simultaneous commands issued by the bots fuck up the amount of clicks submitted to the database.

At any rate that wee mythbuster there sounds like a massive cunt.

Fuck sake. What a load of bollocks that was then.

My missus was all into it yet sceptical as feck.

Still it was a good game and Bob Gandolf has got the job well in hand.

So no harm done.

Also, Benjamin, you are a cawk.

[Snee]

yeah ffs, benchelks, you're practically scamming by association.

Shame on you :dry:

[Something Else]

Maybe i'm actually eating all the rice. :sneaky:

[chalice]

Maybe i'm actually eating all the rice. :sneaky:

Ewe greedy basturd.

I'm gonna sacrifice a hamster to Satan every day until you furnish them poor Zulus with the rice you lured us all into donating with our orsum word retention.

Pics to follow, unless you pay up.

[brotherdoobie]

Did anyone bring soy sauce, ffs?


-bd

[Gina]

I'm glad this isn't getting graded.