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How clever are you - word game

Post by sluffy » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:13 pm

This might take our minds off Bolton's relegation struggle for five minutes or so - and when we do return to discussing our misfortunes we will be able to use a better vocabulary that we have gained whilst playing the game!

The game also as the added benefit of donating food to the world's needy! (see the frequently asked questions on the site for full explanation) - so have a try even if you don't think you will be any good!

I got up to level 40 -

How did you do?

Have fun -

www.freerice.com

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Post by warthog » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:20 pm

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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:43 pm

Up to 42 is the best I can do, and then there's always a really obscure non-latinate one that crops up.
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:58 pm

43
Prufrock wrote: Like money hasn't always talked. You might not like it, or disagree, but it's the truth. It's a basic incentive, people always have, and always will want what's best for themselves and their families
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Post by sluffy » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:14 am

42 - but I can't stay there for long.
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Post by Worthy4England » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:58 am

44 for a few twice last night...

Can't get past 41 this morning :-) maybe I'm a night person....
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:10 am

45

Though I think that's partly because the odd tough one has been repeated from other attempts.
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Post by David Lee's Hair » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:45 am

warthog wrote:140

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B'jesus man!!

I was happy with my 44 with some very lucky guesses!!
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:49 am

It only goes up to level 50, so I think Warthog may have misinterpreted the scoring system....
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Post by warthog » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:54 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:It only goes up to level 50, so I think Warthog may have misinterpreted the scoring system....
Yes I did. Smart arse. I got 44, although you can get more by cheating.
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:00 pm

warthog wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:It only goes up to level 50, so I think Warthog may have misinterpreted the scoring system....
Yes I did. Smart arse. I got 44, although you can get more by cheating.
Just trying to be helpful. :D




Anyway, has anybody else notcied that a few of their 'synonyms' are seriously questionable!
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Post by Worthy4England » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:05 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
warthog wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:It only goes up to level 50, so I think Warthog may have misinterpreted the scoring system....
Yes I did. Smart arse. I got 44, although you can get more by cheating.
Just trying to be helpful. :D




Anyway, has anybody else notcied that a few of their 'synonyms' are seriously questionable!
Yes I had noticed that quite a few were questionable - but hey it's only a game :-)
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:22 pm

I'm not sure I fully understand the scoring. I got up to level 48 but got two wrong and went down to 47. I donated 600 grains of rice and got bored and stopped (also the words were getting so I had to deduce half of them and guess another quarter). Does it ever stop?
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Post by blurred » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:26 pm

If you get 3 words correct in a row you go up a level. Every time you get one wrong you drop a level (I think). It's all in the FAQ anyway, read it a few weeks ago when I first saw this site.
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:34 pm

Monty, would you say that as a North American you have an advantage? I think some of them might be American obscurities.
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:49 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Monty, would you say that as a North American you have an advantage? I think some of them might be American obscurities.
I think its more to do with being 1000 years old and having a dictionary obsession.

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Post by Worthy4England » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:54 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Monty, would you say that as a North American you have an advantage? I think some of them might be American obscurities.
I think its more to do with being 1000 years old and having a dictionary obsession.

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not sure - Hoosegow isn't in popular use in Lostock - last time I looked....
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Post by Zulus Thousand of em » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:01 pm

46 here - and then I landed on my arse with a word that meant "net-like". :(
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Post by enfieldwhite » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:13 pm

46, but no further. :(

Try again tomorrow. :D
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Post by TANGODANCER » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:10 pm

Got 1420 grains of rice....whatever that means?
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