Dan found this site the other day. The idea is that you go and play this vocabulary game and every time you get a question right, some rice is donated to the UN World Food Program. But we're not really playing for altruism. We're playing for bragging rights. Dan started playing this weekend and called me in to watch him. After I stood over his shoulder and laughed, hard, about the words he didn't know, he made me play, which I sat down to do secure in the knowledge that I was about to wipe the floor with him. But the interesting thing about the game is that it very quickly figures out your overall vocabulary level and starts asking questions that will challenge you. I have never heard some of the words it asked me about, and have therefore been learning lots of new words, which is great. If the site works the way these people say it does, it may be the only time that my interest in big words has helped end world hunger. Or do anything useful, for that matter.
For the record, my best level was 43, which means I seriously stomped on Dan's top score of 30, but I had to break a sweat to get there. If you get higher than that, feel free to come back here and brag. But if you do, you have to use one of your newly-learned words in a sentence.
Comments (5)
this is a wonderful site. now I'm not going to get anything done the rest of the day.
Posted by lucas newcomer | March 11, 2008 6:23 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 18:23
My highest score was 40. It's too bad you can't win boodle for playing. That's money. I learned it. (It sounds like the opposite, doesn' it?)
Posted by Katie | March 11, 2008 6:30 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 18:30
got to 46, but only for one word.
Posted by lucas newcomer | March 11, 2008 7:13 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 19:13
I made 43 also! I'll have to try that site again!
Posted by Aunt Emily | March 13, 2008 3:37 PM
Posted on March 13, 2008 15:37
Interesting! I used words from church (exegesis), Harry Potter (Basilisk), life in England (bollard), CS Lewis, and in case Miss Aste's reading, a healthy dose of my high school Latin. I abnegated after level 43!
And those pictures from your last monthly update were over-the-top cute! Wow!
Cheers -- Mike
Posted by Mike | March 28, 2008 4:49 PM
Posted on March 28, 2008 16:49