Comments on: Free Rice: The ultimate time waster for readers and authors alike

By: KristinaCook

KristinaCook — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:51:34 +0000

Oh, man, is this EVER addicting…up to level 45 and still going…..

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:33:20 +0000

Okay, I hit 50 and stopped because I need sleep or my brain won’t be at the full 10% for my presentation tomorrow.

By: Kay Webb Harrison

Kay Webb Harrison — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:01:05 +0000

ADDICTIVE is the word. I adore word games. I made it to 50. Does it go higher? There are also words from non-European languages. I know Spanish and can guess some French and Latin, but the Greek trips me up. Sometimes when you know a little about a lot of things, you can make lots of errors.

As someone pointed out, one of the ways to increas your score is to learn as you go along. However, if you spend too long at one sitting, you start to make mistakes.

Thanks for the link.

Kay

By: Keishon

Keishon — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:24:07 +0000

Very addictive. My family and I played for about 30 minutes and I had to go. I only got up to level 39 but I’ll continue to play – later. This was fun. I love word games.

By: ilona andrews

ilona andrews — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:43:19 +0000

Hee, played for 15 minutes, got stuck at 42 :)

By: Meriam

Meriam — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:21:52 +0000

Over an hour later… and I couldn’t get past 47. Damnit. And I have a headache, And my eyes are crossed.

By: LinM

LinM — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:15:36 +0000

Fortunately, the site has too many connections and I can’t continue. Definitely addictive. Did anyone pay any attention to the advertisers who are underwriting the rice donations? My maximum screen resolution is 800×600 and the ads are out of the visible area. I was trying to see the ads when I lost my connectivity – just curious about the sponsors.

By: Bob R

Bob R — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:21:13 +0000

Thanks Jane. Very addictive! Just tried once briefly, but got stuck at 42 max. You guys must be amazing at 49 or higher! But it’s fun because they have a way of making it so that guesses turn out well most of the time, so it makes me feel smarter than I am! ;-)

By: Jackie L.

Jackie L. — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:13:01 +0000

Sherry, fauteuil is armchair in French, very close. They have a lot of medical terms too which helps. Still can’t make it past 49, however!

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:30:18 +0000

Sara – I actually thought about the fact that generally, I learn more new words from historicals and then paranormals and lastly contemporaries.

I don’t know alot of contemporaries that are well known for their use of language.