Cos GB told me to . . .

[hectormac]

How to get an ego massage and do some good, too:

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

I got to 1110 grains and was stuck at 46, having fallen back from a goodly 50. Then I got bored. For shame!

Comments

[spellwight]

Yeah, I hovered somewhere around 39-42 myself and donated 500 grains of rice. I'm a little intoxicated and will try again later.

[hectormac]

Oh, and Debs? Strongbow? Pernicious stuff. Slides down s-o-o-o easily. Then comes back and beats you over the head with a club. Hic. Burp.

[julietvalcouer]

3080, they start to repeat after a while, and I think I maxed at 47, though I'm doing this with a migraine and started to glaze over. Must try again later. Some good words there...

[hectormac]

Yes, quite challenging - brain food on teh intahnet! What next?

Quite a few answers were frankly guesswork, but Latin, Greek and French at school did help to work out several. Others were a process of elimination. I think I'll do this on a daily basis.

[chesneycat]

Meh... not got past level 46 yet, and I've made a lot of stupid mistakes.

Must try harder!

[chesneycat]

Woot! 48!

[hectormac]

Today - Quit at 1170 and rating of 47. CANNOT get past 50. Most frustrating. Or is it the max? Memo to self - must check FAQ. And, yes, starting to get repeats, which must skew the results.

Biology Higher (roughly comparable to the English A Level) at school helped in what now seems to be a fair number of botany and zoology terms.

But . . . but . . . some of the words offer options, all of which are plain wrong. F'r'instance:
elide - not ennoble, brag, adorn, or suppress. I went to the dictionary just to check there wasn't some esoteric variation. Nope. Same with sententious. What gives?

[snowcalla]

went back and forth between 49 and 50...didn't get past 50. No clue if it maxs out or if I just can't get past it.

My son was able to scored between 38 and 40 pretty consistantly. Good for him...he's 16. *Proud momma*