Free Rice (addicting!!!)

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

For every word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to end world hunger. Its doesn't sound like a lot, but I have earned 1000 grains so far. (Its very addicting)

Great fun Anna! This is the first time I have ever played something that made me smarter and helped people at the same time. ;) I just got up to over 500 in no time! ;)

That is fun!
I just donated 1000 grains of rice.

Thanks for posting :D

I donated 1500 grains of rice :D

WOW!!! That is addicting!! I just donated 2000 Grains of rice!:D

Donated 3000 grains of rice, got my vocabulary level up to 45!

Very, very addicting.

I try to do at least 1000 daily. The best I've done is a temporary score of 50, but usually cruise around 45. Do any of the rest of you purposely miss in the first 4 to start at a lower level? It cycles through a much larger set of words, and seems more fun to me...

I had seen this mentioned on the news the other day and forgot to write down the url.

I just donated 320 grains but will go back later now that I have the url.

Thanks so much for posting this. :D

Between hubby and I we have donated 6300 so far. He is working graveyard tonight so I will most likely get back on there and donate some more after he goes to work. :)

I always thought I was pretty good at picking out the correct word when given a choice, but as the words got harder, I had to get out my dictionary. The one I picked up was a *family edition* and some of the words weren't even in there. I don't retain what I learn very well, but now and then I'm thinking a word or two will seep into my dense brain. It's happened doing crossword puzzles, so I think this too may add to my humble store of knowledge.

Does anyone know how many grains of rice it would take to make a decent meal? I'd like to strive for that.

How interesting! Its nice to help people AND learn something :D

Thank you for posting, it's a great site and great fun. I just donated 1,000 grains and it didn't take long. I'm going to pass this on to the librarians at work, they will love it! As the words became harder, I needed to cheat and opened a tab with an online dictionary. That way, I could simply copy and paste the word in when I was really stumped. I don't mind cheating in a good cause.

Wow Anna, that is really fun! Some of the words I have not even heard of! :o What a great way to help out starving people!

I HAVE to stop visiting this site. I've been there three times this evening and donated 3,500 grains of rice. My poor cats, meanwhile, are starving for their evening meal.

I love it!! I used to have a vast vocabulary and "dumbed it down" a lot over the years because people thoughts I was talking down to them.... I love that I still remember a good number of words! :D (and those I don't remember I can guess correctly! LOL)