# Play word games for charity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113 "2009-06-26T22:22:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113/1 "2009-06-26T22:22:10Z")

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Mods: I wasn’t sure whether to put this here or in MPSIMS; if anyone feels it’s in the wrong place, feel free to move.

[charitii.com](http://charitii.com) is a sponsor-based website where you solve word puzzles for charity. I’ve been playing [freerice.com](http://freerice.com) for a couple of years now, but I like charitii even better, and here’s why: they have _four_ charities they work with, and you get to pick which one you’re playing for. For each crossword-style clue you solve you can either: donate 10oz of drinking water, donate 10 grains of wheat, donate 10 minutes of education for a child, or save 10 square inches of rain forest.

I read about this website in a magazine, and wanted to spread the word. It’s fun, and you can feel good about playing! 😉

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113/2 "2009-06-27T04:07:52Z")

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Cool!!!

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113/3 "2009-06-27T13:40:22Z")

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> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#):
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> Cool!!!

Cool, indeed. This thread has a lot more views than replies. I can only hope the people who’ve seen it are over there playing instead of over here responding! 🆒

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113/4 "2009-06-27T22:56:03Z")

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Heh. 180 minutes of education in about 5 minutes of my time.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-word-games-for-charity/501113/5 "2009-06-27T23:13:10Z")

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> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#):
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> Heh. 180 minutes of education in about 5 minutes of my time.

Rocks, don’t it? 🆒