# Test your vocabulary for Free Rice **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189 "2007-10-27T03:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/41 "2007-10-27T17:28:01Z")
I was up to 48 at one point, but mostly hovered around 43. Why can I never think of these nifty words during Scrabble? Donated 1610 grains of rice. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/42 "2007-10-27T17:37:58Z")
I get up to level 43, slip to 41 or 40, then climb to 43 again. Damn, this is addictive. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/43 "2007-10-27T19:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] I get up to level 43, slip to 41 or 40, then climb to 43 again. Damn, this is addictive. [/QUOTE] This is exactly my level, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/44 "2007-10-27T19:41:26Z")
I always maintain that I need to try a little harder to keep up with you guys. I’m sitting at 33-37. Where can I find my dunce cap? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/45 "2007-10-27T19:42:29Z")
I donated about 2500 last night (can’t remember what number I left off at) and 2600 today. I tend to hover between 43 and 46, but have hit 47 a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/46 "2007-10-27T19:48:41Z")
Their vocab levels are weird - I’d get up to 48 or so but mostly around 44, but they’d bust out six words I’d never heard of and couldn’t even guess at, and in the middle is “scintillating” or “claymore” or something that I expect most educated people to recognize. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/47 "2007-10-27T20:26:21Z")
Those levels are very weird. I earned 1800 grains of rice, did not miss a word, and the highest the vocab level got was 47. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/48 "2007-10-27T20:32:19Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] Those levels are very weird. I earned 1800 grains of rice, did not miss a word, and the highest the vocab level got was 47. [/QUOTE] Oh, stop confabulisticulating. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/49 "2007-10-27T20:53:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Dr. Johnson: (places two manuscripts on the table, but picks up the top one) Here it is, sir: the very cornerstone of English scholarship. This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language. > > Prince George: Hmm. > > Blackadder: Every single one, sir? > > Dr. Johnson: (confidently) Every single word, sir! > > Blackadder: (to Prince) Oh, well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafibularities. > > Dr. Johnson: What? > > Blackadder: `Contrafibularites’, sir? It is a common word down our way… > > Dr. Johnson: Damn! (writes in the book) > > Blackadder: Oh, I’m sorry, sir. I’m anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation. .. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/50 "2007-10-27T21:01:42Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] Vocab level 48 - they used one of my favourite words “lobscouse” Oh yessssss. [/QUOTE] I knew that one but only because I fixed it once, from a recipe on the Galloping Gourmet TV show. This was fun. I stopped at about 2200, score ranged from 40-46. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/51 "2007-10-27T21:06:09Z")
Anyone else amused that their definition of “saturnalia” is “debauchery”? ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/52 "2007-10-27T21:14:40Z")
On the oddness of the definitions… as pointed out upthread, I think they are going with “most related to” rather than exact equivalence. According to the FAQ: > [@](#): > > FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place. > > There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48. I’m at 1270 grains, level 47 (just missed a couple, darn it). I’ve been bouncing between 46 and 50 for a while now, and have not seen any repeats in the stimulus word. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/53 "2007-10-27T21:41:10Z")
I eventually got up to 47 two or three times, but briefly and then back to my typical levels (~43); haven’t had the random luck of enough level-47 words coming up consecutively to get bumped into 48 or beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/54 "2007-10-27T21:44:43Z")
Anybody get this one? > [@](#): > > **cockloft** means: > > need > > relief > > womb > > garret :eek: It’s a trap for dirty minds. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/55 "2007-10-27T21:59:09Z")
I stopped at 600 grains, and I was around level 42-43. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/56 "2007-10-27T22:04:00Z")
4000 grains. Been a slow afternoon for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/57 "2007-10-27T22:43:21Z")
[QUOTE=Tamex] Anybody get this one? :eek: It’s a trap for dirty minds. [/QUOTE] Yeah, they got me with that one. That was a dirty trick. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/58 "2007-10-28T00:17:02Z")
I cant get above 46 😠 4000 grains and rising. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/59 "2007-10-28T00:58:34Z")
I was mostly at 48 and 49, though I hit 50 once or twice. Got to 2500 and bookmarked the page. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/60 "2007-10-28T04:49:01Z")
Quit at 2000. that’s enough rice for all of Bangladesh, I hope. I seemed to hover in the 42-46 range with an occasional foray into the 47/48 realm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189.md?page=4)