# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/61 "2007-10-28T06:59:27Z")
I’m currently at 2200 grains of rice, level 46. I’ve been bouncing between level 44 and 49. I got to 49 when they kept throwing 19th century costuming terms at me. Ha ha ha, they didn’t even know who they were dealing with. I would like to inform everyone that “dolce” means “sweetly,” not “gently” as the quizmakers would like us to believe. I would also like to nominate “puissant” and “pulchritude” as the words that sound least like their meanings. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/62 "2007-10-28T07:35:00Z")
In case anyone is curious, when you donate 10,000 grains of rice, it gives you a message like Wow, you’ve donated 10000 grains of rice. Thanks-- or something like that. I should have posted it when I saw it, but it slipped my mind. I left the window open, and have been bopping back and forth, so if I make it to 20000 I’ll let you know. Why yes, I have been feeling too sick to go outside recently. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/63 "2007-10-29T16:27:29Z")
I knew this was the right group for this website. I’ve also found out that it can be fun to play it in pairs or groups. You get interesting cross-talk. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/64 "2007-10-29T19:28:21Z")
I’ve missed ten words so far, but scored 620 points. I’m currently at Level 46 after getting as high as #47. For those times when the **SDMB** hamsters are taking forever to send you from one page to another, this is a good site to have in a secondary window! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/65 "2007-10-29T19:30:42Z")
Only level 43 (I did get up to level 50), but I donated 1900 grains of rice, so I feel pretty good about myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/66 "2007-10-29T19:50:39Z")
Stopped at 1000 grains, level ranged from 38 to 40. I liked it! Some of the words I didn’t know I could guess at, though. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/67 "2008-06-25T01:12:44Z")
An educational zombie. . . a relative sent me to the link again today, and I got to 52, so I know it doesn’t do anything different at 50. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/68 "2008-06-25T09:28:52Z")
It said my highest level was 52, but I didn’t see that happen. I kept forgetting to look at the level while I was playing. Mostly I hovered between 47 and 50, with a fairly good number of, “Where have I seen that?” words. ---
**Author:** ![DangleYourModifier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@DangleYourModifier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DangleYourModifier)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/69 "2008-06-25T11:36:32Z")
If you listen to the pronunciation and try to identify the root of the word you can guess a few without knowing the word. It does seem a curious mix though - some were pretty easy and seem to occur frequently in books I’ve read and others were totally obscure. 3020 grains of rice, touched level 50 once but hovered around 45. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/70 "2008-06-25T11:55:35Z")
[QUOTE=DangleYourModifier] If you listen to the pronunciation and try to identify the root of the word you can guess a few without knowing the word. [/QUOTE] Heh. I almost don’t know any of the words. (English is a second language for me.) But I can still guess them around level 41 like this. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/71 "2008-06-25T22:16:27Z")
Lignify - make woody. I’m-a tryin’ that one out on the missus tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/72 "2008-06-26T13:18:28Z")
11600 grains of rice. I got way too caught up in that. 🙂 Average was 45, highest was 49, so it seems I’m in the Average Doper Range. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189/73 "2008-06-26T13:31:08Z")
I couldn’t resist; I went back and got to 51. I don’t see me getting that lucky again (it was a really good run of words) and I’m way overdue to get some sleep, so I’m calling it a night and going to bed! 13,020 grains of rice. Probably the most useful thing I’ve done today. (It was not a good day, really.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-vocabulary-for-free-rice/424189.md?page=3)