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Try this . It's fun, and everybody wins.
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Allright Penny,here's my report: it's almost midnight. I did 700 grains for you. Tomorrow I'll take some rice, count each grain up to 700 (  ) and will describe you how that looks. 3 missers, level 27, whatever that means.It was fun.
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I did 2400 grains and had a ball. Thanks. I will add this site to favorites and pass on to all 2 of my friends.
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its a great site isn't it? i've shared it with several of my knitting BB's,
Last week (no make that the week before thanksgiving week) there was a blurb and link about the site on the Evening news with katie couric.. (her kids are word nerds.. once, when she was a guest on the Tonight show, she mentioned one of her kids learned the word, callipygian, a word i first learned here (from tsumw))
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its a great site isn't it? i've shared it with several of my knitting BB's,
Last week (no make that the week before thanksgiving week) there was a blurb and link about the site on the Evening news with katie couric.. (her kids are word nerds.. once, when she was a guest on the Tonight show, she mentioned one of her kids learned the word, callipygian, a word i first learned here (from tsumw)) well, knit one purl two. Looks like 6 degrees of separation is alive and knitting. This site test really stimulates the intuitive gland. I'm gonna send a 25 lb. bag of rice and keep playing 
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3 missers, level 27, whatever that means If you click on "more" at the bottom of the Freerice screen, it takes you to the FAQ, which explains interesting things, such as sponsorship and what the levels mean. I like these folks.
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it's especially fun to do with friends, all standing around debating the words. on T-day, we got to level 49!
formerly known as etaoin...
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Cool link. I am proud to say that I have reached 49 at one point so far, but I tend to hover around 46-47.
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"it's especially fun to do with friends, all standing around debating the words. on T-day, we got to level 49! "
I learned about it from a colleague the day before Thanksgiving and got to level 45 in about 15 minutes. I then passed the URL on to my spawn who each got a kick from it. Usually we play pictionary, but maybe this xmas we'll do that and intersperse it with some freerice. Good idea.
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"There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48."
"FreeRice can now remember your vocabulary level and totals for each time you play. See Options."
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