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Title: Knoword
Post by: Warrior_Monk on July 28, 2011, 07:16:21 PM: http://www.knoword.org/index.php (http://www.knoword.org/index.php)

I've only done it a few times, but I'm hooked.

For those that don't like to click on random links, it's a game which gives you a definition of a word and the first letter it starts with. You then guess the word. The clock counts down from 60 seconds, and each word you guess correctly gives you +5 seconds. You can skip a word if you can't get it.
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Professoralstad on July 28, 2011, 07:51:56 PM: Thanks a lot Andrew...thanks a lot...
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Bobbert on July 28, 2011, 11:28:53 PM: Very addicting. Only problem is, it repeats words in the same game. It gave me two "machete" within five of each other.

EDIT: Now it did two "Japan" in a row. :P On the plus side, i just got 105 words right in one game. ;D
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Prof Underwood on July 29, 2011, 11:46:24 AM: Quote from: Thomas Hunter on July 28, 2011, 11:28:53 PM
EDIT: Now it did two "Japan" in a row. :P On the plus side, i just got 105 words right in one game. ;D
Wow, that's impressive. I just got 44 words (890 points) on my 3rd try.
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Bobbert on July 29, 2011, 11:48:31 AM: Quote from: Prof Underwood on July 29, 2011, 11:46:24 AM
Quote from: Thomas Hunter on July 28, 2011, 11:28:53 PM
EDIT: Now it did two "Japan" in a row. :P On the plus side, i just got 105 words right in one game. ;D
Wow, that's impressive. I just got 44 words (890 points) on my 3rd try.

That many words, or that many in a streak? Part of the way I got so many was I used skip when I didn't know it - but that kills your streak.
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Prof Underwood on July 29, 2011, 01:09:30 PM: Played for a while, and got 233 words (out of 260) and 4595 points on my most recent game.

I can't seem to see where it keeps track of my streaks.
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Warrior_Monk on July 29, 2011, 01:14:06 PM: What mode are you playing on? Hard mode throws in some pretty crazy words.
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Prof Underwood on July 29, 2011, 01:22:35 PM: Quote from: Ring Wraith on July 29, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
What mode are you playing on? Hard mode throws in some pretty crazy words.
Interesting, I discovered that I was playing on Normal, British mode (no wonder I had to misspell "colourful" to get it counted right).

I just tried it on hard for the first time and there were some tough ones, for sure.
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Warrior_Monk on July 29, 2011, 01:49:04 PM: My cousin once had "schadenfreude" as a word. I didn't even know that was a word...
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: browarod on July 29, 2011, 10:55:08 PM: Schadenfreude, lol. I love that word.

I was up to like 3500 when I accidentally hit backspace too many times and went back a page. :'(
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: Minister Polarius on July 30, 2011, 12:10:45 AM: I stopped playing after it insisted Chanukah was spelled "Hanukkah."
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: browarod on July 30, 2011, 01:09:09 AM: I got to 8000 points and 454 seconds left and I just got bored so I quit. =/
Title: Re: Knoword
Post by: TimMierz on July 30, 2011, 02:16:53 AM: Yeah, at least the standard mode I played had way too many repeats and I ended up giving up after a 150+ streak and over 9500 points, 719 seconds left. Perhaps US Hard will be more fun.

EDIT: Yes, hard was much more enjoyable, and I stopped much much earlier.