April 19, 2008
A word game that feeds the hungry
Love word games? Want to help end hunger? Got a minute?
Well then surf on over to FreeRice.com.
Developed by a computer programmer as a means to help his child study for the SAT, FreeRice is an online vocabulary game with a mission.
Here’s how it works:
The site gives you a word and four multiple choice options for its definition. You click on the one you think is correct. For each one you get right, FreeRice donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program; the rice is paid for by the site’s advertisers.
It’s wonderfully addictive and I don’t even consider it a distraction from work because it helps me become a better writer – and perhaps more importantly, a better world citizen.
Check it out for yourself at www.freerice.com.
Filed by rebecca at 1:13 pm under For the love of words
LOVE free rice! Been playing that for a while now.
It IS addictive. I can’t look, lest my morning disappear completely! LOL