<p>Fun for parents too! Donated 400 grains (4 bowls) reaching level 43. Around 39 you start encountering a lot of technical words that will never be on the SAT, IMO. </p>
<p>One easy but tricky word I encountered at level 42= acetic with the trap being something like "monk" and the correct answer being "vinegar-like".</p>
<p>This is getting too addicting, I have to stop. You've gotta get your parents and teachers hooked on this. Also I take it back- there are SAT words in there, some pretty common, in the early 40's. I couldn't go past 45 nor did I stay there long, fell down to my level, around 41-42. Apparently the highest you can go is 50, but few get past 48! </p>
<p>Check out the FAQ- the amount donated has been growing almost exponentially; millions of grains have been donated and the site has been around only since Oct 7th. </p>
<p>Thanks to OP for posting this link. Except I am NOT going back there. I have work to do and I don't need to take the SAT :-).</p>
<p>I got addicted to this a couple days ago. I probably got to 3000 grains of rice, and level 48. The creators are geniuses.</p>
<p>I didn't know rice was so addictive. I'm at 1,800 grains and level 46. I cannot show my son this site until he's on a school break!</p>
<p>I love how so many of the people on this thread are adults (me too: tutor). I hit level 50 last night but only for a few screens. :)</p>
<p>I agree that a lot of the words are not SAT vocab (usually technical words etc.), but some are! I saw "conflagration" at some level in the 40s; that's been on SATs. Also, it's a great chance to think about roots and prefixes and suffixes and how to figure out the meaning of words that you've never seen before. </p>
<p>I'm going to suggest that my students set <a href="http://www.freerice.com%5B/url%5D">www.freerice.com</a> as their home page for a while so that they keep going back. (You can usually do this in the Preferences menu of your browser.)</p>
<p>OP, thanks again for this source; I'm hooked!</p>
<p>Spread the word, you guys are feeding hungry people somewhere on the other side of the world.</p>
<p>39@500! This is way too much fun.</p>
<p>This is a great site. Some of the 45+ words are freakin hard though.. well, hard as in obscure, completely out of use, or trade-specific. Oh yeah, <a href="mailto:48@1320">48@1320</a>. But I have to admit I googled a word or two out of curiosity.. otherwise maybe 45.</p>
<p>43 after 500, then I realized I should work...:)</p>