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BBC Spelling game
« on: August 04, 2011, 09:53:20 pm »
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/hardspell/starspell_game.shtml

Interested to see how people go. It's not overly difficult, although I did get tricked a couple of times. The design is pretty simple. and it's not at all complicated and only takes a few mins to finish :)

I ended up with 28 (not too great tbh), post your scores!



EDIT: lol, myabe 28 isn't so bad. My second try was a 22  :P
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 10:08:09 pm »
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Quote from: Rohitpi on August 04, 2011, 09:53:20 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/hardspell/starspell_game.shtml

Interested to see how people go. It's not overly difficult, although I did get tricked a couple of times. The design is pretty simple. and it's not at all complicated and only takes a few mins to finish :)

I ended up with 28 (not too great tbh), post your scores!

I got a 30. But, I correctly guessed a few of the answers to part 2 (dunno how I spelled some of them correctly! - where in doubt, just remove the double letters xD)
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2011, 10:08:44 pm »
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Took me a few attempts to get used to the rules. Anyway, scored 31.

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/8387/bbcspelling.jpg

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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2011, 10:34:38 pm »
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wondering why the hell i scored zero.  "which word is spelled correctly..."
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2011, 10:45:56 pm »
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31, the first section is incredibly annoying when it switches from incorrect to correct.
Too lazy to try it a second time
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2011, 10:47:23 pm »
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Quote from: tony3272 on August 04, 2011, 10:34:38 pm
wondering why the hell i scored zero.  "which word is spelled correctly..."

Haha I did this on the first few.
Got 33 when I read the question properly haha.
38 the third try.
Can't be bothered doing anymore. :P
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2011, 12:30:55 am »
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36 for my first try... good game
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2011, 08:02:16 pm »
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A 30.  My downfall:

1.  Magisterial
2.  Gelignite

Had no idea what the second word meant but I knew it was spelt wrong from process of elimination.  :P
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 07:38:02 pm »
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HAHAHA real good one.
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2011, 08:17:36 pm »
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35 first try.

That was fun :P
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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2011, 08:26:27 pm »
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43 for the first try! Nice game btw, and it doesn't exactly count towards procrastination because it's helping my English in some small way.....
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 08:27:50 pm »
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Wow, I'm pretty poor :(
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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2011, 09:28:16 pm »
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Got 29 the first time, 42 the second.

I still can't spell manouvre. Manoevre. Maneovre. dfghsdo0ufhgodifgdfg Manoeuvre. Manoeuvre. I managed to guess that it was spelt incorrectly, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to spell it when asked. =.=

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Re: BBC Spelling game
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2011, 10:47:45 pm »
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Addictive as hell, but as I get more tired my scores get lower!
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« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2011, 11:18:19 pm »
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33 lol
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