Those that occur in general colloquy and texts.
Click to open
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
Word #1NA:
BR:
Word #2NA:
BR:
Word #3NA:
BR:
Those that usually occur in more formal settings.
Click to open
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
Word #4NA:
BR:
Word #5NA:
BR:
Word #6NA:
BR:
Those that are generally never used colloquially or informally.
Click to open
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
Word #7NA:
BR:
Word #8NA:
BR:
Word #9NA:
BR:
Those that can be considered academic or literary.
Click to open
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
Word #10NA:
BR:
Word #11NA:
BR:
Word #12NA:
BR:
Those that are academic, literary, or archaic.
Click to open
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
NA:
BR:
Word #13NA:
BR:
Word #14NA:
BR:
Word #15NA:
BR:
A total of 10 responses have been made, and Kobold destroyed everyone else by a huge margin, with Farfocele not participating. I’ve changed the calculations a bit to make it more fair for incorrect guesses, more details later.
Here is the full leaderboard:
Kobold84 - 105.07 pts - 1st
Blushing - 89.40 pts - 2nd
lenpai - 80.20 pts - 3rd
Dementedduck - 72.16 pts - 4th
Karmine - 65.32 pts - 5th
abraker - 56.47 pts - 6th
nominomu - 52.71 pts - 7th
Manishh - 49.16 pts - 8th
Nuuskamiikkunen - 44.25 pts - 9th
Corne2Plum3 - 32.77 pts - 10th
The full spreadsheet:
Answers:
#1 - Avail
#2 - Chivalry
#3 - Bough
#4 - Tryst
#5 - Fiend
#6 - Sward
#7 - Harangue
#8 - Mores
#9 - Flue
#10 - Littoral
#11 - Strait-laced
#12 - Peregrinate
#13 - Rheumy
#14 - Maquillage
#15 - Hircine
List of currently unspent tokens (in fractions)
Kobold84 - 11/6
Farfocele - 5/6
Blushing - 2/3
Dementedduck - 7/12
lenpai - 1/3
Karmine - 1/6
abraker - 1/12
nominomu - 1/24
Manishh - 1/24
Nuuskamiikkunen - 1/36
Corne2Plum3 - 1/36
Farfocele - 5/6
Blushing - 2/3
Dementedduck - 7/12
lenpai - 1/3
Karmine - 1/6
abraker - 1/12
nominomu - 1/24
Manishh - 1/24
Nuuskamiikkunen - 1/36
Corne2Plum3 - 1/36
Information (Skim through if you haven't)
How to Play
A lot of you have probably viewed the Week 1 thread, but just as a refresher and to make some changes, here it is again.
From Week 2 forth, 15 words will be provided with their respective audios, each containing an example sentence. The audio will be read by either a General American Male TTS, or a British Female TTS.
Players then guess how each word is spelled and submit them in a Google Form. A few extra instructions are included there as well. If you guess incorrectly, I then manually check your guess and calculate your guess accuracy syllable-by-syllable. More information on that in §Scoring.
After every week has passed, the form will close at around Friday 4PM GMT, and the scores will be tallied up in a spreadsheet, where the winners are determined.
A new week starts at around Saturday 4AM GMT.
Please don’t discuss your answers with people who haven’t guessed, or in public. Don’t post your answers here either. Please don’t deliberately try to cheat, in ways such as Googling, speech to text, etc. It makes it unfair for other people, and highly against the spirit of the challenge, or anything in that matter.
Prizes
The top users of each round will receive some amount of tokens.
1st - 1 token.
2nd - 2/3 tokens.
3rd - 1/3 tokens.
4th - 1/4 tokens.
5th - 1/6 tokens.
6th - 1/12 tokens.
7th&8th - 1/24 tokens.
9th&10th - 1/36 tokens.
>10th - 1/216 tokens.
Tokens can be redeemed for supporter tags, or a bunch of other random useless stuff. You can also gift other people tokens by DMing or posting below. Listed below. Post what else you’d like to see!
Supporter tag - 1 token per USD.
Random GFX on your pfp (See Corne’s avatar to get an idea), PSD file included - 1 token.
Handwritten original haiku - 1/2 tokens.
Force me to do Touhou metadata - 1/3 tokens.
Burn your tokens - Any tokens.
F̷̡̧̧̧̨̛̮̹̣̪̬̝̭̜̱̗̟͚͈̹̣̗̝͚̹̪̭̺̫̅́̂̀̽̈́̔̍͗́͌̈́̈́͛̋̕̕͝͝͝͠͝E̷̛̮̜̫̮̳̠̝̻͈̬̥͇͎̳̬̩͔̘͔̖̝̫̺̺͍̰͆̓̒͑͗͊̅̃͑̂́͂͊̏́̑́̈́́̽́̈̏͛́̾̉͋̚͝͝E̶͕͎̣͕̣͙̱̼͕̟̟͕͚͈͌̏̈́̄̓͂͑̾͛͛̌͐̄̓͐̅͌͝Ḑ̵̢̧̮̻̜̬̯̤͕͉̭̻͔̗̤͙̼͇̘̤̩͖͉͙̝̜̻͂͒̓̃̒̑͛̾̎͆̏̀͗̂̓̀ ̵̢̧̨̧̡̢̨̲̮̖̖̙͕̝͖̹͕̭͇̟̫̹̱͖͔̤̹̜̣̝̩̳̰͚̝̩̹̙̣̤̈́͑̏̈́͑̾̋̉̆̑̃́̊̒͒̈̆̀̋̋̽̐͆̓͋͆͊̔̃̓̑̚̚͘͘̚͘͜͜͝͠͝͝͠ͅT̷̡̨̨̛͙̮̙̫̻̮̙̰̝̣̖̭͓̺͇͔̹͉̗͙̭̖͎̗̩̼̲̻͖̬̔̄̈̔̀͒̋̈͂̄̈́͋͊̓͆͗̓̿̋͑͂͗́͐̂̑̽͜͜͜͝͝͠ͅH̷̛̬͇̉͂̋̈́̀̅̄͒͑͛̏͌̍͛̃͒̃̇̋͛̏̑̽́́̅͘̚͠͝Ȩ̸̡̨̧̧̢̨̬͎͇̖̤̘͇̭̝̲̳̲̮̜̝̫̙͚̦̙͕̮̲̗͎͉͍͕͈̲̗͔͛̍͒̇̿̇̍̈́̽̈́̇͑̊̓͛̔̽͋̅̈́̂͂̅̈́̐͋̔̀̂̅́̅͘͘͝͠ͅͅ ̵̨̝̻̼͎̳͕͍̞̼̪̆͝ͅͅG̷̡̡̡̪̗̘̟̻̜̙͓̭̝̺̲̘̥̬̯͕̺̻̮͌̑͐͒̃̎̑̀̉̆͠Ö̵̟̮̤͖͎̗̞̞̬̞̮̣̺̰̜̳̮̼́̉̅͒̎͗̀̉͆̀̉̅̾͆̋̅͆̓͆͋̔͑̂͊̏̿̚̚͝ͅḀ̶̰̦̝̜̘̯̥̦̰̣̜͎̰̜̠̬̦͖̼͓̼̝̓̓̈́̀̆̌̽͐̆͛͐͝͠T̷̢̧̛̛͓̤̮̞̜̰͉͈̭̬̙̗̦̬̠̞̜̙̳͊̉͑͐͆̆͋̅̑͑̋͛̈́̑̊́̿͂͊̈́̾̉͂̈́̀͆̾͂́̆͘̕͘͘͜͝ (0/1) - Any tokens will suffice…
Scoring
Each word has a point value ranging from 5 to 10, calculated with this formula:
If you guess correctly, you get that amount of points. Simple. But if you don’t, then no worries, because you can still get some points for guessing as accurately as possible. The maximum value for incorrect guesses is calculated as follows:
How many points you get is determined separately.
Accuracy calculation can be best explained with an example.
Word #10 of week #1’s event was ebullience.
If you guess something like “eboliance”, you won’t just get a flat 0 any more. Instead, you’ll get an accuracy score.
Comparing your guess and the answer per syllable, we get:
Syllable 1: e | e - Correct.
Syllable 2: bul | bo - 1/3 correct.
Syllable 3: lience | liance - 5/6 correct.
2 letters are incorrect, and 1 letter is missing.
In the end, your accuracy will be 5.5/10, or 0.55. All the extra syllables will be omitted, but please keep your guesses within reasonable length. In addition, extra, missing, or incorrect letters in a syllable count as -0.5 correct letters.
How to Play
A lot of you have probably viewed the Week 1 thread, but just as a refresher and to make some changes, here it is again.
From Week 2 forth, 15 words will be provided with their respective audios, each containing an example sentence. The audio will be read by either a General American Male TTS, or a British Female TTS.
Players then guess how each word is spelled and submit them in a Google Form. A few extra instructions are included there as well. If you guess incorrectly, I then manually check your guess and calculate your guess accuracy syllable-by-syllable. More information on that in §Scoring.
After every week has passed, the form will close at around Friday 4PM GMT, and the scores will be tallied up in a spreadsheet, where the winners are determined.
A new week starts at around Saturday 4AM GMT.
Please don’t discuss your answers with people who haven’t guessed, or in public. Don’t post your answers here either. Please don’t deliberately try to cheat, in ways such as Googling, speech to text, etc. It makes it unfair for other people, and highly against the spirit of the challenge, or anything in that matter.
Prizes
The top users of each round will receive some amount of tokens.
1st - 1 token.
2nd - 2/3 tokens.
3rd - 1/3 tokens.
4th - 1/4 tokens.
5th - 1/6 tokens.
6th - 1/12 tokens.
7th&8th - 1/24 tokens.
9th&10th - 1/36 tokens.
>10th - 1/216 tokens.
Tokens can be redeemed for supporter tags, or a bunch of other random useless stuff. You can also gift other people tokens by DMing or posting below. Listed below. Post what else you’d like to see!
Supporter tag - 1 token per USD.
Random GFX on your pfp (See Corne’s avatar to get an idea), PSD file included - 1 token.
Handwritten original haiku - 1/2 tokens.
Force me to do Touhou metadata - 1/3 tokens.
Burn your tokens - Any tokens.
F̷̡̧̧̧̨̛̮̹̣̪̬̝̭̜̱̗̟͚͈̹̣̗̝͚̹̪̭̺̫̅́̂̀̽̈́̔̍͗́͌̈́̈́͛̋̕̕͝͝͝͠͝E̷̛̮̜̫̮̳̠̝̻͈̬̥͇͎̳̬̩͔̘͔̖̝̫̺̺͍̰͆̓̒͑͗͊̅̃͑̂́͂͊̏́̑́̈́́̽́̈̏͛́̾̉͋̚͝͝E̶͕͎̣͕̣͙̱̼͕̟̟͕͚͈͌̏̈́̄̓͂͑̾͛͛̌͐̄̓͐̅͌͝Ḑ̵̢̧̮̻̜̬̯̤͕͉̭̻͔̗̤͙̼͇̘̤̩͖͉͙̝̜̻͂͒̓̃̒̑͛̾̎͆̏̀͗̂̓̀ ̵̢̧̨̧̡̢̨̲̮̖̖̙͕̝͖̹͕̭͇̟̫̹̱͖͔̤̹̜̣̝̩̳̰͚̝̩̹̙̣̤̈́͑̏̈́͑̾̋̉̆̑̃́̊̒͒̈̆̀̋̋̽̐͆̓͋͆͊̔̃̓̑̚̚͘͘̚͘͜͜͝͠͝͝͠ͅT̷̡̨̨̛͙̮̙̫̻̮̙̰̝̣̖̭͓̺͇͔̹͉̗͙̭̖͎̗̩̼̲̻͖̬̔̄̈̔̀͒̋̈͂̄̈́͋͊̓͆͗̓̿̋͑͂͗́͐̂̑̽͜͜͜͝͝͠ͅH̷̛̬͇̉͂̋̈́̀̅̄͒͑͛̏͌̍͛̃͒̃̇̋͛̏̑̽́́̅͘̚͠͝Ȩ̸̡̨̧̧̢̨̬͎͇̖̤̘͇̭̝̲̳̲̮̜̝̫̙͚̦̙͕̮̲̗͎͉͍͕͈̲̗͔͛̍͒̇̿̇̍̈́̽̈́̇͑̊̓͛̔̽͋̅̈́̂͂̅̈́̐͋̔̀̂̅́̅͘͘͝͠ͅͅ ̵̨̝̻̼͎̳͕͍̞̼̪̆͝ͅͅG̷̡̡̡̪̗̘̟̻̜̙͓̭̝̺̲̘̥̬̯͕̺̻̮͌̑͐͒̃̎̑̀̉̆͠Ö̵̟̮̤͖͎̗̞̞̬̞̮̣̺̰̜̳̮̼́̉̅͒̎͗̀̉͆̀̉̅̾͆̋̅͆̓͆͋̔͑̂͊̏̿̚̚͝ͅḀ̶̰̦̝̜̘̯̥̦̰̣̜͎̰̜̠̬̦͖̼͓̼̝̓̓̈́̀̆̌̽͐̆͛͐͝͠T̷̢̧̛̛͓̤̮̞̜̰͉͈̭̬̙̗̦̬̠̞̜̙̳͊̉͑͐͆̆͋̅̑͑̋͛̈́̑̊́̿͂͊̈́̾̉͂̈́̀͆̾͂́̆͘̕͘͘͜͝ (0/1) - Any tokens will suffice…
Scoring
Each word has a point value ranging from 5 to 10, calculated with this formula:
wordValue = 10 - 5 * correctGuess / totalGuessIf you guess correctly, you get that amount of points. Simple. But if you don’t, then no worries, because you can still get some points for guessing as accurately as possible. The maximum value for incorrect guesses is calculated as follows:
wrongValue = wordValue * (1 - 0.5*averageAccuracy)How many points you get is determined separately.
wrongPoints = wrongValue * accuracyAccuracy calculation can be best explained with an example.
Word #10 of week #1’s event was ebullience.
If you guess something like “eboliance”, you won’t just get a flat 0 any more. Instead, you’ll get an accuracy score.
Comparing your guess and the answer per syllable, we get:
Syllable 1: e | e - Correct.
Syllable 2: bul | bo - 1/3 correct.
Syllable 3: lience | liance - 5/6 correct.
2 letters are incorrect, and 1 letter is missing.
In the end, your accuracy will be 5.5/10, or 0.55. All the extra syllables will be omitted, but please keep your guesses within reasonable length. In addition, extra, missing, or incorrect letters in a syllable count as -0.5 correct letters.
