Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball - Rules and Game Details

Welcome to the Crystal Ball!

The secret word word will change every hour, and each player gets one initial guess per hour. The word could be any word that you'd likely find in a fairly modern and liberal dictionary (including slang, imports from other languages, cultural references, etc). All words are between 4 and 10 characters long. Plural forms (-s) are usually not selected, unless the plural form makes a new word with a new meaning. No promises though.

For the first 45 minutes of the hour, each player gets 1 blind guess. At 45 minutes past the hour, we award the winner if someone blindly guesses the word. A winner scores 1000 bonus FunTrivia points. Multiple winners all get the award.

If no one has guessed the word once the 45 minute winner-check occurs, the list of all guesses made so far is displayed and all players immediately get 5 bonus guesses. The first player to guess the word before the hour ends wins. If that player has at least 25 wins, he/she is considered a champion, and the game continues allowing the first non-champion to also guess and win before time expires.

A total of 3 Challenges can be completed here...

Gaze into the Crystal Ball! This hour's secret word begins with the letters os Your guess: We will check for a correct guess in 20 minutes. Guesses So Far: 28 A list of guesses made will appear here if no one has guessed the word when we check at 45 minutes past the hour.

Last Hour

The word last hour was drachm. - a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters - a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains Player OswaldEllie  guessed it!! - Show guesses last hour... drab (1,Hawkmoon1307) drachma (2,miner8265) draconian (2,Jennifer5) draft (1,Hawkmoon1307) drafting (2,elfinga) draftsman (1,rossian) drafty (1,Lahowland37) drag (1,Linda_Arizona) dragee (2,OswaldEllie) dragnet (2,Lindaj828) dragon (1,steel77) dragoon (1,Jennifer5) dragster (1,parrarobbie) drain (1,Lord_Digby) drainage (1,rossian) dram (1,Linda_Arizona) drama (1,blackavar72) dramamine (1,Sharkyoz) dramatic (1,teejay1504) dramatical (1,Hawkmoon1307) dramatise (1,rossian) drank (1,nerzack) drape (1,elfinga) drapery (1,Lahowland37) drastic (1,Hawkmoon1307) draught (1,OswaldEllie) draughting (1,Sharkyoz) draughtsmam (1,parrarobbie) draughtsman (1,rossian) draughty (1,JaneMarple) draw (1,miner8265) drawback (2,gracie3) drawbridge (1,timbo335) drawee (1,OswaldEllie) drawer (1,BlueJane) drawers (1,fado72) drawing (1,nerzack) drawl (1,skatersarehott) drawling (1,elfinga) drawn (1,BlueJane) dray (1,Linda_Arizona) drayhorse (1,timbo335) dread (2,Lord_Digby) dreadful (1,Lord_Digby) dream (2,Hawkmoon1307) dreamer (2,Sharkyoz) dreaming (1,miner8265) dreary (1,JaneMarple) dreassage (1,parrarobbie) dreck (1,absrchamps) dredge (1,miner8265) dregs (1,Lahowland37) drench (1,genoveva) drenched (1,Lord_Digby) drenching (2,ZWOZZE) dress (1,skatersarehott) dressage (1,absrchamps) dresser (1,purelyqing) dressing (2,absrchamps) dressmaker (1,absrchamps) drew (1,pehinhota) dribble (1,tie-dyed) dribbling (1,elfinga) drift (2,elfinga) drifter (1,odysseas) drifting (1,absrchamps) driftwood (1,BlueJane) drill (1,urbankheki) drink (1,finalgirl) drinker (1,elfinga) drinking (2,miner8265) drip (2,Ehmer1) drive (1,nerzack) drivel (2,Sharkyoz) driven (1,Jennifer5) driver (4,rossian) driveway (1,ZWOZZE) droll (1,jaysforever) drone (2,mlpitter) drongo (1,parrarobbie) drop (1,nerzack) dropkick (1,miner8265) droshky (1,wally119) dross (1,gracie3) drought (1,BlueJane) drug (1,Linda_Arizona) drugged (1,Lord_Digby) drum (1,Linda_Arizona) drummed (1,JaneMarple) drumstick (1,Hawkmoon1307) drunk (1,skatersarehott) drunken (1,johnnycat777) drupe (1,latentimage_99)

Most recent secret words: drachm   inpour   seaworthy   wham   whinstone   landfall   syntagma   topolatry   billhook   velvet

Recent Wins

5:56 AM: OswaldEllie (champ): drachm (112 guesses) 4:55 AM: OswaldEllie (champ): inpour (83 guesses) 2:58 AM: Democropolis : wham (84 guesses) 2:53 AM: Upstart3 (champ): wham (83 guesses) 1:55 AM: mazza47 (champ): whinstone (89 guesses) 12:58 AM: Philip_Eno (champ): landfall (120 guesses) 11:59 PM: gtho4 (champ): syntagma (120 guesses) 9:51 PM: miner8265 (champ): billhook (60 guesses) 8:45 PM: Brnate : velvet (38 guesses) 7:45 PM: BayRoan : pious (35 guesses) 6:52 PM: BlueJane (champ): custodian (76 guesses) 5:58 PM: lilacs70 : drowse (84 guesses) 5:56 PM: SillaCaliente (champ): drowse (84 guesses) 4:58 PM: Barbarini (champ): calash (159 guesses) 3:55 PM: Rizeeve (champ): potshot (112 guesses) 2:58 PM: spiroschris25 : grange (155 guesses) 2:56 PM: Mugaboo (champ): grange (155 guesses) 1:50 PM: RAILRD (champ): midday (78 guesses) 12:55 PM: Barbarini (champ): abridger (128 guesses) 11:51 AM: ashe66 : rubber (61 guesses) 11:46 AM: debbitts (champ): rubber (61 guesses) 10:55 AM: Barbarini (champ): stowing (121 guesses) 9:45 AM: KenDoII : hiatus (41 guesses) 9:45 AM: salami_swami : hiatus (41 guesses)

Most Wins (top 100) 4422: Barbarini 3495: mazza47 3415: ClarkyB 3084: Mommakat 3039: rossian 2691: wally119 2495: ponycargirl 2449: drewh2os 2413: satguru 2270: Eraucci 2128: Looking4IQ 2127: pent2go 2126: snapcracker 1848: miner8265 1827: Jennifer5 1780: Rizeeve 1762: parrarobbie 1707: gracie3 1555: HurricaneBill 1492: skatersarehott