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 an Your guess: We will check for a correct guess in 43 minutes. Guesses So Far: 7 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 howl. - a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" - a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound; "the howl of the wind made him restless" - the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf - laugh unrestrainedly and heartily - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" - cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" Player Brnate  guessed it!! - Show guesses last hour... hoarding (1,miner8265) hoax (1,BlueJane) hobby (2,JaneMarple) hobgoblin (1,teatimebob) holocaust (1,pehinhota) hologram (1,cavalier87) holometaboly (1,mazza47) holy (1,paulmallon) hombre (1,Dotty39) home (1,Paolo11050) homeland (1,mlpitter) homelessness (1,Eraucci) homestead (1,1963Kid) homework (1,Philip_Eno) homicide (1,BasqueIron) homily (1,bergmania) hominy (1,Upstart3) homophone (1,blackavar72) honey (1,clevercatz) honeybee (1,1963Kid) honeymoon (1,Brnate) honk (1,parrarobbie) honor (1,gracemercy1) honorable (1,bigman2871) hood (1,gracemercy1) hoofbeat (1,Lindaj828) hooker (1,Sharkyoz) hooling (1,gracemercy1) hooplah (1,SillaCaliente) hoorah (1,miner8265) hooray (1,Brnate) hoosegow (1,Brnate) hooter (1,JTeam1) hope (1,nerzack) hopeful (1,parrarobbie) hopeless (1,rossian) hopscotch (1,gma4) horde (1,ozzz2002) hordeolum (1,genoveva) horizon (1,miner8265) horizontal (1,nerzack) horologue (1,Upstart3) horology (1,timbo335) horoscope (1,parrarobbie) horse (1,cardsfan_027) horseback (1,1963Kid) horseman (1,Lindaj828) horsepower (1,parrarobbie) horseshoe (1,1963Kid) horst (1,wally119) horticulture (1,miamisammy29) hosepipe (2,OswaldEllie) hotbed (1,parrarobbie) hotdog (1,miner8265) hotel (1,Eleanor18) hotelier (1,Jennifer5) hothouse (1,europium) hotline (1,cardsfan_027) hotpress (1,Lindaj828) hound (1,miamisammy29) hour (1,miamisammy29) hourglass (1,1963Kid) hourly (1,miamisammy29) hours (1,cardsfan_027) house (1,Matthew_07) houseguest (1,miner8265) houseman (1,Lindaj828) housemother (1,parrarobbie) housework (1,Philip_Eno) housing (1,miner8265) hovel (1,Sighthound)

Most recent secret words: howl   inactivate   headhunter   shelve   dissuasive   invidia   index   frequent   fetometry   warrantee

Recent Wins

6:55 AM: Brnate (champ): howl (73 guesses) 5:57 AM: OswaldEllie (champ): inactivate (117 guesses) 4:45 AM: DizWiz : headhunter (40 guesses) 3:55 AM: Brnate (champ): shelve (94 guesses) 1:58 AM: Rizeeve (champ): invidia (129 guesses) 12:58 AM: VONFRIENDS : index (109 guesses) 12:55 AM: BlueJane (champ): index (108 guesses) 11:46 PM: SevenSees (champ): frequent (51 guesses) 10:55 PM: Barbarini (champ): fetometry (100 guesses) 9:55 PM: salami_swami (champ): warrantee (130 guesses) 8:57 PM: salami_swami (champ): fashions (149 guesses) 7:45 PM: SevenSees : seventh (48 guesses) 6:45 PM: Brnate : giggle (43 guesses) 6:45 PM: purelyqing : giggle (43 guesses) 6:45 PM: 7Kat7 : giggle (43 guesses) 5:52 PM: absrchamps (champ): founder (99 guesses) 4:53 PM: opinion : crust (69 guesses) 4:46 PM: BlueJane (champ): crust (68 guesses) 3:55 PM: salami_swami (champ): facing (111 guesses) 1:57 PM: 1963Kid : snuffbox (109 guesses) 1:51 PM: ZWOZZE (champ): snuffbox (107 guesses) 12:57 PM: Barbarini (champ): clodhopper (157 guesses) 11:57 AM: satguru (champ): sprayer (154 guesses) 10:51 AM: OswaldEllie (champ): synaeresis (112 guesses)

Most Wins (top 100) 4104: Barbarini 3415: ClarkyB 3332: mazza47 3052: Mommakat 2951: rossian 2637: wally119 2477: ponycargirl 2449: drewh2os 2366: satguru 2223: Eraucci 2128: Looking4IQ 2127: pent2go 2071: snapcracker 1801: Jennifer5 1755: miner8265 1687: gracie3 1682: parrarobbie 1635: Rizeeve 1555: HurricaneBill 1458: skatersarehott