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 ha Your guess: We will check for a correct guess in 23 minutes. Guesses So Far: 41 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 quiver. - the act of vibrating - case for holding arrows - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" - a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" - shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" Players spidersfull  duranhos  guessed it!! - Show guesses last hour... quack (2,gtho4) quackery (1,DizWiz) quadrangle (1,Lottie1001) quadratics (1,OswaldEllie) quadriceps (1,DeepHistory) quaestor (1,europium) quaint (1,Flukey) qualified (1,elfinga) qualm (2,ssabreman) quantal (1,wally119) quarantine (1,parrarobbie) quark (2,Sharkyoz) quarrel (1,RAILRD) quarry (3,miner8265) quarter (1,snapcracker) quarterback (1,tie-dyed) quarterdeck (1,rossian) quatrain (1,purelyqing) quaver (1,varnish) queasy (2,Zippy826) queer (1,satguru) querulous (1,Jennifer5) query (2,S4a4m4) quest (2,Ehmer1) question (1,Philip_Eno) quetzal (1,pehinhota) queue (3,clevercatz) quibbling (1,SillaCaliente) quickening (1,mazza47) quickly (1,ozzz2002) quiescent (1,Lionel777) quiet (1,winston1) quince (1,Olderbison) quinoa (1,christiebohne) quip (1,BlueJane) quire (1,james1947) quirky (1,latentimage_99) quiver (2,duranhos) quixotic (1,ZWOZZE) quiz (1,skatersarehott) quoits (1,BasqueIron) quotable (1,Lindaj828) quotation (1,Lahowland37) qursh (1,salami_swami)

Most recent secret words: quiver   chloroform   barony   beater   intactness   waddle   cloisonne   pibroch   imide   slime

Recent Wins

4:45 PM: duranhos : quiver (55 guesses) 4:45 PM: spidersfull : quiver (55 guesses) 3:55 PM: Rizeeve (champ): chloroform (111 guesses) 1:55 PM: rossian (champ): beater (118 guesses) 12:57 PM: Rizeeve (champ): intactness (153 guesses) 11:45 AM: debbitts (champ): waddle (45 guesses) 10:45 AM: Rizeeve : cloisonne (44 guesses) 9:58 AM: OchisMom : pibroch (92 guesses) 9:55 AM: Jennifer5 (champ): pibroch (92 guesses) 8:55 AM: purelyqing (champ): imide (102 guesses) 7:52 AM: purelyqing (champ): slime (78 guesses) 6:53 AM: rossian (champ): swami (91 guesses) 5:55 AM: gracie3 (champ): beep (88 guesses) 4:57 AM: mazza47 (champ): galbulus (111 guesses) 3:58 AM: Barbarini (champ): chapatti (112 guesses) 2:55 AM: mazza47 (champ): suicide (79 guesses) 1:55 AM: Barbarini (champ): mechanise (82 guesses) 12:55 AM: SillaCaliente (champ): diffidence (87 guesses) 10:58 PM: snapcracker (champ): scallywag (133 guesses) 9:48 PM: Mommakat (champ): dictate (50 guesses) 8:55 PM: dolly_llama (champ): petticoat (134 guesses) 6:49 PM: BlueJane (champ): mitigation (67 guesses) 5:57 PM: OchisMom : dalliance (108 guesses) 5:51 PM: Barbarini (champ): dalliance (102 guesses)

Most Wins (top 100) 4163: Barbarini 3415: ClarkyB 3364: mazza47 3058: Mommakat 2967: rossian 2645: wally119 2482: ponycargirl 2449: drewh2os 2374: satguru 2226: Eraucci 2128: Looking4IQ 2127: pent2go 2085: snapcracker 1810: Jennifer5 1771: miner8265 1703: parrarobbie 1693: gracie3 1665: Rizeeve 1555: HurricaneBill 1470: skatersarehott