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Venery

A web game where players vote on what to call groups of non-animal things (collective nouns beyond terms of venery, e.g. roses, snowflakes, lawyers). Votes are ranked with simple ELO scoring, an endless mode is always available, and a daily contest lets players compete Wordle-style.

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01 / The problem

What it addresses

There are no established terms of venery for groups of non-animal things like roses, snowflakes, or lawyers, so the answers are put to a community vote.

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  1. Venery

    A web game where players vote on what to call groups of non-animal things (collective nouns beyond terms of venery, e.g. roses, snowflakes, lawyers). Votes are ranked with simple ELO scoring, an endless mode is always available, and a daily contest lets players compete Wordle-style.

    Problem: There are no established terms of venery for groups of non-animal things like roses, snowflakes, or lawyers, so the answers are put to a community vote.

    Posted by @rheffern · Original comment ↗

    “What do you call a group of Roses, or Snowflakes, or Lawyers? Well, I couldn't figure it out, so I put it to a vote. Simple ELO scoring, Endless mode is always on, and there is a Daily Contest for you to compete in (Wordle for wordsmiths, I guess).”