An accidental parlour game

I have found a new game anyone can play – all you need is a Smart Phone with the what3words app installed, a bit of imagination for word association and time to kill.

The what3words App is actually a smart bit of kit; a digital geocoding system that rather than being limited to looking up addresses or 6 digit latitude and longitude map reference lets you identify any location to an accuracy of a 10 by 10 foot square that it identifies with three seemingly random words.

Intended to help individuals to identify an exact location with an easy to remember and relate 3 word name it can be a real life saver if you become lost or need emergency assistance in a location that you do not know or is well off the beaten trail.

But it is also a rather compelling word association game

Try these examples;

• ///bright.jacket.dream

• ///vote.paid.next

• ///glitz.thick.critic

• ///forum.noble.teams

• ///cult.divide.successes

Now guess which locates;

• Lords Cricket Ground

• The Labour Party HQ

• The Conservative Party HQ

• BBC Televison Centre

• The Houses of Parliament

Got the idea?

You can wile away many an hour trying your own combinations – the App covers the world with 10x10 foot squares so your options are more or less unlimited and the resulting associations often will surprise you – its a compelling parlour game that could also save your life if you fall off say ///next.alas.sharpens