Keyword Konundrum is a simple game intended to teach about the way in which keyword searching of search engines does not always produce the intended results. Each round, 10 images downloaded from Yahoo! Images will appear, along with 5 words. One of these five words was the one used to retrieve the images. Just click on the correct word. As you continue, the game gets harder, because the words will become closer in meaning, you will have less time and fewer images to look at.

If you click the wrong word, the game will underline the correct word you should have picked. You can then click on the "Show me the Pictures" link and you can see the images that would have been returned if the word you chose was used.

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