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Favorite Word is a segment where Todd "Scoops" Ming interviews kids to see what their favorite word is. It is a series of shorts added at the end of later WordGirl episodes, which introduces characters named after kids who write into the show. It displays their name and age alongside their image, and plays a recording of them discussing what their favourite words are.
The segment is also referred to as either What's Your Favorite Word? (initials WYFW) or That's My Favorite Word! (initials TMFW) based on portions of the jingle. However it has been called, on its own, simply "favorite word" prior to adding "what's your" or "that's my" before it.
Lyrics[]
Opening[]
"Favorite Word! What's your favorite word?"
Closing[]
"That's my favorite word!"
Official PBS ordering[]
http://pbskids.org/wordgirl/games/favoriteword/ lists various videos based on which word they depict, the episodes they appear after, and the date, which include:
- Banana by Emma age 11 (Who Wants Candy?/Chuck's Brother)
- Crème Brûlée by Kabrina age 10 (The Wrong Side Of The Law)
- Fabulous by Lesly age 11 (The Wrong Side Of The Law)
- Drum by Ian age 8 (I Think I'm a Clone Now/Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff)
- Guffaw by Ethan age 9 (I Think I'm a Clone Now/Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff)
- Food by Jerome age 8 (Mr. Big's Dolls and Dollars/Great Granny May)
- Acting by Aliza age 11 (Mr. Big's Dolls and Dollars/Great Granny May)
- Gymnastics by Cailin age 8 (Wordgirl Makes A Mistake)
- Razzle-dazzle by Emma age 11 (Wordgirl Makes A Mistake)
- Orange by McKenna age 12 (The Two Brains Boogie/Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey)
- Harmonica by Joshua age 7 (The Two Brains Boogie/Field Day Fun with Robo-Tobey)
- Cuddly by Arielle age 11 (Bonkers for Bingo/The Ballad of Steve McClean)
- Plethora by BJ age 13 (Bonkers for Bingo/The Ballad of Steve McClean)
- Refresh by Alana age 10 (Highway to Havarti/Tiny Big)
- Paleontology by Eleanor age 11 (Highway to Havarti/Tiny Big)
- Singing by Hannah age 10 (Oh, Holiday Cheese/Ch-ch-ch-Change Day)
- Scrumptious by McKenna age 12 (Oh, Holiday Cheese/Ch-ch-ch Change Day)
- Shishkebab by Jillian age 11 (Who is Ms. Question?/Lunch Lady Chuck)
- Curious by Ben age 11 (Super-Grounded/Mouse Army)
- Star by Sandy age 11 (Super-Grounded/Mouse Army)
- Dream by Sandy age 11 (Book Ends/Mr. Big)
- Monkey by Eli age 10 (Book Ends/Mr. Big)
- Labyrinth by Geoffrey age 11 (Have You Seen The Remote?/Sidekicked To The Curb)
- Zinnias by Kirrilee age 7 (Have You Seen The Remote?/Sidekicked To The Curb)
- Sweet by Aliza age 11 (Mr. Big's Big Plan/Vocab Bee)
- Terrific by Aminah age 8 (The Masked Meat Marauder/Sandwich World)
- Space by Hannah age 8 (The Masked Meat Marauder/Sandwich World)
- Cracker by Eli age 10 (Chuck!/Down With Word Up)
- Exquisite by Shelby Joy age 10 (Chuck!/Down with Word Up)
- Adventure by Tessa age 10 (You Can't Crush City Hall/Two-Brain Highway)
- Pugnacious by Anthony age 10 (You Can't Crush City Hall/Two-Brain Highway)
- Animals by Steven age 12 (Tobey or Consequences/High Fat Robbery)
- Teacher by Kirillee age 7 (Tobey or Consequences/High Fat Robbery)
- Conserve by Sean age 10 (Granny's Goodtime All-Cure Spritzer/Mecha-Mouse)
- Mystery by Tessa age 10 (Princess Triana and the Ogre of Castlebum/Heat Wave, Crime Wave)
- Elfin by Emma age 14 (Princess Triana and the Ogre of Castlebum/Heat Wave, Crime Wave)
Note: This May be From Newest to Oldest, Meaning The Ones at The End of The List Came First.
Galleries[]
Boys[]
Ian, age 8, whose favorite word is "drum"
Jerome, age 8, whose favorite word is "food"
Ethan, age 9, whose favorite word is "guffaw"
Anthony is 10. His favorite word is "pugnacious".
Yellow-shirted Eli is 10. His favorite word is "cracker".
White-shirted Eli is also 10. His favorite word is "monkey".
Sean is 10. His favorite word is "conserve".
Ben is 11. His favorite word is "curious".
Geoffrey is 11. His favorite word is "labyrinth".
Steven is 12. His favorite word is "animal".
BJ is 13 and uses the same image as Eli. His favorite word is Plethora
Ryder is 7. His favorite word is "creative"
Angel is 7. His favorite word is "dancing"
Jaiya is 9. His favorite word is "friend"
Jack (1), Is 8. His favorite word is "likeable"
Jack (2), Is 5. His favorite word is "people"
Nicola is 8. His favorite word is "football"
Owen is 8. His favorite word is "dog"
Rahmere is 10. His favorite word is "comics"
Ryan (1) is 6. His favorite word is "morning"
Ryan (2) is 6. His favorite word is "camp"
Tom is 9. His favorite word is "carnivorous"
Girls[]
Purple-sleeved Kirillee is 7. Her favorite word is "teacher" because she has lots of teachers and they do a lot for her.
White-sleeved Kirrilee is also 7. Her favorite word is "Zinnias".
Aminah is 8. Her favorite word is "terrific".
Hannah is 8. Her favorite word is "space".
Cailin is 8. Her favorite word is "gymnastics". She resembles one of the Tessas.
Alana is 10, favorite word is refresh
Arielle is 10, favorite word is cuddly, resembles Tessa
Hannah is 10, favorite word is singing, resembles Katy
Kabrina, age 10, whose favorite word is "crème brûlée". She resembles Shelby.
Shelby Joy is 10. Her favorite word is "exquisite".
White-shirted Tessa is 10. Her favorite word is "mystery". She resembles Cailin.
Aliza is 11. Her favorite word is "sweet".
Aliza, age 11, whose favorite word is "acting" (same appearance as pink-sleeved Sandy) appears with white-shirted Eli in Theme Park WHAMpage bouncing on the bouncy house with Whammer.
Eleanor is 11. Her favorite word is paleontology
Blue-shirted Emma is also 11 and her favorite word is "razzle-dazzle".
Purple-shirted Emma is 11. Her favorite word is "banana".
Jillian is 11. Her favorite word is Shishkabob.
Lesly is 11. Her favorite word is "fabulous".
Pink-leeved Sandy is 11. Her favorite word is "dream".
Blue-sleeved Sandy is 11. Her favorite word is "star", and she's appeared in MIHAW.
McKenna is 12. Her favorite word is "orange".
McKenna is 12. Her favorite word is scrumptious.
Green-shirted Emma is 14. Her favorite word is "elfin".
Brianna is 10. Her favorite word is "sequins".
Amanda is 9. Her favorite word is "despicable"
Abigail (1) is 8. Her favorite word is "lollygag"
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Abigail (2) is 8. Her favorite word is "onomatopoeia"
Ammanyi is 8. Her favorite word is "family"
Anna is 6. Her favorite word is "kumquat"
Blessing is 8. Her favorite word is "outrageous"
Daniella is 8. Her favorite word is "crazy"
Julia (1) is 9. Her favorite word is "bubbly"
Julia (2) is 9. Her favorite word is "imagination"
Lyla is 7. Her favorite word is "snowflakes"
Melana (1) is 8. Her favorite word is "generosity"
Melana (2) is 8. Her favorite word is "song"
Molly is 9. Her favorite word is "fun"
Naomi is 10. Her favorite word is "happiness"
Zoe is 7. Her favorite word is "writing"
Unpictured[]
There are several others not pictured in the above gallery.
- Amanda, age 9, whose favorite word is "despicable"
- Abigail, age 8, whose favorite word is "lollygag" (possible mislabel)
- Abigail, age 8, whose favorite word is "onomatopoeia" (possible mislabel)
- Ammanyi, age 8, whose favorite word is "family"
- Angel, age 7, whose favorite word is "dancing", resembles Ethan
- Anna, age 6, whose favorite word is "kumquat"
- Blessing, age 8, whose favorite word is "outrageous"
- Daniella, age 8, whose favorite word is "crazy"
- Jaiya, age 9, whose favorite word is "friend"
- Jack, age 8, whose favorite word is "likeable"
- Jack, age 5, whose favorite word is "people"
- Julia, age 9, whose favorite word is "bubbly" (possible mislabel)
- Julia, age 9, whose favorite word is "imagination" (possible mislabel)
- Lyla, age 7, whose favorite word is "snowflakes"
- Melana, age 8, whose favorite word is "generosity" (possible mislabel)
- Melana, age 8, whose favorite word is "song" (possible mislabel)
- Nicola, age 8, whose favorite word is "football"
- Molly, age 9, whose favorite word is "fun"
- Naomi, age 10, whose favorite word is "happiness"
- Owen, age 8, whose favorite word is "dog"
- Rahmere, age 10, whose favorite word is "comics"
- Ryan, age 6, whose favorite word is "morning" (possible mislabel)
- Ryan, age 6, whose favorite word is "camp" (possible mislabel)
- Ryder, age 7, whose favorite word is "creative"
- Tom, age 9, whose favorite word is "carnivorous"
- Zoe, age 7, whose favorite word is "writing"