Word Clock
The time, spelled out
How to read it
Point at a step, or tap it, to light up that part of the clock.
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Read the bright letters from top to bottom. It's a 12-hour clock.
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The time is rounded down to the nearest 5 minutes.
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Each lit corner dot adds 1 extra minute (up to 4).
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'Past' counts from the hour; 'to' counts toward the next one.
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The story
Letter-grid clocks that spell the time became famous in 2009, when the German studio Biegert & Funk released the QLOCKTWO. The time is shown rounded to five minutes.
- Year
- 2009
- Place
- Germany
- Creator
- Biegert & Funk
Fun fact
A single letter grid must spell out all 144 five-minute times on a 12-hour dial.