History WebVideo / TenWordsOfWisdom

A sequel, Eleven Words of Wisdom, is current running. This season have a several new mechanics, such a lives system and prompts now being 11 words or fewer. In contrast to TWOW, there are now 16,506 contestants, along with 100 A.I. contestants and Cary himself, for a total of 16,607 contestants.

** Tak Ajnin, labelled the "Front-Runner"[[spoiler:, eliminated in 19B]]
** Joseph Howard - the first person to top a round twice in a row, [[spoiler:, eliminated in 23B in 4th.]]
** Meester Tweester is the most likely person to win TWOW based on simulation predictions as of 23B, with a 35.50% chance. [[note]] Ironically, he was nearly eliminated in TWOW 4a due to a PM glitch. [[/note]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The four gods of TWOW - [=GreenTree=], [=xxBombs_Awayxx=], [=Riley=] and [=some_nerd (The Pi Guy)=]. [[spoiler:Subverted when they were eliminated in 17B, 13B, 14B and 15B respectively.]]

* BackFromTheDead: Defied - Cary states multiple times that if a contestant is eliminated, they aren't going to bring them back.

* BreakoutCharacter: A.N.9K, all the way. After a few episodes, A.N.9K got mentioned many times. And he has [[spoiler:last place!]]
* CensorBar: PlayedForLaughs somewhat when in 17B, Cary highlights how Spicyman33 got mad at Midnight Light for not acronymizing Ping Pong Cup Shots's name. The screenshot of the conversation contains several censor bars and a large censor block that reads "HOLY MOLY THAT NEEDS TO BE CENSORED".
* DarkerAndEdgier: TWOW 14B Part 2's elimination animation [[spoiler: of fryUaj, Riley and alexlion0511]] is darker, edgier, sadder and longer than the elimination animations of the other episodes. Also the feels.

* RefugeInAudacity: Mike Ramsay in TWOW 6 wrote the lyrics to [[Music/VanillaIce Ice Ice Baby]] as his answer, breaking the ten word rule. However, he won the sidekick prize in the previous episode, so he got pulled up to under the top 10. But even if he didn't have a sidekick, he would've been barely safe.

** This trope is also the new trend that the contestants use.

** Also (Sofia).

** Cary also references The Bee Movie in 20B, as a reference to [=Spicyman33=]'s reading of the Bee Movie Script.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Mike Ramsay in TWOW 6 wrote the lyrics to [[Music/VanillaIce Ice Ice Baby]] as his answer, and he got pulled up to under the top 10 thanks to sidekicks. But even if he didn't have a sidekick, he would've been safe.
** Had he got a Double Response Prize before elimination, he would have made the extra response the recipe for vanilla ice cream.

* WorldOfPun: TWOW is filled to the brim with puns. This is due to the players realizing that they can succeed using them.
** Currently zig-zagged. In the latter stages, pun-based responses lost out in originality after contestants tried to emulate their popularity and charm and received mixed results.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrUdxfaFpuuKxFbzHimw1p43yPf7oBRj4 Ten Words Of Wisdom]]'', or TWOW, is a competitive Website/YouTube game created and by Cary Huang (carykh), of ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' fame, notable for its massive scale (It began with 491 contestants). The game is about answering various prompts (e.g. Write a haiku about plants) in 10 words or fewer. The responses have to be witty, poetic and funny, but a pun or two doesn't hurt. These responses are judged by viewers (which includes contestants) anonymously, eliminating the lowest ranked contestants.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: 491 people competed for TWOW, plus a lot more actively participating in the [=HTwins Central=], previously TWOW Central. Makes sense because most of the community from ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' joined.

''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrUdxfaFpuuKxFbzHimw1p43yPf7oBRj4 Ten Words Of Wisdom]]'', or TWOW, is a competitive Website/YouTube game created and by Cary Huang (carykh), of WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland fame, notable for its massive scale (It began with 491 contestants). The game is about answering various prompts (e.g. Write a haiku about plants) in 10 words or fewer. The responses have to be witty, poetic and funny, but a pun or two doesn't hurt. These responses are judged by viewers (which includes contestants) anonymously, eliminating the lowest ranked contestants.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: 491 people competed for TWOW, plus a lot more actively participating in the [=HTwins Central=], previously TWOW Central. Makes sense because most of the community from BattleForDreamIsland joined.
* OverlyLongGag: In TWOW 18B, [[spoiler:[=Crafty7=] uses Tennis Ball to bounce back from the ground and avoid elimination. Throughout the rest of the video, [=Crafty7=] can be seen bouncing on the ground. ]]Eighteen days later, in TWOW 19A, Cary finally ends the gag by [[spoiler:using a magnet to attract Tennis Ball's magnet. [=Crafty7=] finally falls through the ground.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: TWOW 18A, a "low budget TWOW episode", recorded in a live and uncut video rather than prerecorded (Cary was busy that week)
** The voice for the line about summarizing the living TWOW players was changed in TWOW 20B.
** The start of TWOW 20B Part 1 has Cary recording in real life.

** From 20A: Twitter (TWOW + bitter), announcing Cary's then-new Twitter account[[note]]his account was created in April 2016, but his first tweet wasn't until November 10, the day before TWOW 20A came out[[/note]]

* [[Portmanteau Portmanteau]]:

* [[PortmanTitle Portmantitle]]: Downplayed. These were just whipped up combinations coined by Cary.

* Portmantitle: Downplayed. These were just whipped up combinations coined by Cary.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Several times throughout, with TWOW being one ingredient in these words.
** From 6B: Twowth (TWOW + death)
** From 10B: Twompt (TWOW + prompt)
** From 13B: [[InnocentSwearing Twat]] (TWOW + chat), announcing the then-new Discord server.
** From 20A: Twitter (TWOW + bitter), announcing Cary's then-new Twitter account[[note]]his account was created in April 2016, but his first tweet wasn't until November 10, the day before TWOW 20A came out[[/note]]
** From 20B (part 1): Twart (TWOW + smart)
** From 22A: Twama (TWOW + drama)

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: TWOW 10B refers to "TWOW prompt" as "TWOMPT".
** The words "TWOW" and "chat" were combined to make a term for the newly-created at the time Discord server in episode 13B. The result? [[InnocentSwearing Twat.]]
** Inverted when Cary combined the words "TWOW" and "bitter" to announce his Twitter account in episode 20A.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: The words "TWOW" and "chat" were combined to make a term for the newly-created at the time Discord server in episode 13B. The result? [[InnocentSwearing Twat.]]

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Cary combined the words "TWOW" and "bitter" to announce his Twitter account in episode 20A.

Ten Words Of Wisdom, or TWOW, is a competitive Website/YouTube game created and by Cary Huang (carykh), of WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland fame, notable for its massive scale (It began with 491 contestants). The game is about answering various prompts (e.g. Write a haiku about plants) in 10 words or fewer. The responses have to be witty, poetic and funny, but a pun or two doesn't hurt. These responses are judged by viewers (which includes contestants) anonymously, eliminating the lowest ranked contestants.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Contestants sometimes sneak questionable material past Cary. Some include Riley's controversial dog-slaughtering response, [=SpicyMan33=]'s ode to Riley, [=SpicyMan33=]'s (partially censored) "angry" discord messages to Midnight Light and [=TheMightyMidge=]'s TWOW 17 FunWithAcronyms confessional (The words spelled "Yessoan," and the "A" was "*sscr*k"),and his response "(censored) FOR THE LOVE OF (censored) RATE THIS FIRST (censored)". Cary himself unintentionally used an offensive word when he combined the words "TWOW" and "chat" into "TWAT".

** Meester Tweester is the most likely person to win TWOW based on simulation predictions as of 23B, with a 35.50% chance. [note]] Ironically, he was nearly eliminated in TWOW 4a due to a PM glitch. [[/note]]

** Meester Tweester is the most likely person to win TWOW based on simulation predictions as of 23B, with a 35.50% chance.

Ten Words Of Wisdom, or TWOW, is a competitive [[YouTube YouTube]] game created and by Cary Huang (carykh), of WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland fame, notable for its massive scale (It began with 491 contestants). The game is about answering various prompts (e.g. Write a haiku about plants) in 10 words or fewer. The responses have to be witty, poetic and funny, but a pun or two doesn't hurt. These responses are judged by viewers (which includes contestants) anonymously, eliminating the lowest ranked contestants.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: 491 people competed for TWOW, plus a lot more actively participating in the HTwins Central, previously TWOW Central. Makes sense because most of the community from [[BattleForDreamIsland]] joined.

** Juhmatok in the early rounds, nicknamed the "Power T.W.O.W.er" [[spoiler:(Unfortunately, amid cheating accusations with regards to her high performances and some other reasons, she quit in 12A]]

** Joseph Howard - the first person to top a round twice in a row.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The four gods of TWOW - [=GreenTree=], [=xxBombsAwayxx=], [=Riley=] and [=some_nerd (The Pi Guy)=]. [[spoiler:Subverted when they were eliminated in 17B, 13B, 14B and 15B respectively.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Contestants sometimes sneak questionable material past Cary. Some include Riley's controversial dog-slaughtering response, [=SpicyMan33=]'s ode to Riley, [=SpicyMan33=]'s (partially censored) "angry" discord messages to Midnight Light and [=TheMightyMidge=]'s TWOW 17 FunWithAcronyms confessional (The words spelled "Yessoan," and the "A" was "*sscr*k"),and "For the love of...". Cary himself unintentionally used an offensive word when he combined the words "TWOW" and "chat" into "TWAT".

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Almost 500, plus some more from the TWOW Discord!

** Currently subverted with [[spoiler:[=TheMightyMidge=] surviving the recent episodes.]]

* BreakoutCharacter: A.N.9.K, all the way. After a few episodes, A.N.9.K got mentioned many times. And he has [[spoiler:last place!]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Contestants sometimes sneak questionable material past Cary. Some include Riley's controversial dog-slaughtering response, [=SpicyMan33=]'s ode to Riley, [=SpicyMan33=]'s (partially censored) "angry" discord messages to Midnight Light, and [=TheMightyMidge=]'s TWOW 17 FunWithAcronyms confessional (The words spelled "Yessoan," and the "A" was "*sscr*k"). Cary himself unintentionally used an offensive word when he combined the words "TWOW" and "chat" into "TWAT".

* TakeThat: Many for [[Creator/DonaldTrump Donald Trump.]]

* VocalEvolution: Cary's voice is much more clear later in the series. It's especially noticeable since he uses his old voice clips to explain how to vote and summarize the remaining TWOW players.

** The voice for the line about summarizing the living TWOWers was changed in TWOW 20B.

* VocalEvolution: Cary's voice is much more clear later in the series. It's especially noticeable since he uses his old voice clips to explain how to vote and summarize the remaining TWOWers.

* OverlyLongGag: In TWOW 18B, [=Crafty7=] uses Tennis Ball to bounce back from the ground and avoid elimination. Throughout the rest of the video, [=Crafty7=] can be seen bouncing on the ground. Eighteen days later, in TWOW 19A, Cary finally ends the gag by using a magnet to attract Tennis Ball's magnet. [=Crafty7=] finally falls through the ground.

* VocalEvolution: Cary's voice is much more clear later in the series. It's especially noticeable since he uses his old voice clips to explain how to vote and summarize the remaining T.W.O.W.ers.

Ten Words Of Wisdom, or TWOW, is a competitive [[YouTube Youtube]] game created and by Cary Huang (carykh), of WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland fame, notable for its massive scale (It began with 491 contestants). The game is about answering various prompts (e.g. Write a haiku about plants) in 10 words or fewer. The responses have to be witty, poetic and funny, but a pun or two doesn't hurt. These responses are judged by viewers (which includes contestants) anonymously, eliminating the lowest ranked contestants.

** Juhmatok in the early rounds, nicknamed the "Power TWOWer" [[spoiler:(Unfortunately, amid cheating accusations with regards to her high performances and some other reasons, she quit in 12A]]

** Joseph Howard - the first person to top a round twice in a row

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Contestants sometimes sneak questionable material past Cary. Some include Riley's controversial dog-slaughtering response, [=SpicyMan33=]'s ode to Riley, [=SpicyMan33=]'s (partially censored) "angry" discord messages to MidnightLight, and [=TheMightyMidge=]'s TWOW 17 FunWithAcronyms confessional (The words spelled "Yessoan," and the "A" was "*sscr*k"). Cary himself unintentionally used an offensive word when he combined the words "TWOW" and "chat" into "TWAT".

* TakeThat: Many for [[Creator/DonaldTrump Trump.]]
* TemptingFate: The "Efficiency Curse," in which Cary mentions the most "efficient" contestant[[note]]those who manage to consistently grab the last safe spot[[/note]] in one episode, only for the contestant to be eliminated shortly after..
* VocalEvolution: Cary's voice is much more clear later in the series. It's especially noticeable since he uses his old voice clips to explain how to vote and summarize the remaining TWOWers.