# ACRO-phobia game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764 "2003-01-10T16:52:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764/1 "2003-01-10T16:52:53Z")

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I remember learning - from this board actually - about an internet game called ACROphobia - the fear of acronyms. You’re given a jumble of letters and compete to come up with something they stand for.

It doesn’t seem to be around anymore.

Is it around still? Is there some extremely similar game I can get myself hooked on instead? I’ve been wandering around yahoo games and just can’t find one that quite measures up to Acro.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764/2 "2003-01-10T16:54:51Z")

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Try [http://members.tripod.com/~acrophobiacs/](http://members.tripod.com/~acrophobiacs/) for assistance 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764/3 "2003-01-10T16:59:32Z")

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[GIYF.](http://137.229.157.252/~kenrick/pub/ircgames/acro.html)

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764/4 "2003-01-11T21:20:23Z")

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[Bezerk.com](http://Bezerk.com) and the original Acrophobia are gone. I recently found [http://www.acrochallenge.com](http://www.acrochallenge.com) which is essentially the same game.

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**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acro-phobia-game/147764/5 "2003-01-11T21:28:59Z")

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If you like that sort of thing you might enjoy Psychobabble on [popcap.com](http://popcap.com). Lots of fun.