# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 496

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9904 "2022-07-19T21:09:13Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9905 "2022-07-19T21:13:53Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling  
University

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9906 "2022-07-20T02:25:28Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling  
University  
Versatile

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9907 "2022-07-20T04:46:35Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling  
University  
Versatile  
Wavelength

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9908 "2022-07-20T10:29:28Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling  
University  
Versatile  
Wavelength  
Xenon

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9909 "2022-07-20T12:09:26Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling  
University  
Versatile  
Wavelength  
Xenon  
Yellowfin

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9910 "2022-07-20T13:22:00Z")

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**Each word must contain at least two letters from the word above**

Alphabetical  
Belted  
Celtic  
Dehumanize  
Emerald  
Farmer  
Granted  
Haunted  
Impaled  
Jambalaya  
Kaboodle  
Labradoodle  
Monkeys  
Nomenclature  
Originally  
Peninsula  
Quincentennial  
Ragamuffin  
Stuffing  
Trifling  
University  
Versatile  
Wavelength  
Xenon  
Yellowfin  
Zoology

Pass

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9911 "2022-07-20T15:09:51Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9912 "2022-07-20T15:12:09Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9913 "2022-07-20T15:25:30Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus

2nd Brightest star but not visible in the Northern hemisphere above the 37th parallel. I haven’t seen it in many years.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9914 "2022-07-20T15:28:08Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb

A blue-white supergiant star, in the constellation Cygnus.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9915 "2022-07-20T15:37:15Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1

It was the first satellite launched by the U.S. and was part of the International Geophysical Year in 1958. It also followed the 1957 Sputnik launches and was a morale-booster in the ‘don’t let the Russkies get ahead of us’ era.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9916 "2022-07-20T15:56:12Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9917 "2022-07-20T16:03:20Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9918 "2022-07-20T16:31:43Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede  
Hercules

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9919 "2022-07-20T19:52:45Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede  
Hercules  
Io

one of Jupiter’s dozens of moons

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9920 "2022-07-20T20:10:19Z")

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**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede  
Hercules  
Io  
Jupiter

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9921 "2022-07-20T20:13:21Z")

</div>

**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede  
Hercules  
Io  
Jupiter  
Kuiper belt

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9922 "2022-07-20T20:15:59Z")

</div>

**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede  
Hercules  
Io  
Jupiter  
Kuiper belt  
Light year

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9923 "2022-07-20T21:18:59Z")

</div>

**Space: the final frontier**

Astronomical unit  
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Betelgeuse  
Canopus  
Deneb  
Explorer 1  
Falculae  
Ganymede  
Hercules  
Io  
Jupiter  
Kuiper belt  
Light year  
Mars

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