# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **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:** 72
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1421 "2020-03-24T02:45:40Z")
Law enforcement - people and things All-points bulletin Bullets Crime prevention Detective Evidence FBI G-Men Handcuffs Interrogation Jail K-9 Leads Morgue Nark Officer Police station Questioning, Take him downtown for Recruit Sheriff Ten-Four Undercover Vice Squad Walk the beat ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1422 "2020-03-24T04:12:33Z")
Law enforcement - people and things All-points bulletin Bullets Crime prevention Detective Evidence FBI G-Men Handcuffs Interrogation Jail K-9 Leads Morgue Nark Officer Police station Questioning, Take him downtown for Recruit Sheriff Ten-Four Undercover Vice Squad Walk the beat X-ray for contraband ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1423 "2020-03-24T08:12:59Z")
Law enforcement - people and things All-points bulletin Bullets Crime prevention Detective Evidence FBI G-Men Handcuffs Interrogation Jail K-9 Leads Morgue Nark Officer Police station Questioning, Take him downtown for Recruit Sheriff Ten-Four Undercover Vice Squad Walk the beat X-ray for contraband Yegg Briefly popular term for safecracker, peaked 1926 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1424 "2020-03-24T16:03:48Z")
**jtur88** , June Thomson wrote the short story “The Itinerant Yeggman,” in which Sherlock Holmes sets out to catch a master burglar. Law enforcement - people and things All-points bulletin Bullets Crime prevention Detective Evidence FBI G-Men Handcuffs Interrogation Jail K-9 Leads Morgue Nark Officer Police station Questioning, Take him downtown for Recruit Sheriff Ten-Four Undercover Vice Squad Walk the beat X-ray for contraband Yegg Zebra murders > **[Zebra murders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_murders)** > > The "Zebra" murders were a string of racially motivated murders and related attacks committed by a group of four black serial killers in San Francisco, California, United States, from October 1973 to April 1974; they killed at least 15 people and wounded eight others. Police gave the case the name "Zebra" after the special police radio band they assigned to the investigation. > Some authorities believe that the Death Angels, as the perpetrators called themselves, may have killed as many as 73 or... Pass. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1425 "2020-03-24T16:28:20Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1426 "2020-03-24T16:29:40Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1427 "2020-03-24T16:33:49Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1428 "2020-03-24T16:38:25Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1429 "2020-03-24T16:48:21Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1430 "2020-03-24T16:56:37Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1431 "2020-03-24T16:58:21Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1432 "2020-03-24T17:22:54Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1433 "2020-03-24T17:36:15Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1434 "2020-03-24T19:57:25Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi Jaroj “years” in Esperanto ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1435 "2020-03-24T20:11:30Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi Jaroj kink ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1436 "2020-03-24T21:17:06Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi Jaroj kink Lateral ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1437 "2020-03-24T21:18:27Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi Jaroj kink Lateral Molybdenum ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1438 "2020-03-24T21:20:59Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi Jaroj kink Lateral Molybdenum Neon ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1439 "2020-03-24T22:15:14Z")
Words that start and end with the same letter Abracadabra Bob Castaic Dread Edge Fluff Gag Huzzah incubi Jaroj kink Lateral Molybdenum Neon Olio ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1440 "2020-03-24T22:26:13Z")
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