# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1901 "2020-04-17T12:57:10Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated-old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated ---
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Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated-old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells ---
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Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated-old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells Ululate - to lament loudly and shrilly ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1904 "2020-04-17T16:00:26Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated-old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells Ululate - to lament loudly and shrilly Velocipede - human powered land vehicle (bicycles most commonly) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1905 "2020-04-17T16:09:54Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated-old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells Ululate - to lament loudly and shrilly Velocipede - human powered land vehicle (bicycles most commonly) Walpurgis - night celebrated in Europe to commemorate St. Walpurga, to deter witchcraft and evil spirits > **[Walpurgis Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night)** > > Walpurgis Night (/vælˈpʊərɡɪs, vɑːl-, -ˈpɜːr-/), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht \[zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt\]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May. This feast commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga and the movement of her relics to Eichs Saint Wal... ---
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Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated-old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells Ululate - to lament loudly and shrilly Velocipede - human powered land vehicle (bicycles most commonly) Walpurgis - night celebrated in Europe to commemorate St. Walpurga, to deter witchcraft and evil spirits Xat - a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1907 "2020-04-17T16:39:50Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate - to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba - (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist - Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated - old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells Ululate - to lament loudly and shrilly Velocipede - human powered land vehicle (bicycles most commonly) Walpurgis - night celebrated in Europe to commemorate St. Walpurga, to deter witchcraft and evil spirits Xat - a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples Yuke – to itch ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1908 "2020-04-17T17:13:59Z")
Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate - to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba - (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist - Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure Superannuated - old-fashioned, obsolete, antiquated Tintinnabulation - lingering sound of bells Ululate - to lament loudly and shrilly Velocipede - human powered land vehicle (bicycles most commonly) Walpurgis - night celebrated in Europe to commemorate St. Walpurga, to deter witchcraft and evil spirits Xat - a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples Yuke – to itch Zoroastrianism-A religion That was hard… Now, use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart ---
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Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1910 "2020-04-17T17:39:41Z")
damn double post ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1911 "2020-04-17T17:46:12Z")
Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony ---
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Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1913 "2020-04-17T18:00:58Z")
Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1914 "2020-04-17T18:01:30Z")
Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant Falafel ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1915 "2020-04-17T18:02:43Z")
Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant Falafel Gigantic ---
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Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant Falafel Gigantic Health ---
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Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant Falafel Gigantic Health Imaging ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1918 "2020-04-17T23:09:03Z")
Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant Falafel Gigantic Health Imaging Jojoba ---
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Use the letter twice (maybe consecutively, maybe not, don’t have to begin with it) Apart Basketball Cacaphony Dude Elephant Falafel Gigantic Health Imaging Jojoba Kick ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1920 "2020-04-17T23:35:03Z")
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