# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/221 "2026-01-13T12:48:35Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/222 "2026-01-13T12:57:40Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/223 "2026-01-13T13:42:48Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/224 "2026-01-13T15:41:38Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire Best I could do with a q-word. Feel free to add a better one. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/225 "2026-01-13T16:28:00Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/226 "2026-01-13T17:52:46Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/227 "2026-01-13T17:58:23Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/228 "2026-01-13T19:58:48Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland Undergrowth ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/229 "2026-01-13T22:33:05Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland Undergrowth Valley ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/230 "2026-01-14T02:32:22Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:229, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland Undergrowth Valley Wilderness ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/231 "2026-01-14T18:47:14Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland Undergrowth Valley Wilderness Xeric — a term used to describe regions with very low moisture levels, as in “deserts are xeric environments”. And I’ll freely admit that I Googled it. But that’s how one learns things, right? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/232 "2026-01-14T20:27:48Z")
Quite right. **Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland Undergrowth Valley Wilderness Xeric Yardang I’d never heard of these, either: [Yardang - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardang) ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/233 "2026-01-14T21:22:06Z")
**Geographic Features** Archipelago Butte Canyon Delta Embankment Fjord Gully Harbor Inlet Jetty Karst Loch Mountain Neck Ocean Peninsula Quagmire River valley Sierra Tableland Undergrowth Valley Wilderness Xeric Yardang Zeuge **Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/234 "2026-01-14T21:23:53Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/235 "2026-01-14T22:22:18Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/236 "2026-01-15T03:39:43Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High ---
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**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/238 "2026-01-15T14:58:38Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/239 "2026-01-15T15:05:09Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In Of course, my favorite verse of that one is the 4th (last) verse, which is sometimes not included and is almost never sung - _Not in the dark of buildings confining Not in some heaven light years away But here in this place the new light is shining Now is the kingdom, now is the day_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/240 "2026-01-15T15:30:43Z")
**Hymns and other sacral music (any religion / language)** All Things Bright and Beautiful (Anglican / Protestant) Beautiful Savior Chorale in C Minor Ding! Dong! Merrily on High Ektene of the Prothesis For all the Saints Gather Us In How Great Thou Art [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=13)