# Word for Word. (game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708 "2002-08-07T01:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/1 "2002-08-07T01:02:52Z")
The rules:[ul][li]Each poster must post a word that is _completely unrelated_ to the preceding word.[_]You can earn a point by finding a valid connection between two consecutive words.[_]You lose a point if nobody buys your connection.[_]The person who has posted a succesfully challenged word is penalized one point.[_]If a word goes unchallenged for five turns, it is subject to a “statute of limitations.” [\*]The game can end in one of two ways-- either someone makes it to ten points and is declared the winner, or we all get bored to tears and the thread drops like a stone in a low-pressure zone.[/ul]Are you ready? Then we’ll begin:[/li] **Elderberry.** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/2 "2002-08-07T01:04:44Z")
**Staccato** ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/3 "2002-08-07T01:05:37Z")
I do not believe that the word sock is related to elderberry. How about the word **grass**? ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/4 "2002-08-07T02:20:22Z")
Swordfish. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/5 "2002-08-07T02:38:13Z")
hub ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/6 "2002-08-07T02:43:15Z")
BUZZZZz! Hub Swordfish is a popular dish. 1 point for Mudd. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/7 "2002-08-07T02:52:27Z")
**stadium** ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/8 "2002-08-07T02:54:12Z")
hindsight ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/9 "2002-08-07T02:56:06Z")
Uh, whut now? I guess to simplify things, a challenged word is still used to link to the next one. (Since we can challenge five steps back.) Next word: **avacado** ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/10 "2002-08-07T02:58:58Z")
(With hindsight, I should have previewed.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/11 "2002-08-07T03:21:27Z")
echinacea ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/12 "2002-08-07T03:54:30Z")
**ingenuous.** ---
**Author:** ![zephonith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@zephonith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephonith)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/13 "2002-08-07T04:34:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*Hub Swordfish is a popular dish. > > 1 point for Mudd. 😃 \*\* I googled “hub swordfish” and got five “Hub swordfish in mushroom cream sauce” recipes. Doesn’t sound too appetizing. Ok, 1 point for you I suppose. **Avocado** and **echinacea** are often found together in skincare products, cosmetics etc. Do I get a point? Next word: **kinetic** ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/14 "2002-08-07T10:43:48Z")
Arthur Ganson’s \*\* ingenious kinetic \*\* sculptures address emotional and philosophical issues between the animate and inanimate, human and machine. Presumably this describes a ‘form’ of sculpture. Is that a point? **Starship** would be the next word, if that’s the way it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/15 "2002-08-07T16:54:40Z")
**zephonith** , that is certainly point-worthy. **Caught@Work** , **Rhubarb** ’s move was [url=“[http://www.bartleby.com/61/83/I0138300.html](http://www.bartleby.com/61/83/I0138300.html)”]ingenuous[/url, so I guess that’s a miss. **yeast** ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/16 "2002-08-07T17:35:09Z")
**photograph** ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/17 "2002-08-07T17:47:47Z")
**garbanzo** ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/18 "2002-08-07T18:17:09Z")
I made a stupid little page to keep track of the scores: [SCORES](http://216.232.71.251/~larry/scores.htm) ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/19 "2002-08-07T18:27:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peasea \* > \*\ ***garbanzo** \*\* penultimate ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/20 "2002-08-07T18:30:30Z")
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