Word for Word. (game)

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Erudite

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Watermelon

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Bay Window

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tectonics

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Bay Windows in San Francisco are are often broken by the action of plate tectonics. Point?

Next word: abecedarian

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OOOer Otto a man of letters

Next Word: Nadir

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I’d say this requires a challenge. There is no special connection between bay windows and San Francisco - the “bay” comes from the shape of the window itself. This is too weak a link to be considered a connection - any pair of words in this thread could have an equally valid connectoin.

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portal

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asbestos

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I agree with Fang w/r/t bay window -> tectonic. (Sorry, Otto.)

anthill

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I second the challenge. How does that work Larry?

next word:

Easter Bunny

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tequila

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hydrangea

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Oh, OK, diode and enema earns a point but bay window and tectonics doesn’t? You all suck and I hate you.

hypocorism

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Toenail.

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ant hill–>Easter Bunny

Leaving aside the fact that Easter Bunny is two words (I’ll follow the spirit of the rules), both ants and the easter bunny

  1. are known for working hard and carrying enormous loads

  2. are associated with eggs although the vast majority of the species don’t lay them

  3. tunnel

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Oh, and a new word:

Alert

Shade - currently hated by Otto due to an embarrasing incident with a diode and an enema.

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dewdrop

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  1. Other than being depicted carrying a basket, I didn’t realize he was known for either of these.

  2. Exactly what species is the Easter Bunny?

  3. I’ve seen Bugs Bunny and Peter Rabbit depicted tunneling, but didn’t realize the Easter Bunny was particularly known for this.

anvil

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Shade scores, taking the lead from belladonna.

Also, I think I’m inclined to change my position on tectonics->bay window, if you look at it as “tectonic shifts cause earthquakes and earthquakes break windows.” A close enough connection, if anyone’s ever going to make it to 10.
This is only partly due to gratitude for being introduced to the word “hypocorism”, which is a pretty good’n. :wink:

To simplify things, I think we should stick to one-word suggestions, since using two words together narrows the connections.

Also, since I’m scoring, I’m going to take myself out of the running. Wouldn’t want things to whiff of corruption… heh heh.

Finally, for the sake of convenience here’s a link to the SCORES for this page.

: Previews and sees peaseas post :

I agree that two of those connections of somewhat dubious but I think that the underground nest connection is strong enough. As for the Easter Bunny tunnelling, that’s fair.

Unless anyone else challenges? Gosh, the pressure is really getting intense. :wink: