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NEW GAME - MISSING LINK - A Creative Thinking Game of Associations

(NOTE: This thread is for THIS game ONLY.  All other games can be played here: http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=34043.0)

Rules:
1.  You need to figure out the ONE or TWO word Missing Link which connects two separate game words, word1--> Missing Link--> word2.

2.  The Missing Link must be somehow associated to word1 AND to word2.  (see examples below)

3.  Any member can guess the Missing Link by posting this:  link="Missing Link guess"?

4.  The Poster of the correct Missing Link gets to post the new word2 in the following format:
  • word1= "old word2"
  • word2= "OP's new word"
5.  The Poster of word2 is encouraged to give hints if members have difficulty finding the Missing Link (until it is so easy that a member gets it).

6.  In case the current OP of the riddle is offline or not responding, any logical Missing Link guess that is posted and then seconded
     by another member is good enough to win that riddle.  The OP member who thought of the link can CMIIW.  This way we don't have to wait.

7.  3MR=The 3 Minute Rule:  The member correctly guessing the Missing Link has 3 minutes to post word2, otherwise any member may post it in order to keep the game flowing.



This is not just a free flow association game, but rather, each pair of words is its own new, challenging riddle to be solved before continuing.

Example:   If Riddle#1 were "Sunday-->Superbowl-->cereal"   then   Riddle#2 could be "cereal-->spoon-->fork"
       In Riddle#1, if a member correctly guesses the Missing Link for word2 of "cereal", then "cereal" now becomes new word1 in Riddle#2.
       The member then thinks of a Missing Link to a new word2 and posts the new word2.   (The guessed link DOES NOT become word2.) 

Possibilities:
Word1Word2LinkLevel
cereal,fork-you eat cereal with a spoon, which is a utensil just like a fork (easy)
cereal,cow-you eat cereal with milk, which comes from a cow (easy)
cereal,soup-you eat cereal in a bowl, as you do soup (easy)
cereal,lane-you eat cereal in a bowl, and you bowl down a lane (moderate)
cereal,hear-cereal starts with "see", which is one of the 5 senses, as is hear (moderate)
cereal,bounce-cereal ends with "roll", which is an action like bounce (moderate)
cereal,trout-cereal sounds like "sole", which is a fish, like trout (hard)
cereal,celery-cereal is crunchy, just like celery (hard)

Ready?  I propose we start off with easy/moderate until members feel comfortable joining.

NOTE: Players agree to ignore any posts that do not comply with the rules, and instead, to refer those posters to the wiki.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12360 on: February 12, 2017, 09:19:36 PM »
flag!
I actually thought of that word and dismissed it.  I was thinking color war...flag, but couldn't figure out how it would go with captcha.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12361 on: February 12, 2017, 09:20:02 PM »
I actually thought of that word and dismissed it.  I was thinking color war...flag, but couldn't figure out how it would go with captcha.
did you ever play "captcha the flag"?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12362 on: February 12, 2017, 09:39:55 PM »
I guess this is a pretty hard one as the connection between word 2 and the link is slim.
Hint: Is captcha a word?
Hint: One of the guesses from the last puzzle is a great hint for this one.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12363 on: February 12, 2017, 09:48:47 PM »
did you ever play "captcha the flag"?
Hilarious (and great) if that is what he meant!

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12364 on: February 12, 2017, 09:55:18 PM »
yes that was my reasoning
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12366 on: February 12, 2017, 10:14:21 PM »
This is my first time doing this and I kinda regret using that second word as it is not so clear.

The link is not quite a word, in the same way as captcha is not quite a word (just check out http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?board=22.0).

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12367 on: February 12, 2017, 10:37:26 PM »
Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12368 on: February 12, 2017, 10:48:38 PM »
Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart
You're getting somewhere. Now think colors. Lots of colors.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12369 on: February 12, 2017, 10:52:15 PM »
You're getting somewhere. Now think colors. Lots of colors.
as in rainbow?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12370 on: February 12, 2017, 10:54:15 PM »
as in rainbow?
Yes. You are almost there.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12371 on: February 12, 2017, 10:56:19 PM »
Yes. You are almost there.
spectrum? prism? kaleidoscope?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12372 on: February 12, 2017, 10:58:42 PM »
Look through the hints. Remember it is not really a word (that is it's sole connection to word 2).

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12373 on: February 12, 2017, 11:08:08 PM »
Roygbiv
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12374 on: February 12, 2017, 11:09:36 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12377 on: February 12, 2017, 11:20:07 PM »
Someone else?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12378 on: February 13, 2017, 12:56:36 AM »
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Isn't is amazing how these first timers keep guessing the correct answers?
Welcome aboard!

word1=captcha
word2=    ?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12379 on: February 13, 2017, 07:15:43 AM »
Isn't is amazing how these first timers keep guessing the correct answers?
Welcome aboard!

word1=captcha
word2=    ?
OK, I thought of something.
Word1=captcha
Word2=cabbage
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