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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.
« Last edited by srap on February 10, 2017, 02:55:52 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14520 on: March 01, 2023, 12:05:30 AM »
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14521 on: March 01, 2023, 05:28:26 AM »
So close, but still not it.

BIG hints:
word1:  What is special about flight shows?
word2:  CAD


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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14522 on: March 01, 2023, 05:34:33 AM »
lane
Probably the closest to word1

I'm thinking flight path > neural pathway > recognition
Probably the closest to word1 and word2


Should I give you the first letter?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14523 on: March 01, 2023, 06:50:27 AM »
Swoop
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14524 on: March 01, 2023, 09:32:35 AM »
Swoop
Cute idea, but not what I was thinking.


Hint #who knows what for word1:  One plane can do it, but usually more at a show

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14525 on: March 01, 2023, 09:53:02 AM »
Draw
Write
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14526 on: March 01, 2023, 11:11:21 AM »
Draw
Write
No. 
@etech0 put together a good compilation of the earlier hints. You guys are trying so hard.  I really don't want to have this take so much time.     
Ready for a first letter hint? 

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14527 on: March 01, 2023, 11:18:17 AM »
voice? facial? key?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14528 on: March 01, 2023, 11:35:50 AM »
voice? facial? key?
Another kind of recognition that people also use and that word (link) goes with flight:

flight ____
____ recognition

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14529 on: March 01, 2023, 11:48:09 AM »
Pattern
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14530 on: March 01, 2023, 11:59:16 AM »
Pattern
Does it feel right? YESSS!!! B"H finally.  Was it really that hard?  :-[

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14531 on: March 01, 2023, 12:01:02 PM »
Was it really that hard?  :-[
I'm going to say yes :)
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14532 on: March 01, 2023, 12:15:29 PM »
Word1: president
Word2: flight

This was in the wrong order, and president should've been word2...

Word1: recognition
Word2: president
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14533 on: March 01, 2023, 12:16:27 PM »
This was in the wrong order, and president should've been word2...
NOW you tell us?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14535 on: March 01, 2023, 02:22:26 PM »
This was in the wrong order, and president should've been word2...

Word1: recognition
Word2: president
Very confusing.
If
Word1 = flight
Word2 = president

Then the following set would be
Word1: president (instead of flight)
Word2: recognition

Assuming pattern is the connection,
@SSLPhD would now add
Word1: recognition
Word2: ?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14536 on: March 01, 2023, 04:26:16 PM »
Very confusing.
If
Word1 = flight
Word2 = president

Then the following set would be
Word1: president (instead of flight)
Word2: recognition

Assuming pattern is the connection,
@SSLPhD would now add
Word1: recognition
Word2: ?
I was trying to "right" a "wrong" so I used president as word2.

Word1: recognition
Word2: president
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14537 on: March 01, 2023, 04:40:30 PM »
I was trying to "right" a "wrong" so I used president as word2.

Word1: recognition
Word2: president
I don't know what the link word is, but it sure aint Biden...

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14538 on: March 01, 2023, 08:54:31 PM »
I don't know what the link word is, but it sure aint Biden...
recount

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #14539 on: March 01, 2023, 09:00:08 PM »
inaugural?