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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 #6200 on: July 13, 2014, 10:57:01 PM »
that was my second ever guess in this game which I'm still trying to figure out.
I'm trying
Thanks to srap there's a very clear wiki to help!
And by all means, keep guessing :)
+1  I'll even make it simpler so the lurkers out there can join too!

The winner posts two words and you have to find the middle word (ie, the Missing Link) that s/he was thinking of. 
The Missing Link can connect in ANY way to the first word, and in ANY way to the second word.

1- room
2- radio
You chose 'Boombox' because 'boom' rhymes with 'room' and 'boombox' has a radio.  Perfect and great!



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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6201 on: July 13, 2014, 11:00:57 PM »
another small hint?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6202 on: July 13, 2014, 11:02:30 PM »

another small hint?
Hm... I happen to be tutoring a sixth grader in geometry which may have played into this link a lot

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6203 on: July 13, 2014, 11:07:26 PM »
radius? circumference?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6204 on: July 13, 2014, 11:08:09 PM »

radius? circumference?
On the right track... Now think of radio buttons

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6205 on: July 13, 2014, 11:13:08 PM »
Area?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6206 on: July 13, 2014, 11:13:31 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6207 on: July 13, 2014, 11:14:05 PM »
Air?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6208 on: July 13, 2014, 11:17:09 PM »
Area?
I was thinking that, but I wasn't sure how that fit into radio.   Ohhhh!  Ray-dio!
MC, are you measuring the area with rays??!!  Or are you doing a double link:  room-->area-->radius''>radio??!

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6209 on: July 13, 2014, 11:18:26 PM »

I was thinking that, but I wasn't sure how that fit into radio.   Ohhhh!  Ray-dio!
MC, are you measuring the area with rays??!!  Or are you doing a double link:  room-->area-->radius''>radio??!
No, you're thinking too much about this one.
First perimeter, then area, then ??

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6210 on: July 13, 2014, 11:20:33 PM »
 ;D  v.....

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6211 on: July 13, 2014, 11:21:45 PM »
Ah. Volume

Eta: I see srap got there first
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6212 on: July 13, 2014, 11:22:20 PM »
That's the one

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6213 on: July 13, 2014, 11:26:09 PM »
Ah. Volume

Eta: I see srap got there first
You want it?  Second thought, I have one.

word 1 =radio
word 2 =ride

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6214 on: July 13, 2014, 11:28:39 PM »

You want it?  Second thought, I have one.

word 1 =radio
word 2 =ride
Wave?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6215 on: July 13, 2014, 11:29:14 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6216 on: July 13, 2014, 11:40:59 PM »
Word 1= Ride
Word 2= Cow

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6217 on: July 14, 2014, 12:12:34 AM »
Bull fight?
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6218 on: July 14, 2014, 12:12:53 AM »
Nope

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6219 on: July 14, 2014, 12:14:39 AM »
Horse?