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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 #6580 on: July 24, 2014, 10:42:54 PM »
ding ding ding! but do you understand the link?

I get the 7s and 11s, not sure about the 2, though?

Cut the last part- because seems I was mistaken.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6581 on: July 24, 2014, 10:43:49 PM »
I get the 7s and 11s, not sure about the 2, though? I know that the word "dice" has the same roots as two- but somehow I doubt that that's it.
nope...much more simple think of the word craps  ;D

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6582 on: July 24, 2014, 10:45:59 PM »
nope...much more simple think of the word craps  ;D

ummmmm..............
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6583 on: July 24, 2014, 10:52:37 PM »
1. 2
2. Ballet
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6584 on: July 24, 2014, 10:56:16 PM »
Tutu?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6585 on: July 24, 2014, 10:58:17 PM »
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned."
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6586 on: July 24, 2014, 10:59:38 PM »
1- ballet
2- ball

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6587 on: July 24, 2014, 11:05:22 PM »
nope...much more simple think of the word craps  ;D
ummmmm..............
Did no one get the connection between craps and #2?? really?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6588 on: July 24, 2014, 11:08:08 PM »

Did no one get the connection between craps and #2?? really?
I guess people were trying to keep this clean.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6589 on: July 24, 2014, 11:09:49 PM »
Dance

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6590 on: July 24, 2014, 11:10:23 PM »
I guess people were trying to keep this clean.
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6591 on: July 24, 2014, 11:11:17 PM »

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6592 on: July 24, 2014, 11:33:34 PM »
Party?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6593 on: July 24, 2014, 11:35:19 PM »
Nope.
Think in a different direction, especially for the word ball.
Hint: I was on staples.com when I thought of this one :)

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6594 on: July 24, 2014, 11:35:38 PM »
Point

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6596 on: July 24, 2014, 11:36:40 PM »
I guess people were trying to keep this clean.
+1  (even if it were a good one)
:-[
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #6597 on: July 24, 2014, 11:39:07 PM »
Word #1 ball
Word #2 tissue

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« Reply #6598 on: July 24, 2014, 11:42:31 PM »
Word #1 ball
Word #2 tissue
wad?  cold?   cry?

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« Reply #6599 on: July 24, 2014, 11:43:05 PM »