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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
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12221 on: February 09, 2017, 12:32:01 AM »
Square?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12223 on: February 09, 2017, 12:35:26 AM »
Yo Yo Yo

Nearly...
I had to look on a computer for that...on tapa it showed up as 62. Still don't get the relation to grocery so much...was thinking market?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12224 on: February 09, 2017, 12:46:55 AM »
??
Tapatalk shows this.

Word 1 = grocery
Word 2 = 62

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12225 on: February 09, 2017, 12:48:14 AM »
Tapatalk shows this.

Word 1 = grocery
Word 2 = 62
Sorry should've said I'm on tapa. Checked computer already thanks.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12226 on: February 09, 2017, 12:50:03 AM »
For all those on tapatalk

Word 1 = grocery
Word 2 = 6^2

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12227 on: February 09, 2017, 12:50:18 AM »
I had to look on a computer for that...on tapa it showed up as 62. Still don't get the relation to grocery so much...was thinking market?
Gross = 122 which is a power (or if you wanna call it root) as is 62.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12228 on: February 09, 2017, 01:18:18 AM »
Gross = 122 which is a power (or if you wanna call it root) as is 62.
Mini math lesson:  12 and 6 are the roots and 2 is the power.  122=12x12=144.   62=6x6=36.   24=2x2x2x2=16.

So has the link been guessed?  gross as in groc(ery) and  a gross as in 122?
ETA No, word2 was not 122, but 62 which is 36, not a gross!

I don't get the link.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12229 on: February 09, 2017, 01:25:10 AM »
Mini math lesson:  12 and 6 are the roots and 2 is the power.  122=12x12=144.   62=6x6=36.   24=2x2x2x2=16.

So has the link been guessed?  gross as in groc(ery) and  a gross as in 122?
ETA No, word2 was not 122, but 62 which is 36, not a gross!

I don't get the link.
Gross (as in GROCEry) is a power (122), the same way 62 is a power. May be a stretch, but definitely a link.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12230 on: February 09, 2017, 01:29:02 AM »
This thread is getting really confusing for those of us on tapa...
62
122

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12231 on: February 09, 2017, 01:35:15 AM »
This thread is getting really confusing for those of us on tapa...
62
122
Sorry. 62 will always translate into 6^2, and 122 will translate into 12^2.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12232 on: February 09, 2017, 01:38:09 AM »
Sorry. 62 will always translate into 6^2, and 122 will translate into 12^2.
I figured it out, but the first second I saw it I was about to correct you. 122?? A gross is 144. Lol

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12233 on: February 09, 2017, 01:38:46 AM »
Anyway... Who won?

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12234 on: February 09, 2017, 01:40:22 AM »
Anyway... Who won?
Whoever said square!  :) (Which is often confused with the word power)

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12235 on: February 09, 2017, 01:49:34 AM »
Whoever said square!  :) (Which is often confused with the word power)

Couldn't come up with anything for 6², so I'll pass

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12236 on: February 09, 2017, 01:50:24 AM »
Btw does the little 2 show up by u guys? Im on tapa...

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12237 on: February 09, 2017, 01:58:22 AM »
Btw does the little 2 show up by u guys? Im on tapa...
Yes
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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12238 on: February 09, 2017, 02:00:21 AM »
Yes
+1, though differently than when typed in browser.

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Re: Forum Games: Missing Link
« Reply #12239 on: February 09, 2017, 02:36:04 AM »
Word 1: 6²
Word 2: MS

Just trying to move away from 6². Its a pretty hard "word"
wiki states you can use any part of the word to connect to the link. 
That means that you may choose which part of  word1 62 (superscript) you want: six, square or thirtysix