Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Association
Introduction
This is a fun and simple game. It's in the Sandbox - feel free to join in! It's a good place to practice making links to articles, and to start looking for interesting articles on Wikipedia.
How to Play
By way of example, a game might start off with: cat. Then, the next person might add cat, dog. And after a few more rounds, we might get cat, dog, pet, animal, forest, tree, ...
Simply, the game involves adding a single word to the list that is related to the previous one. Avoid repeating words, and keep the links tasteful! Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link. Thus Sebastian Junger would be followed by 1962, and Latin by ancient.
Try to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 400 words.
Occasionally, it's good to have some branches that diverge the main game into several sections. The official limit for said branches is 80 words. Try not to make a branch when the main game is about to close down; that will only store your branch away in the archives. Please only branch when the word exists in the word list.
In spirit of the game, please only type one word consecutively. Then, another person can respond to your word, and the game continues!
The game
We are now on Game #6!
Main word: 'France'
France, garlic, herb, plant, factory, farming, farmers, tenants , apartment, key, cryptography, PGP. Computer program, Operating system, Windows, Doors, greenhouses, autovent, automatic, machine, translation, interpretation, subjectivity, objectivity, philosophy, wisdom, Oracle, spirituality, religion, dogma, Alanis Morissette, guitar, The Beatles, The Monkees, Believer, mystic, pizza, Cheese, milk, Cow, animal, vegetable, mineral, water, liquid, lunch, haggis, Scotland, United Kingdom, Home, house, husband, wife, partner, dance, ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Barry the St. Bernard, Mountain rescue, Search and rescue, Emergency services, Enhanced 911, Porsche 911, Jaguar E-type, automobile, Automobile Association, Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, American Airlines, Canadian Airlines, Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Great Britain, Brittany, Normandy, Norman language, Norman Mailer, Author, Richard Adams, Douglas Adams, Forty-two, Deep Thought, Cetacean intelligence, Ecco the Dolphin, Asterite, Orb, Eye, Eye of the Tiger, Chocolate, Caramel, Toffee, Apple, Orange, Citrus, Cat, Catgirl, Girl, Girlpower, Spice Girls, Boyzone, Boy band, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Brain death, WikipediaClassAction.org, Douchebags, shower, bath, England, Wales, Wolphin, Mule, White Fang, Fang, Viper, Python, Monty, The Full Monty, Sheffield, Shepard, David Shepherd, David Brin, Postman, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Ring Ring, Bananaphone, Ridiculous, Roman army, Roman Empire, Gaul, Raul, Football, Rugby, Women's sports, Netball, Volleyball, sand, castle, rocks, rolls, wheel, war, path, shortest path, Dijkstra's algorithm, Combinatorial optimization, combinatorial proof, QED, Eureka, Yreka, California, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Paddy Ashdown, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Old Navy, Carrie Donovan, Carrie, Goth, Visigoth, Balti dynasty, Dynasty, Dynasty Warriors, Imperial guard, Warhammer 40K, Warcraft, Hovercraft, Flying, Kite, Makar Sankranti, Festival, Venice, Piazza San Marco, St Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace, Palatine Hill, Palate, Pallet, Bonfire, Fire, Firebox, Steam Engine, Steam locomotive, Train, Railway, Way, Permanent way, Permanent wave, Sine wave, Square wave, radio wave, radio, FM, AM, PM, clock, Big Ben, National Lampoon's Vacation, Holiday, Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar, Serial comma, Serial killer, Harold Shipman, Dirty Harry, Harry Callahan, photographer, Jock Sturges, nudity, Naturism, Nature, Wilderness, Heathcliff, Garfeild, President, Anybody but Bush, Tactical voting, Tactical combat, Strategy, Military of the United States, US Marines, Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom's Cabin, White House, The West Wing, East Enders, West End Girls, Uptown Girl, List of best-selling music artists, List of lists, Set of all sets, Paradox, Time travel, Professor Chronotis, Q (Star Trek), Q (James Bond), Aston Martin, British racing green, Stirling Moss, Lotus, Flower, Flour, Cooking, Oil, Acne, Teenager, NyQuil, Acetaminophen, Acetate, Vinyl, PVC, Plastic, Nylon, fabric, Slipper, Slip-Slop-Slap, Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen), Baz Luhrmann, Australia, Wombat, Jar, Jargon, File, Java, applet, nerd, program, candy land, Belgium, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Sam Rockwell, Actor, Theatre, Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Brothers Grimm, Terry Gilliam, Jehova, Stoning, Chirac, Paris, Eiffel Tower, River Seine, Normandy, Brittany, Nantes, Nancy, Nancy Drew, Mystery, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Aztecs, Incas, Peru, Cavy, Guinea, Guinea pig, Volunteer, Sucker, Octopus, Eight, Googol, 1 E-27 kg, proton, Proteus, Poseidon, remake, The Producers, Director's cut, The_First_Cut_Is_The_Deepest, Surgery, E.R., Emergency room, Skin, Crawling, Linkin Park, Hyde Park, Live 8, Tribe 8, Magic_8-ball, Prediction, Clairvoyance, ESP, ESP Game, ESPN, Football, Soccer, Goal!, Bend It Like Beckham, Film, Canister, Ampoule, Amphora, pottery, shard, Archaeology, fossils, Paleontology, life, John Conway, Conway Twitty, The Twits, Quentin Blake, Illustrator, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe pueblos, Southwestern United States, Western United States, wild West,
- Word count: 351/400 as of word wild West
Branch: 'Boyzone' (closed)
Boyzone, Calzone, Ozone, Auto Zone, Neutral zone, NPOV, View, Glasses, Spectacles, Crushing by elephant, Snake pit, Indiana Jones, Temple of Doom, Temple University, Temple tube station, Vortex life form, Total Perspective Vortex, Fairy cake, Party, Hat, Cat, Kitten, Rabbit, White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane, Starship, Starship Troopers, Stormtroopers, Imperial Stormtroopers, United States Secret Service, FBI, fried bananas and ice cream, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, W.H. Auden, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Hurley, Versace, Fashion, Paris, Poitiers, Cajun, Creole, Reggae, Bob Marley, Jamaica, Rastafarian, Religion, Parody religion, Scientology, Xenu, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, women, Feminism, Kitchen, The Kitchen God's Wife, Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith, egg, Chicken, bird, Ostrich, Os'tralia, (spoken in deep Australian accent) Melbourne, Kangaroos, Marsupial, Mammal, Rodent, Rat, Informant, Pentito, Pendolino, Pennies, Pennines, Watershed, Continental divide, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, West, Cardinal direction, Cardinal sin, Jaime Cardinal Sin, Cory Aquino, Philippines, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mozambique, East Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tanganyika, Slavery, Racism, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Mary Cheney, same-sex marriage, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Malcolm in the Middle, Malcolm McLaren, Formula 1, Michael Schumacher, Scuderia Ferrari, Fiat, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Labour Party(UK), Government of the United Kingdom, Miserable failure, South Sea Bubble, Bloop, Onomatopoeia, Crunch, Crunchie, Cavalry, Charge of the Light Brigade, Light wave, Short wave, Russian Woodpecker, Cider, Cider vinegar, Cognac, Jetsons, Space Age, Bronze Age, Flag Fen, flag pole, Flag of Poland, Poland, Gdańsk, Minsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenian, Slavic, Russian language, Cyrillic alphabet, alphabet soup, Talk Soup, Clip show, The Simpsons
- Final word count 150/150 as of word The Simpsons (Branch closed)
Branch: 'Eureka' (closed)
Eureka, Eureka Stockade, Miners' strike, Baseball, San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana, Meet Joe Black, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Meet the Family, Meet, Meat, ball, rubber, band, guitar, sitar, Moulin Rouge, Windmill, breakdance, New Kids on the Block, Joey McIntyre, Joey Tribbiani, Friends, Enemies, Terrorists, Freedom fighters, September 11th, 2001, iPod, iPod Shuffle, Harlem Shuffle, Shuffleboard, game, set, Match, Championship, Super Bowl, Wardrobe malfunction, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Moore, Idiot, Village idiot, Court jester, Lawyer, Judge, Judge Dredd, Judge Jeffries, Book of Judges, Scripture, Revelation, God, Monotheism, Monotony, Monopoly, Microsoft, Evil Empire, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Force (Star Wars), Force (disambiguation), Gottlob Frege, Mathematics, Tom Lehrer, Tom Selleck, Tom Thumb, Thumbelina, Thimble, sewing, knitting, grandma, ancestor, Methuselah, Adam, Eve, All About Eve, All About the Benjamins, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin of Tudela, Joseph of Aramathea, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fawlty Towers, Torquay, HMS Torbay (S90), Tormarton, Tomato, Las Ketchup, Asereje, Europop, Eurovision Song Contest, Terry Wogan, BBC, RTÉ, IRA, ETA, ASAP, Now, National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, Penis Envy, Sigmund Freud, dreams, Carl Jung, Archetype, Stereotype, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Brass Eye, Brass knuckles, Brass monkey, Beastie Boys, 'N Sync, Synchronicity, Harmony, Zen, Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson, Indian, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Kwik-E-Mart, K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Urban sprawl, Megapolis, M62 motorway, Society for All British Road Enthusiasts, Sabre, S.P.E.C.T.R.E., U.N.C.L.E., NORAD, radar, SETI, Independence Day, Will Smith, Men in Black, Tommy Lee Jones, Tommy Lee, Greek-American, Pap smear, smear campaign, Dirty tricks, AC/DC, Inverter, Capacitor, Spark gap, Engine, Car, Caravan, Duke Ellington, Jazz, Saxophone, Brass.
- Final word count 155/155 as of word Brass (Branch closed)
Branch: 'Nudity'(Closed)
Nudity, Photography, Camera, Pervert, Cultural norm, Hippie, Flower power, Girl Power, Nuclear power, Hiroshima,Enola Gay, Boom, Jib, Jif, PB&J, Otter, Vole, Mouse, Rat, New York, Wonderful Town, Swansea, List of monarchs in the British Isles, Alfred the Great, Anne Boleyn, Beheading, Guillotine, French Revolution, Let Them Eat Cake, Gluttony, Sin, Seven, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, St. Francis of Assisi, Donkey, Donkey Kong, King Kong, Peter Jackson, Peter Pan, Fireman Sam, Pontypandy, panda, Sexual Harassment Panda, South Park, Kenny, Kenneth Clarke, Lois & Clark, Lewis and Clark, Lewis & Clark College, Lewis Castle College, Scotland, Kilts, Caber, Highland Games, Highlander, Highlander: The Series, Duncan Macleod, Immortal, Wowbagger, Carpetbagger, Mary Poppins Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Sesquipedalianism, Junk (ship), Red Dwarf, White dwarf, Dwarfism, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Rick Moranis, Dark Helmet, Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Skywalk, Tightrope, Desolation Row, Dead End Street, Cul-de-sac, Ramsay Street, Summer Bay, Summer Hill, Battle of Bunker Hill, Archie Bunker, Bunker, Pillbox, dynamite, Ms. Dynamite, Napoleon Dynamite, Napoleon Brandy, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Battlefleet, Fleet Week, Fleet Street, Reuters, Associated Press, media, Media Player, iPod.
- Word count 100/100 as of word: iPod. Branch closed
Branch: 'Slipper'
Slipper, Slapper, Kappa, Imp, Warlock, Wizzard, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, Ent, Tree, Elm, Deciduous, Woodland, The Woodlands, Texas, The Wood, Miss Wormwood, Absinthe, Anise, liquorice, Pontefract, Tesseract, Tesserae, Mosaic, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Netscape Communications Corporation, AOL, Dial-up access, ISP, Internet, Al Gore, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web, XML, MML, National Express Group, Bus, Train, Subway, London Underground, The Tube, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyning, Bath, Kennet and Avon Canal, River Thames, Whale, James Whale, Frankenstein, Dean Koontz, Dene, Yellowknives, Northwest Territories, Northwest Passage, Kenneth Roberts, Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth, Cathedral, stained-glass window, Ely, Eel, Marlow, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Deepcut Barracks, Foul play, Scandal, Tabloids, Sensationalism, Antidisestablishmentarianism,
- Word count 67/80 as of word Antidisestablishmentarianism
Ultra Word Association
This is a fun derivative of word association that involves a bit more creativity. It is also a good way to start seeing how you make Tables on Wikipedia. And speaking of creativity, there are five variations to the game!
How to Play
Simply add your word to the grid, either going sideways or downwards. One word at a time please!
- If you go sideways, your new word needs to associate with the word to the LEFT of it.
- If you go downwards, your word need to associate with the word ABOVE it.
- If there is a word ABOVE and to the LEFT of your word, it needs to be associated with BOTH of them.
- You can't add a word so that there's an empty gap either above it or to the left of it.
- You are not allowed red links.
By the time we can reach the final gridsquare, (bottom right), we will have a word associated with every single other word in the grid, that began as the top-left square.
Obviously, it is harder to fill in the in-between squares as you have to be creative to find the word that associates twice. Thus more satisfaction and praise goes to the guys who can get us closer to that elusive bottom-right square. If absolutely necessary, a previous word can be overwritten.
Give it a go!
Example
Here's what the beginning of a game might look like:
| Angels | Demons | Fire | Hose |
| Halo | Kill | Gun | Water cannon |
| Ring | TV | Dirty Harry | Shoot |
Here's how those words are working. The highlighted squares show how the bottom-rightmost word is related to the one ABOVE and to the LEFT of it.
| Angels First word. |
Demons Related to Angels. |
Fire Related to Demons. |
Hose Related to Fire. |
| Halo Related to Angels. |
Kill Related to Halo (via the X-Box game) AND related to Demons as Demons kill |
Gun Related to Kill AND related to Fire via Gunfire. |
Water cannon Related to Gun and related to Hose as the hose feeds water to the cannon. |
| Ring Related to Halo as it's a Ring |
TV Related to Ring and Kill as in "The Ring", the TV Kills |
Dirty Harry Related to Gun and TV as Dirty Harry uses guns on TV |
This is achieved with the code:
| [[Angels]] || [[Demons]] || [[Fire]] || [[Hose]] |- | [[Halo]] || [[Kill]] || [[Gun]] || [[Water Cannon]] |- | [[Ring]] || [[TV]] || [[Dirty Harry]]
The ultra game: 'Serfdom'
In this game, the initial word was chosen by clicking the "Random article" link.
Official Target Grid-Size: 7x15
Ultra Fixed Word Association: 'Middlesex'
This is a spinoff of the Ultra association. In this one, you don't have any control over what the initial words are.
Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)
Radial ultra game: 'Curling'
The rules are identical to the ultra game, except that the starting point begins in the centre of the box, and words expand out from the centre, associating to all the adjacent cells.
Radial ultra cross game: 'One'
The rules are identical to the radial game, except that some of the initial letters are fixed (inspired by the 3rd psychedelic ultra game).
Psychedelic Word Association: 5 Kingdoms
In this twist of the psychadelic word association, there are five "kingdoms" that own pieces of the table. Not only must you follow the sporadic rules of 10 islands, but on a particular letter, say T, you must give a word that starts with that letter (say, tractor).
Incidentally, the next PWA is a remake of this game.
Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)
Enigmatic Word Association
In this one, based off of PWA2, you don't have an active part in word associating; rather, it is your job to guess which words could fill in the blanks. There are four words put down in a flower-shape, and five mystery words around them that are related to the words that they touch horizontally or vertically. It is your job to guess which words could fit in the five blanks; I feel I'm repeating myself here.
| #1 | Cat | #2 |
| Stick | #3 | Movie |
| #4 | Search | #5 |
Grid Size: 3x3
Guesses
So that this game can become self-sufficient, beneath each guess vote whether you think it works or not. If a guess gets five votes or more for it, it works. When all five spaces are working, you can archive this and start a new one. Cheers!
1:
- Scratching post votes: Majora4,
- Tip-cat votes: Thryduulf, Melaen,
2:
- That Darn Cat! votes: Thryduulf,
- Theater votes: PinkDeoxys,
- Garfield: The Movie votes: GeeJo, Eupedia, GVOLTT, 81.156.219.131
3:
- Pink Panther votes: Thryduulf, Alfakim -- talk , PinkDeoxys
4:
- Googlue votes:
- Lantern votes:
- Dowsing rod votes: Thryduulf, 81.156.219.131,
5:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark votes: Thryduulf, 81.156.219.131,
- The Internet Movie Database votes: Thryduulf,
- Movie Review Query Engine votes: Thryduulf,
Word Disassociation
Introduction
This is a take-off of the original word association, and hasn't been seen since Game #3.
As with the ultra word association and the ultra branch, leave this here to archive itself seperate from the main game.Also, feel free to make a branch occasionally.
How to play
This is much like the regular word association,except instead of trying to put a word that is related to the previous one, you put one that has no relation whatsoever!
Sometimes, the game degenerates back into the normal version of word association, but it really doesn't matter because it's fun either way! (See if you can pick out when these switchovers occur)
Main Word: Chaos
chaos,
yams,
Final Fantasy VII,
Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun,
Angels,
Moon,
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch,
Adidas,
Plantains,
Blu-tack,
Floccinaucinihilipilification,
Emperor Norton,
Bingo,
Michel Foucault,
Acetylseryltyrosylseryliso...serine,
Wibble,
Red Screes,
Monism,
Exploding sheep (Continued below)
Titin (Oh just click the link (something like 184k words long)),
Cow,
Salad fingers,
Butterfinger,
Badfinger,
Glockenspiel,
Boredom,
Bob McGrath,
Menendez Brothers,
Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116,
Sausage,
Fnord,
River Thames,
Bloop,
Marilyn (hill),
Autofellatio,
Herbert,
Seaborgium,
Shibboleth,
Iraq Survey Group,
Caitlin Stasey,
Henry Winter,
Booger,
Aylesbury,
nondimensionalization,
gibberish,
fa la la la la la la la la,
Mosque,
Heliopolis,
Ruth Rendell,
Signcryption,
Smoot,
Moncton,
Dord,
violin,
Karl Menninger,
Escherichia coli,
Unibrow,
Inaya Day,
Tomacco,
Liger,
Mike the Headless Chicken,
Stuckeyville,
Mayra Veronica,
Fibonacci,
Autocunnilingus,
School,
celesta,
Gerbilling,
James McGarel-Hogg, 2nd Baron Magheramorne,
Jackalope,
Romanian National R&D Computer Network,
Trailer Park Boys,
Joan Collins,
Death Row,
peridot,
Tagetes tenuifolia,
Emancipation,
The,
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
Jheri curl,
EU-Moldova Action Plan,
Egg,
University of St Andrews Union Debating Society,
University of Manchester,
Stadio Dino Manuzzi,
Bananaquit,
Quilt,
Circle,
Kumquat,
List box,
ABC-DEF-GHI,
Airplane,
Merrion Street,
Tom Hanks,
São Roque do Canaã, Espírito Santo,
antidisestablishmentarianism,
Epson,
Vampire watermelon,
Mel Karmazin,
Fungus,
Representation of the People Act 1918,
How Much for Happy
Purple,
Grim Fandango,
Johnny Depp,
Murad Bey,
Nǃxau,
Project-Open,
Grimm's law,
Robin Williams,
Aligator,
Srinivasa Ramanujan,
Charge of the Light Brigade,
Lorem ipsum,
76 BC,
Sheffer stroke,
Publishing,
Osteoporosis,
reef knot,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,
Dickensian,
Greek language,
Censorship,
Apple,
Martinique,
Windows Vista,
Marmalade,
Jam,
ALF (TV series),
Gmail,
Metasyntactic variable,
Martian,
Spork,
Delta Goodrem,
blarg,
Coca-Cola,
Linkin Park,
Ghana,
defibrillator,
Electoral Reform Society,
Luge,
molybdenite,
Disambiguation,
Albert Einstein,
Iowa State University,
intelligence,
Gondwanaland,
You,
Atlantis,
Gonorrhoea,
Oolitic limestone,
Allah,
Coldstream Guards,
Myspace,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
War,
Tenon saw,
Deoxys,
John Doe,
Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August,
Pontefract Monkhill railway station,
Bromeliad,
Acropolis,
Yersinia pestis,
Pterodactyl,
The Beatles,
Pompeii,
Telepresence,
Walmart,
Giant Haystacks,
Another Brick in the Wall,
Basingstoke,
Trench,
Two Ronnies,
World domination,
Kangaroo,
Pornography,
Bongo drums,
Autofellatio,
Highway to Hell,
Monty Panesar,
Carlos Santana,
Newark, New Jersey,
vitamin C,
Baleen whale,
Cheese,
Channel Tunnel,
Douglas adams,
America's Cup,
- Total word count: 192/400 as of America's Cup
Branch: 'Moon' (closed)
Moon, Alexander II of Russia, Toothbrush, Jeans, piñon, Wikipedia, Pikachu, The Wheat Committee, Plankton, Olethros, Shiraz, Fight Club, ferry, Amercement, Time Cube, Jefferson, Alberta, Oprah Winfrey, Interstate 520, Ass, HPH CC, Felicity Huffman, Harburg, Golden Globes, your mom, Bob Barker, Island Records, Pestilence, New totalitarianism, chickpeas, Formaldehyde, Harper's Bazaar, Wheel of Fortune, Herron Mills, Ontario, Badger, Philadelphia Orchestra, United States federal courts, British Rail Class 153, Dutch Reformed Church, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk, þ, Alien abduction, Balderdash, Topology, Igloo, Particle accelerator, Optometry, materialism, Bosporus, Salween, Cemetary, Queentastic, Ox, Earth, particulate, cannibalism, Ipso facto, Latin, George Clooney, Yttrium, Disciple, UFO, Sandstone, Yazoo Land Fraud, Yosemite Sam, Curling, Wikipedia Sandbox, Ystradgynlais, Special:Random, Linnaean taxonomy, eyebrows, Baja California, Me, The Greatest Canadian, Kingston-upon-Thames, Hallelujah, Diving bell, Dumbledore, Aldus Huxley, Me, Judas Iscariot,
- Final word count: 82/80 as of Judas Iscariot. Branch closed
Branch: 'Unibrow' (closed)
Unibrow, Sexy, Margaret Thatcher, Lord of the Dance, Abraham Lincoln, Renal artery, Peanut butter, MG Rover, Swaziland, nail clipper, Wizbit, Yangzi, Mongoose, Saturn 5, Gnu, Hair, Barking, filibuster, Roman Britain, Celt, Pliny the Younger, Pantry, Osmosis, Death, Set theory, frog, The Bishop of Barf, Cougar, Bobsleigh, hockey, Hyundai, iPod, Shelley Rudman, Good bye, Lenin!, North British Railway, efficient, Civil service, Ve, Brigadoon, cookie, compound interest, aardvark, Xenophobia, Galaxy Quest, Aberystwyth, Rolex, Ovary, Hell's Kitchen, Tomfoolery, The Killers, French, A. E. J. Collins, Surfing, Little Owl, Omicron Theta, Snowman, email, Coldplay, Salamander, Dendrite, Lavender, rhododendron, Tbilisi, Aldous Huxley, Myxomatosis, Spaceballs, Ornithophobia, Bhaji, Narbonic, Nihilism, Autofellatio, November Rain, Rhombus, Imagine, Bowman's capsule, Brownian movement, Orc, Modem
- Final word count: 80/80 as of Modem. Branch closed
Branch: 'Spork'
Spork, Foon, Korea, Thomas Aquinas, Snow, Hiccup, Yellow, Nothobranchius, Cheshire cheese, United States Pharmacopoeia, Weddell Sea, Antimatter, Amnesty International, In Cold Blood, Hydrofoil, Frabjous, Longshore drift, Monkey, Newton-le-Willows, Autofellatio, Guns N' Roses, Greenwich Mean Time, Crash, Jessica, Kilimanjaro, Pentax, Fingernail, Mr Potato Head, Mongoose, Machu Picchu,
- Total word count: 30/80 as of Machu Picchu
Branch: 'Kangaroo'
Kangaroo, Fire, NATO phonetic alphabet, Sperm whale, Dmitri Shostakovich, Petunia
- Total word count: 6/80 as of Petunia
Ultra Fixed Word Disassociation: 'Chaos' - Connection amid this chaotic world
This is a spinoff of the Ultra Fixed Word Association. In this one, not only do you not have control over what the initial words are, the "fixed" words are based on the Word Disassociation game, below. The main word is the first word in the originating Word Dissasociation game. In the interests of keeping this game readable on one screen, please keep the words reasonably short :-)
Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)
Archive of old games
- Lasted until we had about 400 words on the list, and a bunch of repeated ones.
- Our first attempt at word disassociation. Creativity was somewhat lower.
- Our third word association game. Lasted until there were around 849 words on the list, including four "branches".
- Game #4 ("Unanimous" → "Sudoku")
- Our fourth word association game. Was limited to 400 words in the main branch, but several branches arose, including two invisible branches.
- Game #5 ("Rhymes" → "Internet")
- the fifth word association game.
- Ultra game #1 ("Grid" → "Filippo Bruneleschi")
- The first Ultra Association game on a 7x15 grid.
- Ultra game #2 ("Bridle of Constantine" → "Men")
- Second Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15. The game only got to 7x14 when it ended.
- Ultra game #3("Melbourne Beach, Florida" → "Death")
- Third Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
- Ultra game #4 ("Duke of York's Theatre" → Soviet Union)
- Fourth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
- Ultra game #5 ("Westbury, New York" → John Sperling)
- Fifth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
- Ultra Fixed #1 ("Grazing" → "Circulatory system")
- The branch of an older game, with slightly different rules than ultra that started it all.
- Ultra Fixed #2 ("House" → "Sexual innuendo")
- The second ultra fixed game.
- Ultra Fixed #3 ("Barley" → "Middle of the road")
- The third ultra fixed game.
- Ultra Fixed #4 ("Calendar" → "Prize")
- The fourth ultra fixed game.
- Radial Ultra #1 ("Albert Einstein" → "Child", "Malnourishment", "L'Inferno (1911)" and "Sexual slavery")
- The first game of Radial Ultra Association
- Radial Ultra #2 ("Crackpot" → "Piracy", "Stephen King", "Bikini" and "Madame de Staël")
- The second game of Radial Ultra Association
- Radial Ultra #3 ("Language" → "BBC Two", "Christmas special", "Fish" and "La Francophonie")
- The third game of Radial Ultra Association
- The first game of Psychadelic Word Association; featured ten words in random places.
- Psychadelic #2: Four Flowers (Fruit! Corn! Roll! Cricket!)
- Featured four unknown words that had to be guessed at.
Players
Here is where you can place your name and become a common player.
Active players
Nickptar,
Takitei,
Rixth,
<frat boy>,
Hosterweis (talk) (contribs),
Sirmob,
Enkauston,
GeeJo,
CannotResolveSymbol,
24.83.111.176,
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I have devised a template for those of you who believe you are addicted to this game and would like to tell the world:
Left side template:
| WWAA | This user is addicted to Word association. |
- Right side template:
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