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 #9!
Main word: 'Sinus'
Sinus, nose, elephant, room, house, White House, president, cabinet, safe, "Is it safe?", Gandalf, Frodo, Afro, hair, Brylcreem, Hair gel, aerogel, Aerosol, CFC, Halon, Fire extinguisher, Arson, argon, Argos, sonar, Echolocation, Elocution, The Rain in Spain, Balloon, 99 Luftballons, Nuclear war, Nuclear winter, Nucleogenesis, Curse of Cain, Abel, Ability, Competence, incompetence, Termination of employment, Pink slip, slippery slope, scree, Shale, Nathan Hale, Hail to the Chief, Hail Caesar, Salad, Lunch, Luncheon meat, Oscar Mayer, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Mayor Joe Quimby, Chief Wiggum, Police chief, Andy Griffith, Andy Kaufman, Mighty Mouse, Cocaine, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Lynndie England, Frog, Toad, Moby Dick, Moe Szyslak, Barney Gumble, Barney Rubble, Barney the Dinosaur, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Captain Kangaroo, Super Friends, Batman, John Batman, Wombat, Jar, Jaws, James Bond, Q, Q, Casino, Monte Carlo, Chevrolet, GMC, Ford, Ford Prefect, Gin and tonic, Juniper berries, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Meaning Of Life, 42, I Claudius, Claude Akins, Atkins, diet, Obesity, Cholesterol, Castor oil, Castrol, Lubricant, Graphite, Carbon, dating, speed, Gary Speed, Cow, Gertrude, Sally, Salvation Army, Army of Darkness, Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, Dizzy Gillespie, Jason Gillespie, Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Street Fighter, Bare-knuckle boxing, Ice hockey, Cardiff Devils, New Jersey Devils, Dogma, Movie, Kinetic, Potential, Well, Bucket, Hyacinth Bucket, Social class, Chav, Croydon facelift, surgery, gastric bypass, Heart bypass, transplant, organ donor, Organ grinder, rail grinder, rail tracks, Railtrack, Network Rail, Card, Paper, Rock, Paper, Scissors, coin flipping, tails, Canterbury Tales, Stories, Hans Christian Andersen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Thomas, John Thomas, Frazier Thomas, Smokin' Joe Frazier, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Eddie Murphy, Eddie Money, Sun Myung Moon, Moon Unit Zappa, Ice Station Zebra, Crossing, Fork in the road, Trivia, Quiz, Who, child pornography, Moral panic, Witch hunt, Socialization, Socialism, Shirley Chisholm, Melanie Chisholm, Flat Holm, Sherlock Holmes, Data, Base, Freebasing, BASE jumping, All your base are belong to us, Starsiege: Tribes, Lemmings 2: The Tribes, Two Tribes, Allegory, Animal Farm, Bolsheviks, Red, #00FF00, Hexadecimal, hexagon, Hex, heck, Great Heck, Great Balls of Fire, The Sun, Sunoco, Rococo, Coconut, Keith Richards, Alcoholism, breathalyzer, Chronic halitosis, Stink, skunk, Area 51, Lightgun, Time Crisis, Paradox, Epimenides, Greece, Grease, John Travolta, Pilot, Television pilot, The X-Files, Cigarette-Smoking Man, Marlboro, nicotine, Kryptonite, Superman, Smallville, Small World, Disney Land, Anaheim, Guggenheim, Googly eyes, Cartoon physics, Daffy Duck, Peking Duck, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, toll bridge, Chain of Rocks Bridge, Diamond Necklace, Idiom, Metaphor, simile, Like a Virgin, Olive oil, Olive Oyl, Betty Boop, Betty Boo, Boo Berry, Boo Boo Runs Wild, Yogi Bear, Yogi Berra, Colemanballs, David Coleman, Dabney Coleman, Loren Coleman, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Nessy, Eliot Ness, Prohibition, Speakeasy, Roaring Twenties, The Charleston, foxtrot, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Juliet Bravo, K-9, Doctor Who, Doctor McCoy, Bones, Dem Bones, Mnemonic verses, Haiku, Japanese, Anime, Adult Swim, Family Guy, Guy Smiley, Ted Knight, Ted Heath, Heath bar, country pub, Gastropub, Pub grub, Ploughman's lunch, Shepard's Pie, Cybill Shepherd, David Shepherd, Domestic Sheep, Dolly, Dolly Parton, Nine to Five, Rat Race, "Ratso" Rizzo, Rizzo the Rat, Felix the Cat, The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Phil Hammond, Dr. Phil McGraw, PhD, pH, HP, COMPAQ, Compact disc, Red Book, Bookbinding, Philadelphia, Sailing to Philadelphia, James Taylor, The Tailor of Gloucester, Gorton's of Gloucester, Seafood, Shellfish, Mollusca, Mussel, Muscle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thal, Vienna, Viennese Waltz, Ballroom Dance, "Ballroom Blitz", Blitzkrieg, The Blitz, Air raid siren, Two Tribes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Frankie Howerd, Homosexual, Dan Savage, Ann Landers, Zoolander, Bronx Zoo, Taronga Zoo, London Zoo, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Union Jack, Anarchy in the UK, Home Office, Home Depot, Homebase, Major leagues, Baseball, Wiffle bat, Kwik cricket, Kwik Save, Kwik-E-Mart, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Homer Simpson, D.C. Simpson, DC Comics, Superman, Übermensch, Uber, 1337, 1337, 1984, George Orwell, Orwellian, Equilibrium, Balance, Gymnast, Pyroclast, Volcanic bomb, Lava, Maasai, Karen Blixen, Karen Walker, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker whiskey, The Famous Grouse, Jack Daniel's, Bourbon, Biscuit, Digestive, Vulture, Anna Nicole Smith, Playboy, Playdoh, D'oh!, Mistake, Steak, Worcestershire sauce, Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, David Gower, Gower peninsula, Spain, King of Spain, Royalty, Jazz royalty, Nat King Cole, Old King Cole, Coal, Fire, Mine fire, "Ring of Fire", The One Ring, The One Power,
- Word count 394 (out of the maximum 400) as of The One Power.
Branch: 'Graphite' (closed)
Graphite, Pencil, Pencil skirt, Pulp, Pulp Fiction, You Never Can Tell, Chuck Berry, Bobby Bare, Jr., Father and Son, Mother and Son, Mothering Sunday, Watch with Mother, Are you sitting comfortablly?, Once Upon A Time, Stock phrase, Cliché, A game of two halves, Ronaldo, Ronald McDonald, Mascot, Philly Phanatic, Horse, play, Theatre, Stage, World, Whirl, Hazelnut, Witch hazel, Blair Witch Project, Labour leadership election, hullabaloo, Muse, Mews, Stable, Stapler, Paper, Papyrus, Walrus, Walmart, Evil empire, Bert is Evil, Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet, The Legendary Black Beast of Aaaargh, Castle Aaaargh, Airth Castle, Kincardine, Beta carotene, Antioxidant, Fire retardant foam, FAA, CAA, AAA, Initialism, Acronyms, Jargon, Slang, Carl Baugh, Loony, Joker, Playing card, Ace of Spades, King Diamond, Queen of Hearts, Juice Newton, Oran "Juice" Jones, Russell Simmons, Russell Grant, Russell Crowe, Eat crow, Humble pie, π, Euclidean geometry, Pythagoras, Right triangle, Right angle, geometry, Geo Metro, Geo-Force, G-force, Sound card, DAQ, NASDAQ, NASCAR, White trash, Croydon facelift, Plastic surgery, Nose job, Barry Manilow, Copacabana, Chupacabra, cryptozoology, Fortean Times, Charles Fort, Fort Charles, Port Charles, Charles Dance, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Twist and Shout, The Isley Brothers, Ice-T, LL Cool J, J-Lo, Jell-O, Story of O, Damien Rice, Tim Rice, Jasmine Rice, Uncle Ben's, Big Ben, Clock, Hickory Dickory Dock, Mouse, Extermination, Dalek, Droid, Dryad, Dungeons and Dragons, Nerd, Pocket protector, Personal protective equipment, High-visibility_clothing, Flourescence, Black light, Bowling, Rip van Winkle, Wee Willie Winkie, WWW, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Fire Flower, Super Mario Bros., Bowser, browser, Mosaic, Gopher, The Love Boat, Love Shack, Radio Shack, Tandy, VIS, VHS, Video nasty, Video Recordings Act 1984, 1984, Big Brother, Reality TV, The Amazing Race
- Word count 150 (out of the maximum 150) as of The Amazing Race.
Branch: 'Chronic halitosis'
Chronic halitosis, Bad breath, Garlic, Vampire, Vampire: the Masquerade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Geller, Kristy Swanson, Red Water, Red Scorpion, The Scorpion King, The Rock, World Wrestling Federation, World Wildlife Fund, World Monuments Fund, Wikimedia Foundation,Slab-on-grade foundations, Foundation (makeup), mascara, Baccara, Baccarat, Burt Bacharach, La Cucaracha, Folk music, Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Hard Rain (film), Purple Rain, Prince, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith, Enemy of the State, Osama bin Laden, Jihad, Yeehaw Junction, White trash, George W. Bush, Wanker, Lingerie, Victoria's Secret, Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Linda Blair, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, North Island, Northern Isles, Isle of Man, I Love Lucy, Lucy Lawless, Xena, Xanadu, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Enford, Enfield, En space, The Moon, The Honeymooners, Moonrakers, Moonraker, Moon River, Andy Williams, Matt Monro, bus, Charabanc, Magical Mystery Tour, Psychedelia, 13th Floor Elevators, Elisha Otis, Otis Redding, Noel Redding, Noel Coward, Cowardly Lion, Dorothy Gale, Patrick Gale, Patrick Dempsey, Dempsey & Makepeace, War and Peace, War, what is it good for?, Absolutely nothin'!!, Nil, Zero, Nada, Lada, Trabant, East Germany, Communism, USSR, Back in the USSR, The White Album, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Raccoons, Black eye, Buckeye, Ohio, River, Riverdance, Michael Flatley, Michael Faraday, Michael Fish, catfish, Dogfish, dog-eat-dog, Pecking order, Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird, GCSEs, ESRB, BBFC, Rated R, Flying Spaghetti Monster, spaghetti Westerns, meatballs, Meatwad, Spitwad, Spittoon, Tobacco, Tobacconist, Hooka, Pooka, Snooker, Dennis Taylor, Dancing with the Stars, Strictly Come Dancing, Obedience, Military, Navy, Gravy, Gravy train, Gravy song, Song of Songs, The Song That Never Ends, The Neverending Story, Life, Mid-life crisis, Menopause, Tropopause, Atmosphere, Meteorology, Prediction, Superstition, Black cat, Black Blade, Blade Runner, Road Runner,
- Word count 147 (out of the maximum 150) as of Road Runner.
Branch: 'Oliver Twist' (closed)
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens, Chicken picking, Chicken Licken, Kentucky Fried Chicken, One Vision, Singularity, Uniqueness, Fingerprint, FBI, CIA, MIA, Glen Miller, Miller Lite, Urine, Litter box, Postbox, Postmaster general, Witchfinder General, Salem, Massachusetts, Moncton, New Brunswick, Monkton, Kent, Monk, Tony Shalhoub, Wings, Albatross, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Nursery rhymes, Fairy tales, Brothers Grimm, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Troy, Agamemnon, Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About You, 10, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, Hillary Clinton, United States Senate, Washington Senators, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Bills, Dollar bills, Pound coin, Dime, Dime Bar, Dimebag Darrell, Darrell Hair, Daryl Hannah, Kill Bill, David Carradine, Lizzie McGuire, Liz McColgan, Colgate, Signal, traffic light, Red, Green, Red Green, Tom Green, Jack Black, Tenacious D, DeDe Lind, BB King, CeCe Peniston, Gigi D'Agostino, Gigli, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Capriati, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Saunders, Jennie Bond, James Bond, Goldfinger, King Midas, Gold, silver, chemical element, The Fifth Element, The Fifth Elephant, Pterri, D.N.A., University of Leicester, Loughborough University, Sports, News, Numismatics, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Suspension, Solution, Peace process, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, John Steinbeck, Ben Stein.
- Word count 100 (out of the maximum 100) as of Ben Stein.
Branch 'Dr. Seuss'
Dr. Seuss, Alan Sues, Alan Sugar, Henry Sugar, Henry (vacuum cleaner), Dyson, Tysons Corner, Tyson Tomko, Tom Tom, Pom-pom, Hey Mickey!, Mickey Mouse Club, Britney Spears, White trash, black gold, gold, chemical element, elementary, My dear Watson, Waylon Smithers, Wayland's Smithy, Long barrow, Long Compton, Easter Compton, Easter Island, Moai, Maori, Professor Moriarty, Nemesis, Alton Towers, Petronas Towers, World's tallest structures, Sears Tower, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Marks & Spencer, Grace Brothers, Grace Bros., Super Mario Bros., Bros, Boy Band, elastic band, Band of Brothers, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Towel Day, Darren Day, Christmas Day, Michaelmas Day, Autumn, Autumn internationals, State of Origin, Origins, Roots, Radix, Radox, Radium, Francium, Germanium, Xenon, Xenofiction, Robert A. Heinlein, Line marriage, Linear relationship, Poisson regression, Fish food, Fast food, Fasting, Breakfast, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Engagement ring, Wedding ring, Band of Gold, Freda Payne, Max Payne, Guns, Dunblane massacre, The Book of the Dun Cow, cow, You have two cows,
- Word count 78 (out of the maximum 80) as of You have two cows.
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 eight Twelve?!! a lot of 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 |
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: 'Ickford'
In this game, the initial word was chosen by clicking the "Random article" link.
Grid-Size: 7×15 (do not expand)
Ultra Deviants
Brief Synopsis
(Below is a listing of the games, what number they're on, and their descriptions. Please update this list when you archive a game.)
Fixed - 10 - The entire left and top have pre-made words.
Radial - 9 - You start from the middle and associate to the corners.
Radial Ultra Cross - 5 - You start from a fixed word, and associate to a certain letter in certain places, then expand outward like radial.
Reverse Radial - 3 - Start from the outside and work your way into a center square.
Psychadelic - 9 - Miscellaneous ideas
Enigmatic - 3 - Start with four fixed words spaced equally on a 3x3 grid, and guess at the words that could go in the blank spaces.
Sliding doors - 1 - Associate simultaneously on two grids.
Cubic - 1 - Associate not only by row and column, but by height.
Skein - 1 - A goal-oriented ultra association.
How to start a new series
The Ultra Word Association has spawned a number of deviants. If you have an idea and are so bold you'd like to try to make it a series, use the following steps:
1. Use [1] to make your table, making or deleting new rows and columns, and changing the background color to suit your series.
2. Come up with a name for it. Five of the deviants have an adjective followed by "word association" or "ultra word association": Fixed, Radial, Psychedelic, Enigmatic, and Cubic; so following this trend might be a good idea.
3. Provide a good description of how to play in the space above your table, emphasizing those aspects that might get confused easily.
4. Leave any notes about organizing your series; ie, others can archive and start new games, or you'd like to do all of them personally, etc.
5. Post it. You're done for now!
6. When the game is done by your criteria, archive it in the Misc section, providing a summary of the game style and next to the link include in bold end words if any.
7. If your series runs four or more times, you get your own section in the archives! And if you get six or more, you get the Six Award.
Remember, creating new things is just as fun as playing it! So go for it!
Ultra Fixed Word Association: 'Duval Street'
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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: 7×15 (do not expand)
Radial ultra game: 'World Sevens Series'
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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. Unless your word is in a straight line to the start word (i.e. it is in column D or row H) then it must be adjacent to two existing words.
Grid-Size: 7×15 (do not expand)
Radial ultra cross game: 'Indianapolis'
The rules are identical to the radial game, except that some of the initial letters are fixed (inspired by the 3rd psychedelic ultra game).
Reverse Radial Ultra game 'Varduli'
As the name sugguests this is the Radial Ultra game in reverse - you start from the four corners and work towards the centre. New words must associate with all existing adjacent ones, and be next to either two existing words or one existing word and the edge of the table. The gold square in the centre of the table must be left to last and associate with all four surrounding words.
Psychadelic Word Association: Diamond association
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This is a cross between ultra fixed, radial ultra cross, reverse radial ultra and 10 islands games. Add your word anywhere where it is adjacent to at least one other word, but it must associate with all adjacent words. You must leave the gold cell until last. As there are 9 columns rather than the usual 7, please try to not to use excessively long words!
Grid-Size: 9x9 (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.
| #1 | Bordello | #2 |
| Googly | #3 | Wolfenstein 3D |
| #4 | Raleigh International | #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. If a vote gets three or more no's, cross it off! When all five spaces are working, you can archive this and start a new one. Cheers!
1:
- Scoring - votes: Thryduulf, Michael J, Perimosocordiae
2:
- Social issues in Germany - votes: Thryduulf, 24.27.61.102
3:
4:
- International cricket - votes: Phileas
5:
Sliding Doors association: 'Celtic literature'
Inspired by the film Sliding Doors, this is in effect two games of ultra association in one - above and below the silver line. You must add one word to both games each turn, but you must use different words. You may not use a word in the top game that has been used already in the bottom game and vice versa. The idea is to see how different the games turn out.
Grid-Sizes: 7x9 (do not expand)
Cubic Ultra Word Association
Cubic Ultra Word Association is similar to Ultra Word Association, except it is three-dimensional. Instead of each word appearing in a square in a two-dimensional space, in CUWA each word is in a small cube set in a larger cube.
In addition to connecting words across and down, you can also connect words up or down a layer. This means that once you get beyond the first row, each word will have to relate to three others.
Because three-dimensional computer screens are not yet commonplace, some concessions must be made to display a three-dimensional game on a two-dimensional screen. The image at right is a representation of the big cube, with little cubes marked off. In the 4×4×4 game illustrated, each layer (marked by Greek letters) is shown by a separate grid, with each grid having coordinates a-d and 1-4.
The starting word (selected at random) is placed in block a1 on level α. The second word could then go in either b1 or a2 on level α, or in a1 on level β. Similarly, if you put a word in block c2 on level γ, it must associate with the words in c1 and b2 on γ, as well as c2 on β.
The game can probably be played with larger cubes, but I figured 4×4×4 is a good size to start with. — Michael J
α
a
b
c
d
1
Martinique
Carribean
Archipelago
Philippines
2
Martin Short
Jungle 2 Jungle
Macronesia
3
Martin Shaw
4
Marten
γ
a
b
c
d
1
Yemen
Divided regions
38th parallel
2
3
4
δ
a
b
c
d
1
Aden
Eden
Garden
Soundgarden
2
3
4
Skein Association
Welcome to Skein Association. This game plays like a normal ultra word association, except your associations have purpose, they have meaning, and they are useful for something.
For your first task, I'm just going to experiment with the Skein concept. Your goal is to "flip" the switch, by associating a line to it. This will clear out the blue spaces that you could not pass over before. Then, you must associate a line to the keeper of the gate, and "fight" it, by mirroring his association, with the same initial and final word, and the same amount of words in between, but different words in between. When you've defeated the keeper, turn the background color of the table red (#FFAAAA), and I will come by to archive it and present the next challenge.
You may not associate over a gray space. When you have flipped the switch, please remove all #5555FF's. They're easy to find, as they're all in a row.
When associating, you must associate with at least one word in any of the four adjacent directions.
You begin at the "nova" space, and can never associate with the other bolded spaces until you have touched them.
And don't forget that keeper, gate, nova, and switch must be associated to, as they are words too. Plan wisely. Good luck to all of you.
Gate
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Keeper
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Switch
Nova
Car
Char
Cher
The Witches of Eastwick
When you get this far, you have the starting and ending words, and the same amount of words in between, but must use completely different words to bridge the connection.
The enemy
Enemy // Relativism // Nihilism // Death // Passage
You (plural)
Enemy // ????? // ?????? // ?????? // Passage
One last thing. If you are interested in this ultra deviant or are currently playing it, (or have made it, in my case), please put your name below:
- Xhin
- Thryduulf (I think I understand the first part, I don't understand anything after that)
- 24.27.61.102
Total: 3
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 separate 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: Humour
Humour,
Star Trek,
Gilgamesh,
Faggots,
Rent,
Marmalade,
Wicca,
Brass,
Heffalump,
Circumstance,
Paris Gellar,
Pokémon,
Somebody Told Me,
Birds of the West Indies,
Balthasar,
The Mamas and the Papas,
Lake County, Montana,
Ethoxyquin,
Penrhyndeudraeth,
Missouri,
Denis Thatcher,
Interest,
Reading West railway station,
Mansun,
Kris Aquino,
Tubular Bells,
Zebra,
Nicolette Sheridan,
Horseradish,
Mozilla Firefox,
rice,
Kona,
Chiclet keyboard,
Fairy chess,
Dirty Den,
Marcia Cross,
Lung cancer,
Communism,
Banana,
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers,
Scrambled eggs,
Yesterday,
The Wurzels,
Teri Hatcher,
Shere Hite,
Mumbai,
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,
Henry IV of England,
Clavinet,
Port Stanley,
The Pixies,
Eva Longoria,
Bauxite,
The Hampster Dance,
Dad's Army,
Felicity Huffman,
Times New Roman,
Tennis,
Hymek,
Lemming,
Courvoisier,
Kool Moe Dee,
Fudge,
The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World,
Necrophilia,
Pico,
American Idol,
Tuberculosis,
Jefferson Bible,
Cantaloupe,
How 2,
Metatarsal,
Bambi Meets Godzilla,
Inuit,
Oliver Cromwell,
Weird Al,
Encantadia,
Romana,
Confusion,
Word association,
Rudolph Giuliani,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Girlfriend,
Planck units,
Aston Villa,
Seminary,
Medley: Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45,
Axe,
- Word count 88/400 as of word: Axe
Branch:Jefferson Bible
Jefferson Bible,
Thornbury, South Gloucestershire,
Melatonin,
Mulberry,
twigs,
Glue,
Ringo Starr,
Old Kent Road,
Idlewild,
Mary Poppins,
Absolute Zero,
Foxtrot,
Randolph Mantooth,
Semisonic,
Praseodymium,
E.T.A. Hoffman,
WWE Smackdown,
Harpsichord,
Llanddewi Brefi,
- Word count 19/150 as of word: Llanddewi Brefi
Ultra Fixed Word Disassociation: 'Goulash'
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. In the interests of keeping this game readable on one screen, please keep the words reasonably short :-)
The main word for this third game was chosen as it was not associated with the first or last words of game 1 or with the random article (Neurotic Outsiders).
Grid-Size: 7x15 (do not expand)
Ultra Disassociative Vortex
This is similar to the ultra fixed word disassociation, except the difficulty is compounded by there being a spiral of disassociative words, instead of a mere two rows.
Oh, and you have to associate, not disassociate. Have fun :)
Radial Ultra Disassociate-then Associate
Starting form the center, disassociate all the blank spaces in the grid except those marked "associate".Do not touch the marked spaces until the rest of the grid is filled in. Then associate the reserved spaces with ALL of the 4 neighboring words.For the disassociation portion, a new entry does not have to border 2 words- it can be legal bordering only one.
Dealer's Choice
For this game the location of the next move is pre-selected and marked with either an "A" or a "D". If the letter is A, the word must associate, if it is a "D" the word must disassociate. After entering a word, the player then chooses the location and type of the next move by placing either an "A" or a "D" anywhere in the grid that touches at least one word
In keeping with the turn-based nature of this game, the person who finishes the grid should have first dibs on archiving the old game and starting the next one, including choosing the starting word and move. For help, consult these Archiving Instructions. If, after 24 hours, the finished game is still left unarchived, then anyone can start the next one.
A:Jelly
D:Birmingham
D:peanut butter
A:RFID
D
A: ergonomics
A:Intelligent design
D:EEPROM
D:Irian Jaya
A:Paramana Strangers
A: Peace
D:Buddha
Political science
A:Think tank
A: Blur
D:Panama Canal Zone
A:Conflict diamonds
A:Mudslinging
A:Politics
D:Teri Hatcher
A:Fast
A: marionettes
A:Cecil Rhodes
D:Colossus of Rhodes
A:Theocracy
A:Cult of celebrity
A:Puppets
D:Katy Carmichael
D: Back in the USSR
A:Atheism
D:Surtsey
A: Benny Hill
Archive of old games
Normal
(normal games are played out one word after another, with occasional splitting branches.)
- 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.
- Game #6 ("France" → "Bunnicula")
- the sixth word association game, 400 words in the main branch and 5 other branches totaling another 510 words.
- Game #7 ("Tram" → "Tom Bombadil")
- the seventh word association game.
- Game #8 ("NIMBY" → "Crystal Cave")
- the eighth word assocation game, with branches "King", "AAA", "Dudley" and "Iowa".
Ultra
(Ultra games are played out on a 7x15 table, associating from the upper left to the bottom right)
- 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 game #6 ("Serfdom" → Cocktail)
- Sixth Ultra-Association game, random seed on 7x15.
- Ultra game #7 ("King of Nepal" → Protectionism)
- Lucky sevens!
- Ultra game #8 ("Skitzo" → Iran-Contra Affair)
- No hiding behind the 8 ball during this game!
- Ultra game #9 ("Nils Johan Semb" → "1894")
- No myths about this 9th game, just word associations.
- Ultra game #10 (Temple Cloud → Nautilus)
- What do Monty Python and taxidermy have in common? Find out here...
Fixed
(fixed games are played on a 7x15 grid, starting with the top and left filled and going to the bottom right.)
- 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.
- Ultra Fixed #5 ("Middlesex" → "19 (song)")
- The fifth ultra fixed game.
- Ultra Fixed #6 ("Sunset" → "Bridge disasters")
- Wikipedians hit this game for 6!
- Ultra Fixed #7 ("California black oak" → "Blaine the Mono")
- Lucky or the seventh deadly sin? Look at the archive and decide for yourself
- Ultra Fixed #8 ("Jan Śniadecki" → "Jutland")
- A somewhat European game!
- Ultra Fixed #9 ("Khusaw" → "Ship")
- From a god to a ship via Birmingham, Discworld and the Soviet Union
Radial
(Radial games begin in the center of a 7x15 table and expand outwards.)
- 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
- Radial Ultra #4 ("Curling" → "Trail of Tears", "Tony Blair", "Electra" and "Red")
- The fourth game of Radial Ultra Association
- Radial Ultra #5 ("Rutland" → "Witchfinder General", "Second Avenue Line", "Computer Virus" and "Coolness")
- The fifth game in the increasingly inaccurately named Radial Ultra Association trilogy
- Radial Ultra #6 ("ColdFusion" → "Prison", "Dutch courage", "Sexual abstinence" and "Top Ten")
- The sixth game - it seems Wikipedians enjoy radiating words
- Radial Ultra #7 ("True Lover's Knot" → "James Bond", "Incineration", "Fireplace" and "Sunset Strip")
- Seventh heaven?
- Radial Ultra #8 ("Beit Al Qur'an" → "Punch", "Poverty", "Legendarium" and "Colon")
- The eighth game, I'm sure you understand it all by now.
Radial Ultra Cross
(Radial ultra cross games begin in the center of a 7x15 table and expand outwards with predetermined letters forming a cross shape.)
- Radial Ultra Cross #1 ("One" → "Word surfing champion", "Percussion", "War Pigs" and "Human evolution")
- The first game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were: "W O R D A S S O C I A T I O N" (vertical) and "C R O S S" (horizontal, centred on the 'O' of 'association')
- Radial Ultra Cross #2 ("Romance" & "Nutrition" → Human Sexuality, Snow, Crop dusting, Shallow Hal)
- The second game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "EMERALD", "RINGS" across and "PEARLANDDIAMOND" down.
- Radial Ultra Cross #3 ("Martinique" → "Trekkie", "Exposure", "Northwest Passage" and "British Empire")
- The third game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "SOUTH" and "CHINA" accross, and "DEUSEXMACHINA" down.
- Radial Ultra Cross #4 ("North Sea" → "Isaac", "Killing In The Name", "Prawn Cocktail" and "Green curry")
- The fourth game of Radial Ultra Cross Association. The start letters were "LSANGER" across, and "JIMMY DONAL WALES" down.
Psychadelic
(Psychadelic games feature unusual ultra ideas. Games 1 to 6 were started by Xhin. Thryduulf has started the games from number 7 onwards)
- 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.
- In possibly the best effort of word associationists, you had to play the game like psychadelic #1, except all of the first letters are fixed, some of them t, e, a, e, or s. There were only three letters remaining at the end. Well done.
- Psychadelic #4: Big Bang (Middle Class, Port Wine, Stage, Empire State Building)
- In this edition, you had to Expand out the entire table from one word, reaching all four corners of an 8x8 grid.
- In this flavor, you had to-- Well, why don't you read the instructions for yourself?
- Your run of the mill radial word association, with one exception...
- A remake of game #1, this time the words were the names of islands and the word "island" was prohibited.
- Psychadelic #8: Sliding Doors ("Sliding Doors" → "Dermatology" and "Province of Georgia")
- Based on the film Sliding Doors, this was two games of radial ultra in one. This game inspired the other Sliding Doors associations.
Misc
(An archive of different game concepts that haven't had four in a series yet.)
- Reverse Radial Ultra #1 ("Airport", "Abraham Simpson", "Blood type" and "Fire" → "Polar Bear")
- Radial Ultra association in reverse - start at the corners and work to the middle.
- Reverse Radial Ultra #2 ("Öland", "Water Newton", "The Boston Globe" and "Varlam Cherkezishvili" → "Jerusalem"
- The second game of working towards the centre from the corners
- Enigmatic #1 (Scratching post, Garfield:The movie, pink panther, Dowsing rod, the internet movie database.)
- The first game of Enigmatic. Was like a condensed version of psychadelic #2.
- Enigmatic #2 (Tuxedo, Channel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutles, Dominoes, Microwave)
- Like the first Engigmatic game, although this took a little longer.
- Disassociation #1 ("Chaos" → "The End")
- Like the normal assocation games, but with words not associated with the previous one.
- Ultra Fixed word disassociation #1 (Chaos → Not over until the fat lady sings)
- Like the Ultra Fixed association games, but the words don't associate with each other.
- Ultra Fixed word disassociation #2 (River Ystwyth → Gastropub)
- Same as last time but with different disassociations.
- Associate with a sprial of disassociated words.
- Dealer's Choice #1 (Dealer's choice → Mean Streets)
- Each player adds one word, and selects location of next move, and whether to associate or disassociate.
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