Words with Consecutive Letters

For each clue, guess each word that contains the given consecutive letters in the alphabet.

Some (the rarer combinations) are acronyms, e.g. "CD-Rom"

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Hint		Answer
Unexpected or unusual occurrence	AB	abnormality
The part of one's mind of which we are unaware	BC	subconscious
Part of speech where a part means the whole, or vice versa	CD	synecdoche
Descent into a worse condition, often by a government/state	DE	devolution
Extent to which something can provide a result	EF	effectiveness
Mountainous Asian nation with capital Kabul	FG	Afghanistan
What astronauts experience when in outer space	GH	weightlessness
Synonym for obstacle or challenge, can be a person	HI	hindrance
Spanish word for "beans"	IJ	frijoles
National museum of the Netherlands found in Amsterdam	JK	Rijksmuseum
Fruit, or the name of a Mark Twain character	KL	Huckleberry
Height or climax of a long process of work	LM	culmination
Person who is medically unable to sleep	MN	insomniac
Synonym for "infamousness"	NO	notoriety
Physically stealing goods	OP	shoplifting
Online mapping service of the 1990s	PQ	Mapquest
Unique scannable pattern of squares that links online	QR	QR code
Candy made from brown sugar and butter, can be in pudding	RS	butterscotch
First piece laid for a building, or a metaphorical foundation	ST	cornerstone
Poultry portmanteau, also known as a "three-bird roast"	TU	turducken
Physically or mentally outdo/escape someone or thing	UV	outmaneuver
German compact car named after an insect	VW	VW Beetle
	WX	(no WX words)
Someone who plays an of wooden bar and mallet instrument	XY	xylophonist
Literally or figuratively preventing from movement	YZ	paralyzing
What Youtubers risk by breaking their website's rules	ZA	demonetization

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9 Comments

Level 55

May 22, 2023

Thank you, this was fun. English is not my native language, but I think (and also checked) that the term in YouTube is "demonetization".

Level 68

May 22, 2023

You are right! Thank you for the catch.

Level 67

Aug 17, 2023

out-mah-nuvver

Level 73

Jan 6, 2025

Aberration for the first one?

Level 69

Jan 6, 2025

Agree!

Level 90

Jan 7, 2025

Agree. Also "efficacy" should count for "effectiveness".

Level 68

Jan 7, 2025

I can do this too, thank you all!

Level 68

Jan 7, 2025

Yes! I can add that as a type-in for sure, good catch!

Level 52

Jan 11, 2025

Cool quiz! For the DE question, you could add words like demise, deterioration or a bunch of other ones... Devolution doesn't fit in my view because you mentioned it should be linked to a country, and the first thing that came to my mind was the devolution in the UK, which is another meaning of the word I suppose