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4-Letter Word Chain Game #3

For each hint, enter a 4-letter word. The last letter of this word will be the first letter of the next word.
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First submittedNovember 14, 2014
Times taken68,963
Average score70.0%
Rating4.26
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Answer
Food that's grown in paddies
Rice
Online auction site
Ebay
Ivy League university
Yale
Cardinal direction
East
Roman garment
Toga
Lower than soprano
Alto
Capital of Norway
Oslo
Wednesday's namesake
Odin
Without feeling
Numb
To perform poorly at the box office
Bomb
To spill the beans
Blab
Lead singer of U2
Bono
Midwestern U.S. state
Ohio
Killer whale
Orca
Opposite of a base
Acid
Hint
Answer
Profound
Deep
South American country
Peru
Language of Pakistan
Urdu
Place with lots of Mormons
Utah
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Hajj
Slang for coffee
Java
Throat clearing noise
Ahem
God of war
Mars
Common form of air pollution
Smog
Stereotypical Chinese instrument
Gong
Disease of kings
Gout
Neat and clean
Tidy
Yin's counterpart
Yang
Fish's breathing organ
Gill
Shakespearean king
Lear
fuanacdc
+4
Level 82
Nov 17, 2014
Wow never knew Wednesday was named after Odin. What's the story there? I will have to look it up.
dasims45
+8
Level 80
Dec 20, 2014
Woden's Day precedes Thor's Day, which is followed by Frea's Day.
kalbahamut
+13
Level 83
Feb 9, 2015
The days of the week are mostly named after Roman deities/heavenly bodies in countries that speak Romance languages. Sunday = Sun, Monday = Moon [Lunes (Lunar) in Spanish), Martes (Mars), Miercoles (Mercury), Jueves (Jupiter), Friday was named for Venus and Saturday for Saturn. In Spanish, these last two days were renamed for Christian influence. In some parts of the Roman Empire the same system was adopted but Roman gods were replaced with local gods. Mars was replaced by Tiw or Tiu the god of war, thus Tiu's Day; Mercury with Odin/Wotan/Woden, thus Woden's Day; Jupiter with Thor, thus Thor's Day; and Venus with Frigga/Freya, thus Freya's Day. For some reason Saturn Day was left alone.
fireflyzebra
+16
Level 35
Feb 9, 2015
In Scandinavia only Sunday (søndag) and Monday (mandag) have kept the original references to the Sun and Moon.

The names of the other weekdays are: tirsdag (Týr), onsdag (Odin), torsdag (Thor), fredag (Frigg/Freya) and then lørdag. Lørdag is Saturday but instead of referencing Saturn it means the day to do laundry.

CharlesTopHat
+3
Level 58
Dec 27, 2020
This but Friday in Spanish is still a reference to Venus (Viernes). Saturday and Sunday are the ones that are swapped for Christian references.
EcceHomo
+2
Level 76
May 26, 2021
Ha ha firefly, I thought you were joking....apparently not !
BlackLab
+1
Level 62
Apr 1, 2016
Odin not Oden!
PrinceEric
+5
Level 56
May 11, 2017
Fun fact! Oden is a type of hearty Japanese soup sold in the winter months.
Eastmountain
+1
Level 70
May 12, 2017
"oden" is the scandinavian name of the old man "odin" is the english reference. They are most of the times small differences like how Thor is Tor in scandinavia
CaritasInVeritate
+1
Level 89
Nov 17, 2014
Surely the opposite of acid is alkali?
Izzywhizz28
+6
Level 61
Dec 22, 2014
Alkalis are a type of base, so the opposite of an acid is a base
davefparr
+1
Level 15
Jan 19, 2018
Yep! Acid + Base = Salt + Water.
LadyScroop
+6
Level 64
Dec 4, 2014
I love these quizzes, but I wish there weren't words repeated from one to the next.
sasstastic
+1
Level 38
Dec 22, 2014
can't believe so many people got Urdu!!! amazing
kiwiquizzer
+5
Level 68
May 11, 2017
As a supply teacher in London I was called on to take the Urdu classes for the day. Do I speak Urdu? No. I am from New Zealand... It was fun though.
battlelj
+3
Level 56
Feb 9, 2015
ares is also the god of war
kalbahamut
+6
Level 83
Feb 9, 2015
There are many gods of war but none that are four letters, start with M and end with S other than Mars, at least not that I can think of.
BlackLab
+2
Level 62
Apr 1, 2016
I had the s, but could not come up with Mars, only ares. Throat clearing noise "Ackhem"!
JSWTW21
+3
Level 41
Jul 27, 2020
They should have probably put Roman God of War.
RudeDog
+1
Level 58
Dec 15, 2021
I'm just pleased that I thought Odin was a god of war since I didn't know it was Wednesday's namesake :)
GuyNor09
+1
Level 44
Feb 9, 2015
Urdu isn't a 'language of Pakistan', it's a language that some in Pakistan speak. There is also Pashtu, Dari and some Farsi.
Kalleanon
+10
Level 66
Feb 2, 2021
Article 251 of the constitution: "The National language of Pakistan is Urdu"

So you're right, it's not a language of Pakistan, it's the language of Pakistan.

jetpunkiscool
+1
Level 11
Feb 9, 2015
Paraguay is also a country that is in south america and starts with P though.
AbhiArsenal
+11
Level 18
Dec 10, 2018
it doesnt have four letters though
WackyAnagramDude
+1
Level 63
May 13, 2020
It also doesn't end in u
cyninoregon
+1
Level 36
Feb 10, 2015
Too funny--I did not get how this worked--kept trying "Iowa" and "Ares....Can't believe I got as many as I did. (73%). The correct answers are hopeless once my mind fastens on a wrong one that fits like that. I need to read instructions. Never have in all my life but should start....
NOTKimJongUn
+1
Level 73
Feb 12, 2015
Iowa is also a Midwestern state...
ander217
+3
Level 76
May 11, 2017
But it doesn't begin and end with o. This is a chain game.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Sep 7, 2018
I think he meant Oiwa, kind of an Australian state.
Jacktheguy
+9
Level 88
May 11, 2017
If I had a nickel for every comment that fails to remember they're on a chain game quiz, I'd probably have a lot of nickels.
branmuffin
+2
Level 35
May 2, 2015
I kept typing Ares for god of war.. oops
PearlJoyster
+1
Level 22
May 7, 2016
I missed so many of these that I knew!
Findlay
+4
Level 83
Aug 30, 2016
Opposite of a base took me a little while. My first attempt was apex.
QuizWol
+1
Level 59
Sep 22, 2019
me also. I have no chemistry anymore, all forgotten; no idea what other opposite there could be.
Carry
+1
Level 63
Sep 7, 2016
Why would a box office flop be called bomb? I'd expect something good from that as in "came in like a bombshell".
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Sep 30, 2016
I can see your point, as one would think a bomb would make a big explosion, right? But nobody said English idioms make any sense. :-) A "bomb" in this sense I think refers to its downward trajectory and overall negative outcome rather than its explosive impact – for instance, a stand-up comic might have "bombed" on stage if nobody laughed at his jokes (to further complicate matters, if he had a great show and got a standing ovation, it would be said that he "killed it"!), or if a student did very poorly on an exam, when asked how he did, he might lament that he "bombed".
Sifhraven
+1
Level 66
Aug 14, 2019
Actually, it is much weirder how good things are associated with bomb..
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Sep 20, 2019
Carry: I never thought of it before but you're absolutely right "bomb" seems to be the antithesis of how it is commonly used.
QuizWol
+1
Level 59
Sep 22, 2019
Depends what country you are in. In the UK if you say something went like a bomb or was a bomb it is a favourable thing.
DavidFW80
+1
Level 56
May 11, 2017
Isn't Java a type of coffee not a slang term?
ander217
+1
Level 76
May 11, 2017
It's both, and there are also commercial coffee companies and shops with Java in their names. We have a Java Dave's in our town where we go to get a "cup o' java", and that is also a Benjamin Moore paint color which my niece used for an accent wall. Using java as slang for coffee is pretty common in my area.
ctleng76
+2
Level 65
May 11, 2017
I was confused about the "opposite of a base". I didn't realize it was in reference to chemicals. I was thinking like base of an object or shape. This clue could use some clarification.
RealDad12
+3
Level 66
May 11, 2017
30/30 with 1:34 left on the clock. Not bad for an old bloke!
Starling123
+3
Level 65
May 11, 2017
It would be nice to have known which country the Midwestern state referred too. Usa Midwestern state would be better.
ColoHarpare
+2
Level 51
May 11, 2017
The site is based in the US. When in doubt, assume all clues refer to American people, places, and things. But I'm curious as to what other country has Midwestern states?
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Sep 7, 2018
None. Not that many call their subnational divisions "states", which literally means independent nation. Those that do don't have enough of a swath of interior states to label them as a subset of the west.
idontlikeit2
+3
Level 72
May 12, 2017
can you make it clear what kind of base you are referring to? i kept on trying apex or atop because i thought it meant "the ground" or something like that.
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 69
May 12, 2017
I thought Java was a type of coffee, ie. the beans were grown at Java.
KeroseneAndFire
+2
Level 61
May 12, 2017
When I saw base, I immediately thought treble. Doh
stone222
+1
Level 48
Oct 5, 2018
i was fixated on triangles and so wanted apex to be the answer
FadKrashmor
+2
Level 68
Apr 2, 2020
I thought "dastardly".
amysmith132
+1
Level 60
Nov 22, 2017
ares is also god of war
RobNobody
+3
Level 74
Jul 16, 2018
Please, please, I am begging you: read the title, the instructions, and the rest of the comments.
IdjitCastiel
+1
Level 22
Aug 17, 2018
When I saw Profound I immediately thought bond, then realised it wasn't that quiz
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Nov 23, 2018
Thank you for not auto- competing"Hajj" for us. There's nothing more annoying than when quiz makers do, thinking that they're doing us favor.
tralalalalala
+1
Level 36
Jan 5, 2019
could you specify that it's a Roman god of war? I kept on trying Ares.
Azerk
+2
Level 61
Mar 15, 2022
The instructions made it impossible for it to be Ares, though
kogatora
+2
Level 91
Jan 25, 2019
finally got gout...wait, that doesn't sound right.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 66
Aug 14, 2019
Am I the only one that kept thinking wednesday adams?? I couldn't see anything else. It was more luck than wisdom that I got Odin. I think I more got it from O- -n than it having clicked that t was about the day wednesday..
islabonita
+3
Level 45
Sep 20, 2019
Can you use FLOP for do poorly at box office.

Also COLD can be without feeling.

QuizWol
+5
Level 59
Sep 22, 2019
Only if you don't read and follow the instructions.
tazaja
+1
Level 55
Dec 17, 2021
also 'tank'
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Nov 11, 2019
Why is Ohio a 'mid-western State'?...... it is far nearer to the East of US than the West.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 64
Aug 19, 2021
That's just how it works
JSWTW21
+4
Level 41
Jul 27, 2020
Why do so many people complain about other variations not being accepted or giving other examples that are clearly more than 4 letters? Please read the instructions before commenting something like that, it's getting really annoying. The quiz is a FOUR letter CHAIN game. :/
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 64
Aug 19, 2021
2:14 remaining, gout and blab took me forever. Ahem took me a while cuz it's somewhat subjective and you can write it differently I suppose
No5712
+1
Level 53
Dec 15, 2021
since when was Ohio in the MIDWEST
zer0cool
+1
Level 67
Dec 15, 2021
Always has been. If I'm not mistaken, the Midwest encompasses everything west of the Appalachians and east of the Rockies, not including the Southeast and Southwest states, Texas, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Missouri may be debatable...
tazaja
+2
Level 55
Dec 17, 2021
i thought wednesday's namesake would be 'hump' lol
luxwoodflowerpod
+1
Level 32
Aug 8, 2022
PARAGUAY LOVE
WackyAnagramDude
+1
Level 63
Sep 14, 2022
Not sure if you're just stating that you love Paraguay or complaining that Paraguay isn't accepted as an answer. If it's the latter then it is not four letters, nor does it fit the chain.
metromami
+1
Level 34
Aug 24, 2022
I think you should specify (Roman name) for the god of war and not the Greek name
WackyAnagramDude
+1
Level 63
Sep 14, 2022
Well only one of them fits the chain.
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