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4-Letter Word Chain Game #4

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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Last updated: November 27, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 10, 2015
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Average score63.3%
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Hint
Answer
Magma when at the surface
Lava
Something a sailor says
Ahoy
Walled city of northern England
York
Capital of Ukraine
Kyiv
Artery's counterpart
Vein
Roman fiddler?
Nero
Somewhere ___ the rainbow
Over
Chess piece
Rook
Common ethnicity in northern Iraq
Kurd
Movie that takes place on the
desert planet Arrakis
Dune
Second to last word in a fairy tale
Ever
"The Eternal City"
Rome
Leader of Dubai or Abu Dhabi
Emir
Famous hotel in Paris
Ritz
Metallic element
Zinc
Hint
Answer
What koi and goldfish are
Carp
Summit
Peak
Ms. Winslet
Kate
River that passes through Germany
Elbe
Celtic singer
Enya
German car brand
Audi
Sacred bird of ancient Egypt
Ibis
Snail relative
Slug
Oversupply
Glut
Setting of "The Iliad"
Troy
Steppe-dweller's house
Yurt
Neighbor of Benin
Togo
Double reed instrument
Oboe
Word frequently shouted into a canyon
Echo
National gemstone of Australia
Opal
16 Comments
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Level 60
Jun 11, 2017
I am pretty sure Emir is not spelled with an 'e' but an 'a'. I am Urdu speaking and i know how to speak Arabic and it is pronounced with an 'a' as Amir
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Level 75
Jun 11, 2017
And here I've been spelling it United Arab Emirates all this time.
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Level 64
Nov 9, 2021
Yeah, that's why the country is called United Arab Amirates...
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Level 77
Jun 11, 2017
There are a number of irregular verbs where the past simple and the past participle can be spelled with an 'ed' or a 't': learn, burn, dream, kneel, spill, spell, spoil, lean, sweep etc. Both spellings are acceptable in British English -- not sure if it is different in American English.
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Level 77
Aug 19, 2021
Burnt and Swept are definitely also words in American English. Not sure about the others...
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Level 44
Jun 17, 2017
How is "slug" the second least guessed answer?
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Level 36
Jun 23, 2017
For Swanbaby: "Past" is commonly used for a time period as in, "I have done so in the past, but I won't in the future."

"Passed" in usually used to denote action, as in: On my way to the theatre, I drove passed the deli.

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Level 78
Jan 19, 2018
That's not quite right. You're right, as the past tense of the verb "pass" it's "passed," but in your example you're using it as a preposition. It's "I passed the theatre" or "I drove past the theatre."
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Level 36
Oct 24, 2018
You're absolutely right. My faux pas!
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Level 36
Jul 22, 2019
I thought that an echo was the sound produced when a word (or sentence) is shouted in a canyon, not the word itself.
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Level 59
Feb 11, 2020
Someone has counted what words are actually shouted most often in canyons? 'Hello' in its many language forms would be my guess as the most shouted in most canyons. (Not sure if the Grand Canyon is an echoey one.) I should think that often the people thought of 'Echo' echo echo echo echo ... just to hear it.

The story (Greek myth) was that Echo was fated to fade away till just her voice remained and she could only repeat what she heard. Pining for love, I think.

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Level 72
Aug 14, 2019
(without having started the quiz) The picture looks like a melted bag of M&M's haha
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Level 73
Oct 4, 2024
Ever, Over, and Dune do not get accepted while these are the correct answers.
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Level 43
Oct 5, 2024
Yeah, this needs to be fixed.
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Level ∞
Oct 5, 2024
So sorry about that. Fixed now.
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Level 43
Oct 5, 2024
Thanks!