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Alphabetical Word Chain

The first letter of each answer is the last letter of the one previous, going in alphabetical order.
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First submittedFebruary 12, 2015
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Literary sea captain
A
Ahab
B
Term for a group of nations
B
Bloc
C
Leafy green vegetable
C
Chard
D
Molecule in the brain often involved with addiction
D
Dopamine
E
It keeps part of the head warm
E
Earmuff
F
Describes a temperature below 0° Celsius
F
Freezing
G
Deep wound
G
Gash
H
Island-sharing nation
H
Haiti
I
A bay in North Holland; Amsterdam's waterfront
I
IJ
J
To cross the street illegally
J
Jaywalk
K
Eaten by blue whales
K
Krill
L
Type of floor covering
L
Linoleum
M
Instrument resembling a lute
M
Mandolin
N
Trillions of this subatomic particle pass through you every second
N
Neutrino
O
To wake up too late
O
Oversleep
P
Otherwise known as Arctic hysteria
P
Pibloktoq
Q
Someone who gives up
Q
Quitter
R
Distance from centre to edge
R
Radius
S
Word following Brussels or bean
S
Sprout
T
Bean curd
T
Tofu
U
Initialised form of light
U
U.V.
V
To promise
V
Vow
W
As a verb, this can be done lyrically
W
Wax
X
Used to take pictures of bones through the skin
X
X-Ray
Y
Fool in Yiddish
Y
Yutz
Z
A fear of animals
Z
Zoophobia
A
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28 Comments
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Level 66
Oct 25, 2015
This is a great idea :) However, I found it visually difficult to interpret which answer fit for which clue. Could you please make an extra column and put the starting letters in them? Thank you :)
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Level 69
Nov 4, 2015
Thanks! Okay sure, I'll edit the quiz to make it more clear. :)
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Level 66
Jan 4, 2016
You're awesome :)
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Level 36
Aug 27, 2019
Never heard of Chard.
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Level 62
Apr 18, 2021
Super quiz. I looked up IJ words and found a Dutch word "ij" - it would make the quiz complete, but I suppose it's a bit obscure.
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Level 66
Sep 28, 2022
IJ is the river on which Amsterdam lies, so that could be the final hint:)
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Level 69
Sep 29, 2022
I couldn't think of a clue for ij previously but having looked this up I reckon you've got a perfect fit!
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Level 63
Dec 19, 2023
Now I feel like an idiot for not guessing it.
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Level 79
Sep 28, 2022
you could add a word beginning with z and ending in a, to make it more complete chain. eg zeta, zoella, zoomania, zooxanthella. other than that great quiz!
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Level 69
Sep 29, 2022
Nice idea, I'll think of a clue and let you know when its been updated!
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Level 69
Oct 3, 2022
Updated :)
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Level 88
Dec 18, 2023
Ah, earmuff. Not eyescarf.
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Level 89
Dec 28, 2025
Only on Jetpunk could it be possible for 11% of people to have ever heard of the word "pibloktoq".
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Level ∞
Dec 28, 2025
I assume the cheaters have OCD or something.
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Level 33
Jan 21, 2026
I got it from this comment. I have OCD. wtf
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Level 92
Dec 28, 2025
I'm guessing 0.1% of the 11% have actually heard of it.
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Level 82
Dec 28, 2025
No that's not even possible on JetPunk.
+1
Level 83
Dec 29, 2025
Nice! (I assume the n clue is meant to say you and not your)
+1
Level 83
Dec 31, 2025
Whenever I learn a new word, I try to use it in a sentence. How can I use pibloktoq in a casual conversation?
+2
Level 87
Jan 4, 2026
I believe you just did.
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Level 89
Jan 6, 2026
Got hung up on Baltic as the B answer, since there is a group of nations called the Baltic states.

And yes, I tried Polar Paniq as the P answer.

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Level 69
Jan 21, 2026
I didn't think of adding 'polar,' but I also tried paniq.
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Level 77
Jan 21, 2026
Got to work on my Yiddish, Inuit and Dutch.

In culinary terms, a delicious sandwich of lox, blubber and herring.

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Level 80
Jan 21, 2026
Taking the quiz, I was thinking about how foolish the people who missed "U—V" must feel upon finding out the answer, only to find myself missing "I—J."
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Level 42
Jan 21, 2026
I tried Ultraviolet, sort of forgetting the whole "ends in V" thing. Felt a little hard done by!
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Level 60
Jan 21, 2026
Jaywalking is not illegal in the UK. This quiz was a bit American with the terms it used. I have nerve heard of a bloc of nations to describe a group of nations.
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Level 67
Jan 21, 2026
it means you learned something new on top of the quiz ;) I am Dutch and I learned about pibloktoq today.
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Level 71
Jan 21, 2026
I typed uv lower case, and it didn't take; do you need to include the capitalization and the periods? Thanks!