Saturday, 26 October 2013

wordplay - A chain of words



curlicue
baleful
running rigging example
passionate
toothy?
more up

complement of because
triangular cloth
curlicue



Replace each line above with a new two-syllable word of similar meaning that is legal in Scrabble. The last two or more letters of each new word must form the start of the next new word, and the first and last new word must be the same word. The correct answer might follow a pattern like below, for example.



abcdefg
defghi
ghijkl
klmn

mnop
nopqrstuv
tuvwxyz
yzab
abcdefg




Answer



This sequence seems to fit



curlicue - ringlet

baleful - lethal
running rigging example - halyard
passionate - ardent
toothy? - dental
more up - taller
complement of because - ergo
triangular cloth - goring
curlicue - ringlet



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