Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Association

Main article: Word association

The Department of Fun is dedicated to providing the community of Wikipedians, both young and old editors, with things to make them stay at Wikipedia, indirectly improving the encyclopedia. Below, you can find a fun and simple game to play.

Please, if you have ideas for activities or competitions, do not hesitate to post them to the discussion page or join the Department of Fun. And above all, enjoy yourself!

For those who are curious, the first game began on July 6, 2005. The beginning word was "free". [1]

Introduction

This is a fun and simple game. It was originally a Sandbox subpage and is part of the Department of Fun nowadays — feel free to join in! Why not? It's a good place to practice making links to articles and find interesting pages to edit on Wikipedia. We also welcome more players to join! You can help promote by adding the userbox below. At the bottom of the page is a template with links to other Word Association variations.

Userbox

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{{Template:User wikipedia/Department of Fun/Word Association}}	This user wants you to play Wikipedia Department of Fun's Word Association.	linked pages

How to play

Simply, the game involves adding a single word to the list that is related to the previous one. Edit the main game or branch section, add a word, enclose it in brackets, update the word count, and save the page. Also, try to avoid miscounting if possible - make sure there are 10 words in at each 10th word!

An example

By way of example, a game might start off with: cat. Then, the next person might add cat, dog. And after a few more rounds, we might get cat, dog, pet, animal, forest, tree, house, boat, a random country in Europe, an obscure British TV channel, or even a fictional restaurant!

Repeated words

Avoid repeating words, and keep the links tasteful! Please use only blue links when associating. Piped links are acceptable in certain circumstances, such as when a word may have many ambiguities, like [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link. Thus "Sebastian Junger" would be followed by "The Perfect Storm (book)", and "Latin" by "Classical language".

In the spirit of the game, please type only one word consecutively. Then another person can respond to your word, and the game continues!

Rules

Players can only play one associated word at a time. If the current word is chair, the next player can only add musical chairs, not musical chairs and party games as well.

In game, as usual, it is a must to update the word count each time you add a word. The official limit for the main game is 555 words. Please note that this word limit for this game must not be raised or lowered.

Every 100th word may be made into a new branch. However, there cannot be any sub-branches and therefore the total number of branches possible in this game are 5. Branches may contain up to 100 words maximum and 35 minimum.

Please also add <!--(number)th word--> every ten words to show it is the next tenth word e.g. <!--20th word-->, <!--30th word--> etc.

This is Game #36. The starting word, ? and the Mysterians, was selected by Special:Random.

Main game

#36: "? and the Mysterians" (main branch)

Main branch:

? and the Mysterians, Magical Mystery Tour, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Mercury Records, 33⅓, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Leslie Nielsen, Lesley Gore, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Saxophone, Lisa Simpson, Bart Simpson, Bart Starr, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Chuck Berry, "Johnny B. Goode," Marty McFly, Music of the Back to the Future franchise, "Doubleback", ZZ Top, Zzyzx, California, Zuzax, New Mexico, Albuquerque, Route 66, Chicago, Frank Sinatra, "My Way", Paul Anka, Anchor, Ship, Titanic, Iceberg, Glacier, Morteratsch Glacier, Glacial stream, U-shaped valley, U, U2, The Joshua Tree, Joshua Bassett, Bassett's Allsorts, Licorice, Licorice Pizza, Mystic Pizza, Pizza, Italian cuisine, Parmesan, Cheese, Goat cheese, GOAT (sports culture), Goat's Head Soup, Mick Jagger, Jaggermeryx, Hippopotamus, Blue Hippo, Bluetooth, Tooth Fairy, Dentist, Teeth (Lady Gaga song), Lady Gaga, Gaga (plant), Gagadon, Eocene, Plasticine, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sweet pepper, Black pepper, Salt, Kala namak, Thursday salt, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Russian Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox Church, Byzantine Empire, Empire State Building, Building Bridges (Paul Field album) , "London Bridge Is Falling Down", Operation London Bridge, Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, Victoria Justice, Justice, Scales, Reptile, Dinosaur, Extinction, Dodo, Mauritius, Madagascar, Africa, African Union, Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together, Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Baalu Girma, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Dahlak Archipelago, Important Bird Area, BirdLife International, Birds, Blue jay, Bluebird, American robin, Thrush, Passerine, Songbird, Songbird (Eva Cassidy album), Songbird (Barbra Streisand album), Barbra Streisand, Streisand effect, Mike Masnick, Techdirt, Slash (software), Slash (musician), Slash pine, Ponderosa pine, Washington (state), Seattle, Space Needle, List of Seattle landmarks, Kobe Bell, Kobe, Kobe Bryant, Cobee Bryant, 2025 NFL draft, National Football League, John Elway, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Greater Los Angeles, Megacity, City, New York City, Central Park, The Dakota, South Dakota, Great Plains, Prairie, Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Ingalls, Charles Ingram, British Army, Army, Red Army, Red (Taylor Swift album), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Australia, Koala, Marsupial, Kangaroo, Captain Kangaroo, "Flowers on the Wall", 99 Bottles of Beer, Repetitive song, "The Song That Never Ends", The Neverending Story, Infinite loop, Infinite Loop (book), Paradox, Physical paradox, Temporal paradox, Time travel, Alternate history, History, Prehistory, Human history, Macrohistory, Microhistory, Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms, Menocchio, Montereale Valcellina, Province of Pordenone, Friuli, Fruli, Fruit, Apple, Banana, Banana slug, Banana fritter, Banana leaf, Leaf, Flower, Flowers (Miley Cyrus song), Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Montana, Montana Jordan, Jordan, Jordan Peele, John Thomas Peele, Frederic Edwin Church, Church (building), St Asaph Cathedral, Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Good Shepherd, Parable of the Lost Sheep, Rose Nylund, Betty White, Betty Rubble, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Nvidia Jetson, JetsonMade, Jack Harlow, Whats Poppin,

Word count is 213/555 as of word: Whats Poppin.

Branch One: Eritrea (branch closed)

Eritrea, Rashaida, Arabic language, Arabia, Mecca, Islam, Shi'ism, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Fatima, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Muhammad, Religion, Zoroastrianism, Iran, Isfahan, Isfahan province, Safavid Iran, Safavid dynasty, Safavid order, Safi-ad-Din Ardabili, Sufism, Tazkiyah, Ihsan, Ihsan (name), Ihsan Abdel Quddous, There is a Man in our House, Cinema of Egypt, Film industry, Cinema of China, Bruce Lee, Bruce Willis, Die Hard, Die hard (phrase), Battle of Albuera, Peninsular War, Napoleon, French Revolution, "Let them eat cake", Let Them Eat Pie, Gotham (TV series), Bruno Heller, We Don't Talk About Bruno, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Mickey Mouse, The Mickey Mouse Club, Walt Disney, Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella, Brothers Grimm, Town Musicians of Bremen, Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Renaissance, Republic of Florence, Tuscany, Liguria, Genoa, Rome, Romulus and Remus, Fratricide, Regicide, Regirock, Pokémon, Digimon, Japan, China, Chinese Civil War, American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dime, Penny, The Queen's Nose, Dick King-Smith, Larry King, Larry Sanger, Larry David, King David, King Solomon, Kingdom of Judah, Lion of Judah, Jacob, Ladder, Jacob's Ladder, Book of Genesis, Bible, Old Testament, Book of Isaiah, Isiah Thomas, Isaiah Thomas (basketball).

Word count is 90/90 as of word: Isaiah Thomas (basketball).

Branch Two: Church (building)

Church (building), Church of Scientology, Scientology, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Tony Scott, Tom Scott (YouTuber), YouTube, Max Fosh, Matthew Fosh, Cricket, Cricket Wireless, Cricket (insect), Grasshopper, Grace Hopper, Grace Under Fire, Chuck Lorre, Chuck E. Cheese, Bernard Cheese, Bernie Sanders, Wilbur F. Sanders,

Word count is 21/90 as of word: Wilbur F. Sanders.

Previous games

For Game #35, in which the starting word was Robert Mitchell (canoeist) and the ending word was Robert N. Butler, with branches Journey to the West (went to Paneer), Guarania (music) (went to Whale), Comedy Central (went to Umbria), Jackie Chan (went to Slade), and Del Monte Foods (went to Suzanne Pleshette), see this link.

Word Association game history
Game #	First word	Last word	Start date	End date (main branch)	Link
1	Free	Statistics	6 July 2005	7 August 2005	[2]
2	Eggnog	Mornington Crescent	7 August 2005	20 August 2005	[3]
3	Pending	Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge	20 August 2005	11 October 2005	[4]
4	Unanimous	Sudoku	11 October 2005	10 December 2005	[5]
5	Rhymes	Internet	10 December 2005	3 February 2006	[6]
6	France	Bunnicula	3 February 2006	13 March 2006	[7]
7	Tram	Tom Bombadil	15 March 2006	8 April 2006	[8]
8	NIMBY	Crystal Cave	8 April 2006	27 April 2006	[9]
9	Sinus	Kisekae	29 April 2006	27 May 2006	[10]
10	Pennsylvania	Alphabet soup	27 May 2006	23 June 2006	[11]
11	Bioprocessor	Mercy	23 June 2006	5 August 2006	[12]
12	Vienna	Daffy Duck	5 August 2006	28 August 2006	[13]
13	High Force	Pease Porridge Hot	28 August 2006	19 September 2006	[14]
14	Reflectance	Chewbacca Defense	20 September 2006	20 October 2006	[15]
15	Cyclone	Tiger	21 October 2006	8 November 2006	[16]
16	Play-Doh	Alien autopsy	8 November 2006	27 November 2006	[17]
17	Expressway	Weather	27 November 2006	23 December 2006	[18]
18	Christmas	Beatles	24 December 2006	20 February 2007	[19]
19	Planet of the Apes	Christopher Columbus	22 February 2007	9 May 2007	[20]
20	Xin Dynasty	Old	9 May 2007	3 July 2007	[21]
21	Treaty on the Creation of the USSR	Nort	3 July 2007	3 October 2007	[22]
22	Plain-tailed Warbler	John Baird	20 October 2007	26 February 2008	[23]
23	Ellmau	Sic semper tyrannis	26 February 2008	18 January 2009	[24]
24	Dark Side of the Moon	Wild America	20 January 2009	11 August 2009	[25]
25	Garner H. Tullis	Solo	14 August 2009	1 May 2010	[26]
26	Sha	I Can't Decide	2 May 2010	31 October 2011	[27]
27	Existential fallacy	Belarus	2 November 2011	22 November 2012	[28]
28	Denver Basin	Fog	22 November 2012	27 July 2013	[29]
29	Marc Forster	Ned Flanders	8 August 2013	24 June 2015	[30]
30	Freescale 68HC11	Jell-O	25 June 2015	27 April 2018	[31]
31	Melaleuca amydra	Sleep	6 June 2018	24 September 2021	[32]
32	Battle of Borghetto	Ham	1 October 2021	12 September 2023	[33]
33	Hook sword	Tangent bundle	7 October 2023	23 October 2024	[34]
34	Hackelia sharsmithii	Anthology series	26 October 2024	27 February 2025	[35]
35	Robert Mitchell (canoeist)	Robert N. Butler	28 February 2025	8 June 2025	[36]
36	? and the Mysterians	TBA	12 June 2025	TBA

Players

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