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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!

Introduction

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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.
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How to play

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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

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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, or even a random country in Europe, an obscure British TV channel, or even a fictional restaurant!

Repeated words

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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

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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.

For Game #33, in which the starting word was Hook sword and the ending word was Tangent bundle, with branches John Laroquette (went to Knobbed hornbill), Santa Claus (went to Cuckoo clock), Anti-Monopoly (went to Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩), Missouri State Bears (went to Linda Lavin), and Löwenmensch figurine (went to Cape (geography)), see this link.

This is Game #34. The starting word, Hackelia sharsmithii, was selected by Special:Random.

Main game

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#34: "Hackelia sharsmithii" (main branch)

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Main branch:

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Hackelia sharsmithii, Inflorescence, Flower, Bee, Bee Gees, "Stayin' Alive", CPR, Club Penguin Rewritten, Penguin, Pingu, 3-2-1 Penguins!, Science fiction, Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, Gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa, Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, Genes, Nucleotide, DNA (Little Mix album), Plasmid, Plasma, Liquid, Solid, Solid South, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic-Republican Party, James Monroe, James Madison, Constitution of the United States, Lochner era, New Deal, Deal or No Deal (American game show), Deal or No Deal, The Price Is Right, Bob Barker, Springfield, Missouri, Humid subtropical climate, Temperate climate, The Well-Tempered Clavier, J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Getreidegasse, Salzburg, Salzgitter, Hanover, Prince Albrecht of Prussia, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria, Ford Crown Victoria, Ford (crossing), Crossing guard, School, Education, Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Water (wuxing), Black Turtle-Snake, Chinese constellations, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, China, Porcelain, Jasperware, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Ministry of All the Talents, Ministry of Truth, Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 United States presidential election, Ronald Reagan, Bedtime for Bonzo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, American Family Publishers, Karger Publishers, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson, The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Piggy bank, Spiderpig, Spider-Man, John Romita Sr., John Dingell Sr., Gospel of John, Hellenistic Judaism, Septuagint, September, Twin Holy Birthdays, Baháʼí Faith, Lotus Temple, Lotus flower, Vishnu, Hinduism, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr., Alberta Williams King, Alberta, Quebec, Montreal, Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals, Washington Wizards, The five boxing wizards jump quickly, Boxing, Boxing Day, December 26, St. Stephen's Day, Good King Wenceslas, "The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)", Straight No Chaser (group), Another Round (group), Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry, Be Happy", Meher Baba, Baba O'Riley, Who's Next, Guess Who?, Ora and Theo Coster, Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, Fort Amsterdam, Ghana, Fort Patience, Patience (game), Klondike (solitaire), Standard 52-card deck, Court cards, Joker (playing card), The Adicts, Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Heston, Presidential Medal of Freedom,

Word count is 137/555 as of word: Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Branch 1: "Mahatma Ghandi" (branch open)

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Mahatma Ghandi, Karamchand Gandhi, Diwan, Jenna Dewan, Channing Tatum, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Black tree cobra, King cobra, Cobra Kai, Kai Winn, Karuka, Kakuro, Integer Programming, Karp's 21 NP-complete problems, Cook–Levin theorem, Cooking school, Darina Allen, Ireland, England,


Word count is 18/100 as of word: England.


Players

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Here is where you can place your name and become a common player.

Active Players

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  1.  Cassie_Hawthorne 
  2. Bigcheese630
  3. Faizking321
  4. Swinny Me
  5. Themcman1
  6. SOLVE INFERNIS
  7. Nickptar
  8. Takitei
  9. Rixth
  10. fratboy
  11. Hosterweis (talk) (contribs)
  12. Sirmob
  13. Enkauston
  14. GeeJo
  15. Craig3410
  16. Mark J
  17. Snhivhitavae
  18. Jimmyatic
  19. Soo
  20. Occono
  21. jaurisova6
  22. Braddie
  23.  Grue 
  24. Smartiecat
  25. FunFuBarMan
  26. RobyWayne
  27.  Alfakim --  talk 
  28. Larrymels
  29. Gururvishnu
  30. Bearbear
  31. gkhan
  32. Catamorphism
  33. Neoballmon
  34. Akako|☎
  35. Peter T.S.
  36. Stix
  37. hydnjo
  38. Malacandra
  39. Underorbit
  40. WAvegetarian
  41. Algebra
  42. Luigi30
  43. mikecb
  44. MatthewF
  45. PinkDeoxys
  46. Maltmomma (chat)
  47.  chsf 
  48. Thryduulf
  49. Simply MP
  50. WriterFromAfar755
  51. Sparky Lurkdragon
  52. Melaen
  53. User:FlorenceWynne
  54. dposse
  55. PhatePunk
  56. mahlered
  57. Phileas
  58.   Jordy540 
  59. Aaronak
  60. Mazzy
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  75. Steve Farrell
  76. Blade boy222
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  79. OsmosisChesterfieldFoodstuff
  80. Simply south
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  84. Fairgoldberry,
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  89. AKKIfokkusuTaLk
  90. bibliomaniac15
  91. Forum User
  92. neverstarsburn
  93. WaltCip
  94. Baseracer
  95. mugsiam
  96. Irish Hog
  97. Robin Chen
  98. idjit
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  100. DannyQuack
  101. Mitchrocks
  102. Agatehawk
  103. SpongeSebastian
  104. Zeldafreak104,
  105. Samuel 69105
  106. taser6
  107. Sp3000
  108. ReverendG
  109. Arrista30
  110. Whammies Were Here,
  111. User: MattC13,
  112. TheGoogle
  113. Neonsunshine
  114. BlueFlashlight
  115. CanadaAotS
  116. WalterWalrus3
  117. BLaNkStaRE
  118. Squad51
  119. Dbproguy,
  120. Freqrexy
  121. Drummerlad
  122. Umalee
  123. A•N•N•Afoxlover hello!
  124. theunicyclegirl
  125. johanna451940
  126. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s (Merry Christmas!)
  127. Chato258
  128. Ascatubay
  129. Natsthename
  130. bentropy,
  131. Halloween On Xmas,
  132. Kiwizoid
  133. Vinch
  134. Scienza
  135. thesublime514
  136.  ~
  137. Step
  138. trip
  139. Friendsip
  140. Smokizzy
  141. Hoppema2
  142. Defender 911
  143. - hmwithtalk
  144. Alx xlA
  145. Littleghostboo[ talk ] (Win an argument and leave your mark in history.)
  146. TomasBat
  147. Batsofdoom «talk» 22:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  148. DiogenesTheHobo
  149. Zacman9
  150. MorkaisChosen
  151.  Holiday56 
  152. Bart133 (t) (c)
  153. BlackCatOS
  154. Newen222
  155. GusGus
  156. CindyBo
  157. User:Pedant
  158. dibrown
  159. Knaw
  160. Wikiphilia
  161. Runner5k
  162. StupidFrog,
  163. Samuel 69105
  164. User:ForestAngel
  165. Shruti14
  166. Huddl(T/C\S/M)
  167. MacMad
  168. mjwilson
  169. MidMadWiki
  170. Extremecircuitz (Talk | Userboxes page)
  171. User:AkvoD3
  172. ←CALL OF CTHULHU→
  173. mario0man
  174. cuckooman,
  175. Toresten8118
  176. Kahuna8899
  177. Draniac
  178. Kubek15
  179. ♥Shapiros10WuzHere♥
  180. Basketball110 will you sign? ♣
  181. SurplusH22
  182. OneLastTime93
  183.  10014derek  Ӂ 
  184. --FlagFreak TALK
  185. Faizaguo
  186. Cat
  187. User:Deamon138
  188. Cyclonenim
  189. لennavecia
  190. What!?Why?Who? (talk) 20:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  191. Iceflow
  192. ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ
  193. The New MIKEmoral
  194. Nz26 10:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  195. Raiku :  Chat  04:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  196. User:Hiding tends to associate things to MSP
  197. User:Sknot09
  198. Evangeline
  199. Wingedcheetah
  200. 114.77.223.5 (talk)
  201. Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 20:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  202. Adabow (talk)
  203. J0ptionPane
  204. Delta1989 (talk) 11:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  205. BobMan801
  206. Douglas
  207. Studioplace
  208. l0k1g1rl⅓
  209. VeryPunny
  210. T3h 1337 b0y
  211. - Sir Pawridge talk contribs
  212. User:Smartyllama
  213. Eduemoni↑talk↓
  214. Superwikidude
  215. Brambleberry, RiverClan Medicine Cat Visit · Follow
  216. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 02:19, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  217. 24.14.73.183 (talk)
  218. User:Davidfreesefan23 (talk)
  219. Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty ⚧ Averted crashes
  220. Bulldog73 talk da contribs go rando
  221. James1011R (talk, contribs)
  222. Nintendofan2100
  223. Drla8th! (talk)
  224.  TheHeiker --  talk 
  225. BB
  226.  BarkingFish 
  227. ShelleyRush
  228. Earth8845 (talk)
  229. Gcchemistry (talk)
  230. HarshAJ (Talk)(Contribs)
  231. §h₳un 9∞76
  232. alexanderao (talk)
  233. LM103 (talk)
  234. User:Firejasperthedog
  235. user:Bertin Shingiro
  236. Qwh (talk)
  237. JLDWtalk
  238. Missionedit
  239. Yashowardhani
  240. User:Chingis-Otchigin
  241. Rudy25
  242. User:aritmaat
  243. Epicgenius
  244. --(agnamaracs) (talk)
  245. Brerose| Talk 
  246. RubyALG (talk)
  247. Doctor Pleasant (talk)
  248. PigeonOfTheNight (talk)
  249. L1ght5h0w (talk)
  250. User:NanobyteExo (User Talk:NanobyteExo)
  251. SGPolter (talk)
  252. Loser3572003
  253. samillar94 (talk)
  254. robloxfaneditor (talk)
  255. Deepro#mylifeas713 ❯❯❯ Wanna chat?
  256. Abishe
  257.  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 
  258. qwerty6811 :-) (talk)
  259. --Ný(rönn)-Holtredéþch-Deskrúð / NyholtredehnDiscussion!
  260. PATH SLOPU (Talk)
  261. Whispering
  262. Elfabet (talk)
  263. That guy with way too many userboxes -cortex
  264. InvalidOStalk
  265. Blessings. ~ Josephine W. ☮ Talk to Me ☮ Email Me 08:03, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  266. LePanini
  267. Hello world 6 (talk)
  268. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs)
  269. Here For The Snacks
  270. Another Wiki User the 2nd (talk) 01:36, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  271. Seemplez
  272. Panini!🥪
  273. Minkai (rawr!) (see where I screwed up)
  274. RteeeeKed (talk)
  275. Leomk0403
  276. Theknine2
  277. QuicoleJR (talk)
  278. Aplombb (talk)
  279. TypoEater (talk)
  280. User: Evan Y. O'Neill
  281. Sneezless (talk page) (contribs)
  282. 2001:9E8:E1C7:8000:21EE:DD10:CA33:9268 (talk)
  283. Dane|Geld 14:04, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  284. Spongebob796 (talk) 08:36, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Casually Observing Players

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11kowrom, Corey520, knoodelhed, PryItOpen, Kodukadvakch (KOE-due-KODD-vahk), Jonathan Weiss, Nil Einne, Yayasirrah, FrankCostanza, Dewar912, Milk77, Aquarius Rising, Xiagu, PrinceDog, Calibration, Ilyanep, mahlered, HappyCamper, Sceptre (Talk), ArkansasTraveler, gobeirne, Daniel, Ian Manka, Ghelae, Anthon, Majora4, Sotakeit, talktothehand07, Sonicrazy, Midgetmogget, Keeperoftheseal, Bubzie29!, Mproud, Jordan Elder(talk), MarinBeth, Qwertyuiop, Think Fast, He Who Is, Pharaoh Hound, Algebra, GregE, Gray Porpoise, Jeffklib, Keakealani, ? JARED (t), —Editor at Large, Robert, Edlin2, D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C•••, youri, BLaNkStaRE, LokiV, Jake95, TheGoogle, IanF, namamyaham, User:Acid0057, User:Penwhale, User:LoganK, User:CommonEditor2345, Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalkTodays Pick, Lady Unicorn, User:moteq, Fruit Boy, Witty lama, Ugliness Man, Moralis, buggles12345, Turk_b, Jake95(talk!), Andrechies, Coolv(Talk • Contribs), User:Paul Italiano, User:Heidijane, Mrmoocow, Valse44, chromiumswitch, Strangerer, Puppy441,  DangerousNerd  talk, Maddie was here, Tetrahedron93, Shuttlebug, Dabomb87, Graham1352, Blade_boy222, ¥Ø§}{!}{9, Runemaste644, ColinCameron, User:Kannie, Man The Wise, J. Harkness, DocMcConL, User:CheckersO_O, Sardanaphalus, dgcopter, Umbralcorax, Truthanado, Alex, Vizzydix The Great, VirginiaWildlife, Stormie823, Sickfish, TensaiKashou, I dream of horses, 75.66.180.12, 68.4.78.250, Mr. Christian, Guerillero, User:David in DC, User:42canadian42, FuchsiaB, 50.55.85.125, User:Firejasperthedog, User:Bertin Shingiro, LadyUnicornEJG, mrsnorthstar, Origamite, Srolanh See.Say., NewJibaJabba, A Wikipedian on Wikipedia, 69.165.196.103, RedPanda25, 180.251.193.174, Ad Meliora, ActuallyNeverHappened02, Alcremie (talk), RyanW1995, Total: 128.

Rarely Observing Players

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Da Vynci, PointyOintment, IHudson, Silly, Bob the ducq, RKplayer2004, Zoophilia, Quate, EinsteiNewton, Alexanderpas (talk), Dixonsej (talk), John Wormell, Samurai 004, Addict 2006 (Don't take my name seriously), @kshay (talk), User:Smudger94, BarbieJay, OlEnglish, Kerdek (Tell me if I screw up), jbrowning30, User:Andythepiano (First timer yay), 2KT, XercesBlue: Wikibaby, 7&6=thirteen, User: ElleZinsser, 2Awwsome, Sudo edit this page (talk), Auric, srini, Bluebird202, Pigeonqueen98, Has a Username (talk), Ready for word action! Ghinga7 (talk), Sky6t, Hans T.M / Hans5958Talk | Guestbook, Opalzukor, User:Q288, User:I am Rjsb0192 that gunky goopy dude (The Big Gooper) Total: 39.

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