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4-Letter Word Chain Game #5

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: February 10, 2015
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First submittedFebruary 10, 2015
Times taken71,407
Average score73.3%
Rating4.32
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Hint
Answer
Baby deer
Fawn
Book smart person
Nerd
Famously extinct animal
Dodo
Shrek's species
Ogre
To ____ their own
Each
Angel's headgear
Halo
Yield to authority
Obey
Pagan winter holiday
Yule
Fencing sword
Epee
Greek god of love
Eros
Hint
Answer
Iranian ruler
Shah
Parsley or thyme, e.g.
Herb
Capital of Switzerland
Bern
Deep shade of blue
Navy
Abominable snowman
Yeti
Graven image
Idol
Scottish lake
Loch
Camel's notable body part
Hump
Stroller
Pram
Something a cat says
Meow
Hint
Answer
Canis lupus
Wolf
Comic sans, for example
Font
Bigger than a village
Town
Ark builder
Noah
Achilles's weakness
Heel
Major city in France
Lyon
California wine region
Napa
Freddie Mercury's illness
AIDS
Betelgeuse or Vega, e.g.
Star
Place for coral
Reef
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Level 25
Feb 11, 2015
How about excepting Nice as well as Lyon, it would help
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Level 86
Feb 11, 2015
It doesn't fit the chain...
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Level 60
Jun 11, 2015
I think he does "except" it :)
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Level 80
Jun 11, 2015
nice pun. haha
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Level 45
Apr 15, 2022
rude
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Level 31
Jun 19, 2016
I agree. It should be excepted
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Level 31
Sep 22, 2016
LOL, epic fail, my friend.
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Level 79
Nov 8, 2019
Double fail, Mr Quiz Guy.
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Level 84
Feb 13, 2015
What in the world is a pram?
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Level 41
Mar 12, 2015
Old fashioned four wheeled baby carriage, short for perambulator I believe.
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Level 77
Mar 17, 2015
I have to push the Pram-A-Loooooooooot
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Level 76
Jun 11, 2015
We still say pram in Britain, or at least we do where I'm from
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Level 83
Mar 13, 2024
Was about to likewise protest that prams are still a thing but then I remembered that I was a baby nearly 30 years ago and I don't remember the last time I saw one... It would be a shame if they'd completely fallen out of favour
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Level 67
Jun 11, 2015
A stroller
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Level 37
Apr 27, 2017
A stroller is not a pram. I think that the closest thing to a pram that we know is the old fashioned baby carriage.
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Level 56
Apr 8, 2022
i mean, the hint is stroller
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Level 58
Dec 30, 2016
Used more in the UK.
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Level 10
Jul 23, 2017
it's like a buggy
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Level 79
Nov 8, 2019
A pram is commonly-used word, that is short for perambulator.
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Level 59
Feb 11, 2020
Actually it isn't a stroller which is usually called a buggy over here. A pram is a baby carriage with 4 wheels and carries the baby lying down like a cot, a cot on wheels. Oh a cot is called a crib in USA, I nearly forgot. As said already 'pram' came from perambulator which is a very Victorian sort of word.
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Level 72
Apr 14, 2022
Pram or buggy are pretty much interchangeable these days for any contraption with wheels that you push babies around in, and get your fingers sheared off by if you’re not careful folding/unfolding it. My mum used to refer to the type you’re describing (and which she carted me and my sister around in) as a bassinette pram (don’t quote me on the spelling). Although anyone seen using one of those these days is almost definitely shoplifting frozen turkeys.
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Level 27
Mar 30, 2020
Here in the UK pram is another word for push-chair or baby stroller as Americans would call them.
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Level 75
Jan 17, 2024
No, it isn't.
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Level 44
Mar 12, 2015
could not figure out how to spell meow :P
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Level 56
Jun 12, 2015
Just ask a cat next time.
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Level 54
Jun 13, 2015
hahahaha lol
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Level 39
Aug 29, 2017
That's how I got it.
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Level 66
Mar 30, 2020
Mine has an accent, it says miauw
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Level 72
Apr 14, 2022
Cats can't spell, but their witches can.
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Level 61
Jun 11, 2015
First time I got 100% on two puzzles the same night. Weird. Most times, my memory is pretty crappy.
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Level 73
Jun 11, 2015
Yes, Suzanne Vega is a star!
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Level 78
Jun 12, 2015
I kept typing "Dino" for the extinct animal starting with "d" and ending with "o"...
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Level 22
May 7, 2016
same
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Level 31
Jun 19, 2016
"Dino" isn't really one extinct animal. It didn't really occur to me at all.
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Level 83
Sep 5, 2015
AIDS isn't a word but I really don't care, jus' sayin'
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Level 89
Jul 17, 2018
Deep down you're crying.
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Level 37
Oct 6, 2018
AIDS is the acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Would you prefer to have to write that out in its entirety every time it appears?
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Level 22
May 7, 2016
Kept typing "icon" for graven image... oh, well
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Level 89
Jul 17, 2018
Icol would've fit the next clue.
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Level 22
May 7, 2016
Never heard of "comic sans"
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Level 56
Aug 28, 2017
Lucky you!
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Level 60
Jan 4, 2021

Lucky you.

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Level 47
Dec 22, 2016
I DIDNT REALISE IT WAS A CHAIN!
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Level 58
Dec 30, 2016
Which is why it's called 4 Letter Word Chain!
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Level 63
Mar 8, 2017
Maybe that Scottish lake clue should be rephrased to Scottish word for lake. I first thought you meant a lake in Scotland.
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Level 59
Feb 11, 2020
There is only one lake in Scotland.
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Level 38
Aug 28, 2017
Technically Switzerland doesn't have a capital. Bern is de facto
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Level 89
Jul 17, 2018
Then the de facto of the matter is that it's the capital.
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Level 84
Aug 28, 2017
The first "s" in "Comic Sans" should be capitalized. Nobody prints in "Times roman" or "Courier new". Failing to capitalize the "s" makes it a somewhat deceptive clue for anyone who doesn't immediately recognize it as the name of a font.

It would be like using "Famous Miami dolphin" as a clue. With the "d" lower-case, instead of thinking of a famous football player, you try to think of an actual aquatic animal that was somehow famous in the Miami area, like Flipper maybe.

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Level 61
Aug 28, 2017
I still use Times roman- maybe I'm old fashioned. Got all the answers to this quiz right though!
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Level 67
Aug 28, 2017
30/30 with 1:36 left on the clock. Damn, I'm good!
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Level 48
Oct 6, 2018
2.08 left...one of the easier chains... i can't type, use 2 fingers and look at the keyboard
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Level 49
Aug 28, 2017
Actually beat the average score by quite a lot. Pleasant surprise. Despite not knowing the shrek answer! Wish the site was more mobile friendly though. Difficulty scrolling up and down even on high end smartphone.
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Level 69
Aug 28, 2017
Comic sans is a typeface, not a font; comic sans 12pt bold, or Times New Roman 72pt standard, would be a font.
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Level 62
Aug 28, 2017
made it with 3:09 left :)
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Level 80
Aug 29, 2017
each to their own, not to each their own
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Level 55
Aug 29, 2017
I've almost always heard it "to each their own."
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Level 37
Sep 27, 2017
Actually, it should be "to each his own" - Each is singular, therefore, the noun should be also.
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Level 62
Jan 21, 2022
But "each" is not necessarily a male. In fact, half of them are female.
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Level 72
Apr 14, 2022
@AnnikaKim - interesting case, but the grammar rules changed rather recently. Generally, singular they only just started being recognized by mainstream linguists around 2015, and not by a majority until around 2020. Prior to that, the majority of English linguists used the masculine third person pronoun when gender was non-specific, rather than what was more common in vernacular, which was listing both the masculine and feminine pronouns with a forward slash between them, for example "his/her."
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Level 43
Dec 21, 2017
Technically, comic sans is a typeface not a font. There's a difference.
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Level 66
Apr 1, 2021
Why shouldn't "Dino" work for the famously extinct animal? It even fits the chain...
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Level 78
Oct 27, 2021
Freddie Mercury's illness?

Really?

C'mon QM.

Is that really what he is remembered for?

Is there nothing else you could have used? I would suggest AMOS, ALAS, AIRS, AIMS, ALMS, ACES, ACTS, AGES, AGAS, APES, ARES, AXES.

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Level 72
Apr 14, 2022
Some might find the clue in bad taste. Imagine if you were Freddy Mercury's sister or nephew and played this quiz. Even keeping the answer as is, I think there are plenty of other options. I'm not personally offended by this just caught a little off guard.
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Level 71
Apr 14, 2022
I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan, and while it's incredibly sad that he's no longer with us, I don't think the clue is offensive. Mercury is probably the most recognizable person who had AIDS, so if there is anyone acknowledged in a clue about AIDS, it should be him. Also, the fact that he had AIDS does not, in any way, diminish his musicianship and showmanship. He is, and always will be, primarily remembered for his life, not his death.
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Level 66
Oct 27, 2021
I may or may not have read the fourth clue as "Shark's species." That's a bit embarrassing.
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Level 55
Dec 15, 2021
Lol, I thought it said angler's hat and I was wondering what those were called
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Level 67
Apr 14, 2022
What is “to each their own”?
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Level 67
Oct 8, 2023
It's what someone says to you when they no longer care enough to keep talking about a subject. Maybe you're in an argument/debate and they yield, because they want to move on. It's commonly used and sounds acceptable to say, but it has passive aggressive undertones.
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Level 60
Oct 25, 2023
That's not what it means, but to each their own...
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Level 54
Apr 14, 2022
My cat says miaw
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Level 70
Apr 14, 2022
can dino work for "famously extinct animal" it fits
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Level 15
Apr 14, 2022
What do you look forward to the most?

Is it your birthday? Or maybe your favorite holiday? How about the day when you see Jesus? We are going to see Jesus very soon, and you better hope you're ready. Once you see Him, there will be no second chances for you. If you feel as if you aren't ready, don't be afraid. Pray to God for guidance, and read the Bible so you know how to be ready. Remember to always look forward to Jesus.

"Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Matthew 24:44

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Level 70
Apr 15, 2022
Saw Him a few weeks back. He wasn't lookin' so hot.
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Level 66
May 23, 2023
I feel like we'll either get along, or won't. I hope we do.
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Level 30
May 15, 2022
Isn't the Greek god of love actually the goddess Aphrodite?
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Level 43
Dec 31, 2022
She is goddess of love and beauty but think its more beauty.

Eros is "God" of love. The Roman equivalent is called Cupid. I remember cause Cupid shot arrows, sounds like Eros.

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Level 32
Feb 8, 2023
I am sad it wouldn't accelt 'dark' for 'a deep shade of blue'