Overly Complicated Word Ladder #2 (sorry)
◆ · By The Noah · Published 2024-06-09T17:34:45.063Z
Constructor's Note
Each step down could be any ONE of the following in relation to the word above: one letter changed, removed, or added; anagram; synonym or antonym (go/leave or go/come); irregular verb suppletion (go/went); Hypernym or Hyponym (car/ vehicle or car/sedan); contraction/abbreviation or expansion (ctrl/control); Meronym or Holonym (wheel is a meronym of car. Car is a holonym of wheel); half of the portmanteau (brunch/breakfast or brunch/lunch)
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The films Tetris, Oppenheimer, or Elvis for three. Good luck. Have fun. Use hints.
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Across
- 1AThe films Tetris, Oppenheimer, or Elvis for three. Good luck. Have fun. Use hints.
- 7AImagine in your mind’s eye. Half of the portmanteau (which is a word made by smushing two words together like chillax from chill+relax)
- 8ACreative expression, controversially being made by uncreative AI from prompts. Hypernym (broader category to which the above word is an example)
- 9ASnitch; rodent anagram (shuffle the letters around)
- 10ABo Burnham’s bars; frustrated dissertation add letter in spot 3
- 12ALittlest kitten of the bunch change letter in spot 2
- 13ATrash found on the ground Holonym (thing the above word is a part or element of)
- 15ABarely more than a quart; soda unit remove a letter
- 16AMade bright again anagram (shuffle the letters around)
- 17AReuse a candle irregular verb form suppletion
- 20APlease; excite change letter in spot one
- 21AInside Out protagonist synonym (same meaning as the word above)
- 22AOld Testament sufferer Change the third letter
- 23AWeep letter change in spot 1
- 24AShed tears (hopefully of 21A, but since you’re here possibly of frustration. I’m sorry.) synonym of 23A
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