287: A Portion of a Duck

You're playing Miss Connections, a game where you guess words and then guess how they're connected, but on a podcast.

Wait, what? Okay, here's how this game works.

It's good to have the intro down.

I have a list of 16 words formulated, by the way, by Lex Friedman.

Lex Friedman has written this puzzle today.

Oh, no. I'm leaving.

Get me out of here.

Each of these words shares a secret connection to three other words on the list.

You will need to reveal each word one at a time based on crossword style clues.

We will alternate teams until someone guesses the word.

I can give you clues along the way if you're having trouble guessing.

If you miss a couple of times, I might throw in a clue to try and move the game along.

Every time you correctly guess a word, you score a point and you get a chance to guess the hidden connection.

But there are some rules.

You can only guess a hidden connection by also proposing... at least one more revealed word that fits the connection you can't guess on one you have to guess on two or three or four every word you add to a connection gets you a point so if somebody puts two words in a connection guess what the next time a word comes up and you think it makes a connection you can add that and get a bonus point This is nice.

When all 16 words are revealed, teams will be able to take turns making the final misconnections for points unless everybody's just been doing it all along, which is what's happened so far.

Teams with the most points wins.

That's how it works in scoring.

Wait, what? And in the case of the tie, it's a tie.

Okay? That's how it works.

No fractional points.

Anyway, let's get started.

This first will alternate.

I'll give the clue.

And teams will alternate guessing.

You're playing Miss Connections, a game where you guess words and then guess how they're connected, but on a podcast.

Wait, what? Okay, here's how this game works.

It's good to have the intro down.

I have a list of 16 words formulated, by the way, by Lex Friedman.

Lex Friedman has written this puzzle today.

Oh, no. I'm leaving.

Get me out of here.

Each of these words shares a secret connection to three other words on the list.

You will need to reveal each word one at a time based on crossword style clues.

We will alternate teams until someone guesses the word.

I can give you clues along the way if you're having trouble guessing.

If you miss a couple of times, I might throw in a clue to try and move the game along.

Every time you correctly guess a word, you score a point and you get a chance to guess the hidden connection.

But there are some rules.

You can only guess a hidden connection by also proposing... at least one more revealed word that fits the connection you can't guess on one you have to guess on two or three or four every word you add to a connection gets you a point so if somebody puts two words in a connection guess what the next time a word comes up and you think it makes a connection you can add that and get a bonus point This is nice.

When all 16 words are revealed, teams will be able to take turns making the final misconnections for points unless everybody's just been doing it all along, which is what's happened so far.

Teams with the most points wins.

That's how it works in scoring.

Wait, what? And in the case of the tie, it's a tie.

Okay? That's how it works.

No fractional points.

Anyway, let's get started.

This first will alternate.

I'll give the clue.

And teams will alternate guessing.