"word chain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: word chains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} word chain (plural word chains)
  1. A word game in which players come up with words that begin with the letter or letters that the previous word ended with. Wikipedia link: word chain Categories (topical): Games Translations (word game): 接龍 (Chinese Cantonese), 接龙 (english: zip³ lung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 接龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 接龙 (jiē lóng) (Chinese Mandarin), szólánc (Hungarian), 尻取り (shiritori) (Japanese), 끝말잇기 (kkeunmaritgi) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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