Lapwords

[cinelli]

B A D O N E W E N D
This is an example of a 10-letter lapword, named because it consists of continuous groups of 3-letter words which overlap each other from start to finish. The words are bad, ado, don, one, new, ewe, wen and end.
This puzzle is to fill in the gaps of this 13-letter lapword:
W _ _ H _ _ A _ _ A _ _ D

Cinelli

[UncleEbenezer]

B A D O N E W E N D
This is an example of a 10-letter lapword, named because it consists of continuous groups of 3-letter words which overlap each other from start to finish. The words are bad, ado, don, one, new, ewe, wen and end.
This puzzle is to fill in the gaps of this 13-letter lapword:
W _ _ H _ _ A _ _ A _ _ D

Cinelli

OK, I'm sure this isn't unique, but howbout

WASHERATEATED

bloomin' silly word, but doesn't rely on any component so obscure as "wen" (which isn't in my regular vocabulary)!

[bungeejumper]

This puzzle is to fill in the gaps of this 13-letter lapword:
W _ _ H _ _ A _ _ A _ _ D

Loads of possibilities, although perhaps I'm misunderstanding the rules? Thirty seconds' thought gives me

WISH HAKA ASIA AVID

Too simple? I hope so.

BJ

[GoSeigen]

This puzzle is to fill in the gaps of this 13-letter lapword:
W _ _ H _ _ A _ _ A _ _ D

Loads of possibilities, although perhaps I'm misunderstanding the rules? Thirty seconds' thought gives me

WISH HAKA ASIA AVID

Too simple? I hope so.

BJ

It's three-letter words, not four. So the one in the puzzle will be composed of eleven distinct overlapping three-letter words.


GS

[bungeejumper]

It's three-letter words, not four. So the one in the puzzle will be composed of eleven distinct overlapping three-letter words.

Duhh, thanks. Caffeine deficiency.

BJ

[cinelli]

Uncle Ebenezer,

Yes, I thought WEN was a bit obscure too but it is a genuine word. It is an old word meaning a cyst. Perhaps it occurs in the Canterbury Tales. But what about TED? Would that be allowed in Scrabble?

Cinelli

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Uncle Ebenezer,

Yes, I thought WEN was a bit obscure too but it is a genuine word. It is an old word meaning a cyst. Perhaps it occurs in the Canterbury Tales. But what about TED? Would that be allowed in Scrabble?

Cinelli

TED is allowed in scrabble

https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary/ted

[UncleEbenezer]

Uncle Ebenezer,

Yes, I thought WEN was a bit obscure too but it is a genuine word. It is an old word meaning a cyst. Perhaps it occurs in the Canterbury Tales. But what about TED? Would that be allowed in Scrabble?

Cinelli

TED is allowed in scrabble

https://scrabblewordfinder.org/dictionary/ted

Indeed, they were one of those pop culture references floating around in my youth, though I never knowingly encountered them and the wikipedia article confirms the actual thing were a generation or so up (like other semi-mythical near-modern cultures such as mods&rockers, or even hippies). Lots of very familiar names, some of them still alive today, seem to have had ted influences.

[cinelli]

But what about TED?

You could have had RED instead. Here is another lapword, 15 letters long:

N _ _ _ R _ _ O _ _ W _ _ _ K

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