Showing posts with label Missing Links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Missing Links. Show all posts

Saturday, August 22, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCXXXV 

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES. 

1. Sell..........Soap..........Shoe
2. Wolf.......... Jam..........Back
3. Love..........Lady..........Kiss
4. Flat..........Pump..........Mule 
5. Black..........Sink..........Man
6. Blue..........White..........Pink
7. Press..........Wire..........Copy
8. Music..........Food..........Soul
9. Free..........Parallel..........Double
10. Snap..........Storage..........Shoulder 
 
Answers:
 
1. Soft
2. Pack
3. First
4. Kinds of women's shoes
5. Hole
6. Collar (pink - associated with women)
7. Hard
8. Mate
9. Parking
10. Cold 
 
  

Sunday, July 26, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCXXXIV

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Turkey..........Fish
2. Worm..........Rabbit
3. Ball..........Start..........Suit
4. Run..........Lift..........Mask 
5. Fire..........Oath..........Pressure
6. Bath..........Clean..........Engine
7. Double..........Secret..........Free
8. Wings..........Color..........Cannon 
9. Bank..........Blanket..........Fashion 
10. Picture..........Record..........Stamp
 
Answers:
 
1. Cold
2. Hole
3. Jump
4. Ski
5. Things you can be under
6. Steam
7. Kinds of agents 
8. Water
9. Statement 
10. Album               

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCXXXIII

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that its, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Saw..........Talk..........Land
2. Par..........Easy..........Drawn
3. Tin..........Silver..........Black
4. Finger..........Foul..........Felt 
5. Mouse..........Goal..........Trip
6. Mail..........Letter..........Store 
7. Hay..........Gold..........Yellow 
8. Door..........Coach..........Fright 
9. Small..........Silver..........Window
10. Guard..........Shop..........Language
 
Answers:
 
1. Table
2. Over
3. Kinds of smiths
4. Tip
5. Field
6. Chain
7. Fever
8. Stage
9. Screen
10. Body  
 
 
            

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCXXXII

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Air..........Hot..........Snail 
2. Page..........Front..........Free 
3. Brush..........Bed...........Port
4. Goal..........Guide..........Post
5. Dark..........Clothes.........Saw 
6. Rush...........Zero..........Happy 
7. Work..........Spirit..........Player
8. Mobile..........Pilot..........Graph
9. Forest..........Hunter..........Moss
10. Station..........Lunch..........Couple 
 
Answers:
 
1. Mail
2. Home
3. Air
4. Field
5. Horse
6. Hour
7. Team
8. Words that can be preceded by AUTO
9. Shades of green
10. Power 
 
Credit:
8: Joe Marangell 

Thursday, May 28, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCXXXI

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Sea..........Car..........Air
2. Nap..........Trip..........Play 
3. Saw..........Land..........Talk 
4. Ice..........Rule..........Circuit 
5. Tight..........Front..........Taxi
6. Chain..........Block..........Call
7. Sound..........Fast..........Inside
8. Stitch..........Store..........Letter 
9. Rock..........Music..........Medicine 
10. Entrance..........Legal..........Transfer 
 
Answers:
 
1. Port
2. Power
3. Table
4. Breaker
5. Water
6. Kinds of letters
7. Track
8. Chain
9. Folk
10. Kinds of fees  
 
Credit:
9: Gene Louise De Vera 

 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCXXX

Each group below shares a Missing Lknk - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. In..........Fork..........Pipe
2. Turn..........Pool..........Tide 
3. Dirt..........Tea..........Skinny
4. Dirty..........Date..........Dare 
5. Fix..........Question..........Silver
6. Power..........Proof..........Closet
7. Gold..........Moral..........Double
8. Beaver..........Badger..........Pelican 
9. Free..........Trial..........Dead..........Home  
10. Gas stations..........Shoe stores..........Mothers' lounges
 
Answers:
 
1. Pitch
2. Kinds of tables
3. Gossip 
4. Double
5. Quick
6. Water
7. Kinds of standards
8. Nicknames of OR, WI, LA
9. Run
10. Places where you can find pumps  
 
Credit:
3: Chloe Revery 
10: Aiden Glenn (first two clues)

Thursday, April 30, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXIX

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Dog..........End..........Dry 
2. Ear..........Nose..........Lip 
3. Sin..........Use..........Gift
4. Five..........Issue..........Hold 
5. Short..........Tall..........Court 
6. Poor..........Voice..........Opera 
7. Small..........Shop..........Table
8. Note..........Crash..........Launch
9. Game..........Number..........String
10. Power..........Barber..........Fishing 
 
Answers:
 
1. Run
2. Kinds of rings
3. Kinds of taxes
4. Words that can be preceded by TAKE
5. Order
6. Box
7. Talk
8. Kinds of pads
9. Theory
10. Kinds of poles  

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXVIII

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Stock..........Place..........Sides
2. Army..........Advice..........Fifth
3. Sink..........Traffic..........Claim
4. White..........Night..........Fools 
5. Seat..........Letter..........Bird 
6. Back..........Key..........Heat
7. Flag..........Soap..........Sand
8. Land..........Water..........Hall
9. Water..........Space..........Air 
10.  Open..........White..........Break
 
Answers: 

1. Words that can be preceded by TAKE
2. Types of columns
3. Things that can be backed up
4. Words that can be followed by CAP
5. Love
6. Stroke
7. Stone
8. Mark
9. Craft
10. Water 

Thursday, March 19, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXVII

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Set..........Face..........Cast 
2. Fly..........Dust..........Beach
3. Play..........Wait..........Check 
4. Rule..........Call..........Arrest 
5. Back..........Gum...........Rain
6. Red..........Block..........Chain 
7. Bank..........Bath..........Vessel
8. Top..........Office..........Cutter
9. Giant..........Baby..........Spanish 
10. Vote..........Spell..........Broken bone 
 
Answers: 
 
1. Type
2. Ball
3. List
4. House
5. Drop
6. Letter
7. Blood 
8. Box
9. Steps
10. Things that can be cast 
 
Credit:
10: Jared Cappel 

Friday, March 6, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXVI

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.  

1. Sea..........Fire..........Side 
2. Deep..........Stir..........Small
3. Sea..........Mind..........Secret 
4. Fast.......... Curve..........Bean
5. Dead..........Open..........Cover 
6. Ground..........House..........Iron 
7. Buffalo..........Shed.........Wings 
8. Strike..........Action..........Timber 
9. Wheel..........Column..........Estate
10. Paper..........Myrtle..........Pancake
 
Answers:
 
1. Wall
2. Fry
3. Open
4. Kinds of baseball pitches  
5. Letter
6. Kinds of rules
7. Water
8. Words that can be shouted
9. Fifth
10. Crepe  
 
Credit:
8: Leslie Benson 

Sunday, March 1, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXV

Each group below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious of not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.  

1. Potato..........Chocolate..........Silicon
2. Strip..........Nugget..........Tender 
3. Piano..........Sand.........Candy 
4. Lent..........Chow..........Mass
5. Ear..........Soldier..........Man 
6. Way..........Jump..........Band
7. Big..........Daisy..........Fifth  
8. Tea bag..........Kite..........Yo-yo 
9. Personality.....The difference.....Infinitives
10. Martial law......Bankruptcy.......Candidacy 
 
Answers:
 
1. Kinds of chips
2. Chicken
3. Kinds of bars
4. Words that have different meanings when not capitalized
5. Tin
6. Broad
7. Wheel* 
8. Things with strings attached
9. Things that can be split
10. Things that can be declared  
 
* A daisy wheel was the printing element on some typewriters. 
 
Credits:
8: Mike Shenk
9-10: Ken Jennings 

Monday, February 23, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXIV

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Clean..........Clear..........Crew
2. Glass..........Meat..........Salmon
3. Mac...........Cheese..........Wheel
4. Shrink..........Bubble..........Body 
5. Book..........Smile..........Window 
6. White..........Brown..........Minute
7. Speech..........Love..........Enterprise 
8. Goose..........Arches..........Parachute 
9. Chastity..........Asteroid..........Borscht 
10. Courtroom.....Bus stop.....Football team 
 
Answers:
 
1. Cut
2. Things that may be smoked
3. Big
4. Wrap
5. Things you can crack
6. Kinds of rice
7. Free
8. Golden
9. Kinds of belts
10. Things that have benches  

Thursday, February 19, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXIII

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Ear..........Book..........Silk 
2. Fall..........Press..........Fall 
3. Code..........Egg..........Joke  
4. Hour..........Rule..........Globe 
5. Tag..........Beam..........Printer 
6. Fire..........Pharaoh..........Army  
7. Hotels..........Music..........Prisons 
8. Babies..........Boxers..........Options 
9. Onion..........Napkin..........Diamond 
10. Lap pool.....Bowling alley.....Daily Planet 
 
Answers:
 
1. Kinds of worms
2. Free
3. Things you can crack
4. Golden
5. Laser
6. Kinds of ants
7. Things that have bars
8. Things that are weighed
9. Kinds of rings
10. Things that have lanes*
 
*Lois Lane is a reporter for the Daily Planet in the Superman series.  
 
Credits:
6: Ken Jennings
9: Wyna Liu
10: Ken Jennings  
 

  


 

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXII

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES. 

1. Net..........Kiss..........Effect
2. Fire..........Soda..........Animal
3. Dutch..........Space..........Duty 
4. Pork..........Muscle..........Strings
5. Pride..........School..........Murder 
6. Park..........Piano..........Courtroom
7. English.........Eggs..........Promises
8. Bees.........Zoos..........Lighthouses  
9. Details..........Disguise..........Tasmania                                   
10. Race.....Menu.....Sourdough.....Baseball team  
 
Answers:
 
1. Butterfly
2. Kinds of crackers
3. Double
4. Things that can be pulled
5. Animal groups
6. Things that have benches
7. Things that can be broken
8. Things that have keepers
9. Things the devil is in
10. Things that have starters
 
Credit:
Ken Jennings
Kennections

Thursday, February 12, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXXI

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES. 

1. Tin..........Green..........Fog 
2. Mum..........Van..........Skirt 
3. Peas..........Atom..........Second 
4. Hair..........Safety..........Butterfly
5. Mosquito..........Gulf..........Ivory
6. Chess..........Beehive..........Prom
7. Baby...........Palm...........Midnight 
8. Major..........Victory..........Independence  
9. Measure..........Friday..........Housekeeping 
10. Mercury.......Chihuahua.......Hummingbird  
 
Answers: 
 
1. Horn
2. Mini
3. Things that can be split
4. Kinds of nets
5. Coast
6. Things that have queens
7. Kinds of oil
8. Things you can declare
9. Good
10. Things that are the smallest in their categories  

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXX

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES. 

1. Ear..........Erie..........Root
2. Hay..........Spring..........Cabin 
3. False..........Mass..........House
4. Tattoo..........Pizza.........Funeral 
5. Yoga..........Bath..........Welcome
6. Olives..........Noses..........Pillows 
7. Rice..........Fingers..........Situation 
8. Green..........Glacier..........Jamaica 
9. Apple..........Earth..........Curriculum
10. America..........Manners..........Saigon
 
Answers:
 
1. Kinds of canals
2. Fever
3. Arrest
4. Kinds of parlors
5. Kinds of mats
6. Things that can be stuffed
7. Things that can be sticky
8. American bays
9. Things that have cores
10. Miss  

 

 

Thursday, February 5, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXIX

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Helium..........Exodus..........February
2. Pie..........River..........Rock..........Walk
3. Doctor..........Tree..........Guy..........Way 
4. Dice..........Questions..........Baked potatoes 
5. Rome..........Adam..........The Berlin Wall 
6. Eskimo..........Hershey..........Butterfly 
7. Rubber..........Bridges..........Calories 
8. Number..........Suspect..........Time  
9. Duel..........Factory..........Minute
10. Money..........Heart..........Rules 
 
Answers: 
 
1. Things that are often second on lists
2. Moon
3. Family
4. Things that can be loaded
5. Things that fell
6. Kinds of kisses
7. Things that you can burn
8. Prime
9. Things that have seconds
10. Things you can follow  
 
Credits:
Ken Jennings
Kennections  

Monday, February 2, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXVIII

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Musket..........Soul..........Type A 
2. Doubt..........Smoking..........Exit
3. Torah..........Senses..........Vowels 
4. Go.......Envy.......Money.......Energy
5. Royal..........Macaroni..........Emperor
6. Fishing..........Property..........Chorus
7. Free..........Boarding..........Forward
8. Cars.......Cobras.......Cities.......Parkas 
9. Guitar........Bag........Line........Mattress
10. Africa.....South America.....Bullfighters 
11. Barber.....Music box.....Beehive.....Rooster 
 
Answers:
 
1. Homophones for world capitals*
2. Words commonly preceded by NO
3. Sets of fives**
4. Words associated with GREEN
5. Types of penguins
6. Line
7. Pass
8. Things that have hoods
9. Air
10. They have capes
11. They have combs***
 
*Muscat (Oman), Seoul, Taipei
**The Torah is the first five books of the Old Testament.
***The plucked metallic device in a music box is called a comb.
 
Credits:
Ken Jennings
Kennections
 
 

Sunday, January 11, 2026

MISSING LINKS CCLXVII

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. St. Peter..........Alcatraz..........Gibraltar 
2. Riot..........Stamp..........Civil Rights
3. Film..........Bowling..........Glasses 
4. Pledge..........Flash..........Rodeo 
5. Fly..........Bantam..........Feather 
6. Bill..........Soldier..........Nickel 
7. Penny..........Duck...........Lady 
8. Big..........Cheese..........Color 
9. Lip..........Palm..........Speed
10. The moon..........The works..........The messenger
 
Answers:
 
1. Rocks*
2. Acts
3. Things that have frames
4. Drive
5. Boxing weight categories
6. Buffalo
7. Lucky
8. Kinds of wheels
9. Reader
10. Things you can shoot
 
*St. Peter is sometimes referred to as the rock of the Catholic Church.  
 
Credit:
Ken Jennings
Kennections

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

MISSING LINKS CCLXVI

Each group below contains a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Love..........Luck..........Liberty
2. Street..........Chair..........Going
3. Cast..........Minded..........Brush
4. Circle..........Album..........Tree 
5. Board..........Walk..........Line
6. Drink..........Soap..........Sell 
7. Hole..........Hood..........Kind 
8. Clip..........Work..........Hanger
9. Reading..........Skating..........Dating
10. Africa.....Symphony orchestra.....Antelope 
 
Answers:
 
1. Ladies
2. Easy
3. Broad
4. Family
5. Side
6. Soft
7. Man
8. Paper
9. Speed
10. Things that have horns