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Old 09-12-2011, 05:57 PM   #286
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Are there any rules to that?

Do I have to execute some complex algorithm to confirm that the two words can be connected? How would one go from "car" to "ostentatious"?

Or do I just choose two random words and hope it works out?
The latter. It would be worth giving brief though to the two words, and seeing if you can get anywhere from both words. For instance, there's not many words you can get to from archaeopteryx, so that would be a bad choice.

But you don't need to check that a chain exists first. That's part of the fun. We've had to abandon at least one pair.
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