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Notes from the organizer: In this round the challenge is to continue to declare words round-by-round that begin with letters that sequence through the alphabet. You can start at any point in the alphabet but must then follow the letter sequence.

For example, if you start with RELATION, then round two will need a word beginning with S, round 3 T, round 4 U and so on. If a player reaches Z, then they need to return to A to keep their sequence going.

If you fail to keep the sequence going, your game scoring ends.

Because there is an element of luck involved with the letters Q and X, players are allowed to skip these letter and go straight onto R and Y respectively, however tournament bonus points will be on offer as well and relate to these two letters.

1. Anyone that does use the Q (2 tournament bonus points)
2. Anyone that does use the X (2 tournament bonus points)

The top 10 highest scoring players will each be awarded tournament points, with 1st getting 10 points, 2nd getting 9 and so on.

Example game
BOTANY
CARD
DAINTY
EVERY
FEVER
GOING
HAPPIER
IGLOO
JACK
KINETIC
LOVER
MUMMY
NIGHT
POPPY
RANGERS (Skips Q, but loses bonus point)
WORDSMITH (Game scoring ends with score up to and including rangers counting)
* All remaining rounds don’t count towards score

Game score: 74
Bonus points: 0 as the player skipped the Q word.
Tournament Points: ? (Depends on where they rank against other players and whether they finish in top 10 game scores)

Ran from: 10 December – 29 November 2023. Format: Goat Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 0. Completed: 0.