Puzzle Description:

Based on the Game Show, "Chain Reaction," This puzzle is a series of words. Your job is to get from "Motor" to "Loop" by a series of two words that make a phrase. For example, a different chain might go, "bad-feeling; feeling-blue; blue-moon; moon-cycle." Need help getting started? Ask for a letter.

#1: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on May 8, 2020

Yay, a meta-puzzle! But I haven't gotten the chain done yet ...

Do the word lengths correspond to the lengths of the colored blocks? I've got a good start of a chain, but I can't think of a word to go with LOOP. I'll probably do a head slap when I find it.

Yes, the word lengths do correspond with the lengths of the blocks. Every white space within in the blocks represents one letter.

After LL/CL
EL on the 2s in r1 = c19, c25 white
LL to finish

Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.

motor bike
bike jump
jump out
out live
live wire
wire loop
?

Good guess Philip, Bike is correct. The first letter under Bike is "R."

motor - bike - race - car - part - time - loop

Sounds interesting, but I never do well with those kinds of puzzles, Fun solve though.

Close Joe, the only ones that are wrong are "part" and "time". The first letter below "car" is "s."

Joe's seems correct. Can there be more than one correct answer?

Sure, he wrote a different chain than what I had in mind, but his works well too.

motor - bike - race - car - seat - belt - loop

You got it Phyllis!

Way to go Phyllis. Fun puzzle within a puzzle Lauren. Thank you.

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