Linked List #4: TURBULENCE

Alekhya Kundu
Jun 05, 2025
Linked List is a general science-based word game. The rules are straightforward.
  1. The goal is to guess eleven words that have been drawn from science.
  2. The first word (the seed) will be provided to you, and hints and number of letters will be provided for the remaining words.
  3. You are also informed that the first letter of any word is the last letter of the previous word. So the first letter of the second word will
  4. the last letter of the seed word, the first letter of the third word is the last letter of the second word, and so on.
  5. This property goes all the way, so that the last letter of the last (eleventh) word is also the first letter of the seed word.
As always, the cover image is a clue to the first word. Find all the words!

Seed Word: TURBULENCE

Next word should start with: E. Last word should end with: T.

A community of organisms interacting with their environment through energy flow and nutrient cycling.
All chemical reactions in an organism that produce energy from food and build or break down molecules.
A permanent change in DNA sequence that can alter traits or cause genetic disorders.
The kidney's functional unit that filters blood, reabsorbs useful substances and forms urine.
A DNA/RNA building block made of a sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base.
The physical process of water changing into vapor, often driven by heat, as part of the water cycle.
A nearly massless, chargeless particle from nuclear reactions that rarely interacts with matter.
The gravitational path followed by a celestial body around another object.
Related to movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates, causing quakes and mountain formation.
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed.