Linked List — Indian Defense Research Edition

Alekhya Kundu
Sep 12, 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: SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA

Next word should start with: A. Last word should end with: S.

Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay from 1996 to 2000, champions India's self-reliance on thorium as a fuel for nuclear energy
Hyderabad-based DRDO laboratory specializing in missile systems and advanced defense technologies.
Renowned Indian scientist, known as the “Missile Woman of India,” and key figure in the Agni missile program.
India's first unique manned ocean mission under the Deep Ocean Mission, aiming to send three people in a specially designed submersible, the MATSYA 6000, to explore the deep sea up to 6,000 meters.
Premier Indian engineering institute engaged in Odisha, as a Regional Engineering College
Family of solid-fuel, road and rail-mobile, surface-to-surface ballistic missiles developed by DRDO.
India’s apex body for biomedical research, instrumental in combating Covid-19
Indian physicist and key architect of India’s nuclear program, contributing to post-1991 nuclear and defense science initiatives.
Indian scientist and former DRDO official who led development of missile and defense technologies in the post-1991 era, receipient of Padma Bhushan and Order of Friendship, Russia.
Series of multipurpose, geostationary satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) that provides telecommunications, broadcasting, weather forecasting, and search and rescue services for India, Since its establishment in 1983.
India’s indigenous supersonic light combat aircraft, inducted into the Air Force in 2016.