Linked List — All About Animals

Abhirup Mukherjee [DPS, IISER Kolkata]
Jul 29, 2026

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: ANTEATER

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

The largest species of kangaroo.
A large, flightless bird native to Africa.
Large, semi-aquatic mammal whose name is derived from the Ancient Greek word for 'river horse'
Ocean creature famous for the fact that the males, rather than the females, carry and give birth to the babies
A small African mammal famous for its long trunk-like nose despite not being an elephant.
Native Australian animal that uses its incredibly tough, cartilaginous rear end to block predators from entering its underground burrows
Bird that's native to the rainforests of Central and South America, and has a large, lightweight beak made of keratin
Largest antelope species in Asia, its Hindi name literally translates to 'blue cow'
Large, mostly herbivorous, tree-dwelling lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America, known for the crest of spines along its back and its long whip-like tail
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