Word chain Words (Russian: слова). Writing poetry following the same principle is called "capping verses." Various other variants exist, such as Ancient Greek skolion. Word chain Word chain, also known as Grab on Behind, Last and First, Alpha and Omega, and The Name Game. is a word game in which players come up with words that begin with the letter or letters that the previous word ended with. A category of words is usually chosen, there is a time limit such as five seconds, and words may not be repeated in the same game. An example chain for food would be: Soup
Three-letter acronym Three-letter acronym A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is an abbreviation, specifically an acronym, alphabetism, or initialism, consisting of three letters. These are usually the initial letters of the words of the phrase abbreviated, and are written in capital letters (upper case); three-letter abbreviations such as "etc." and "Mrs." are not three-letter acronyms, but "TLA" is a TLA (an example of an autological abbreviation). Most three-letter abbreviations are "initialisms": all the letters are pronounced as the names of letters, as in "APA" . Some are acronyms pronounced as a word; computed axial tomography, CAT, is almost always pronounced as