How to play Word before last

This is an experimental game that runs two different word association games within the same line.

Each game begins with two unrelated words. The third word must be associated with the first while the fourth must associate with the second. Therefore the game could run: Electronic music, British monarchy, Trip-hop, Prince William, where Trip-hop associates with Electronic music, and British monarchy associates with Prince William.

Like the other games: avoid repeating words, use blue links only and keep it tasteful. For clarity during editing, add  and  alternately to the left of each word. Use letters "a" and "b" for each parent game, "c" and "d" for the first branch, "e" and "f" for the second, &c. To the right, remember to add a comma after every word and mark off every ten words:

[[Electronic music]], [[British monarchy]], [[Trip-hop]], [[Prince William]], 

In normal play, only add one word at a time to a branch at a time, although you may edit as many branches as you like in a single edit. The only exception is when starting a new branch, which requires two starter words. Any two consecutive words from the parent game can be used.

Only a maximum of 12 branches can be created per game.

The game

Compact disc, Mineral, Personal computer, Uranophane, Technology, Radioactive, Science, Einsteinium, Sci-fi, neutrons, Star Trek, Jimmy Neutron, James T. Kirk, Brain, Shore Leave, Memory, Risa, Cats, Visa, Garfield, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ambidextrous, Michael Douglas, Tennis, The Streets of San Francisco, Elbow, Where the Streets Have No Name, Funny bone, The Edge, Joke, Cube, Game, Sphere, Monopoly, Sphere of Influence, Liverpool Street Station, Central Business District, Liverpool, Total Quality Management, Grand National, Current Good Manufacturing Practices, Grand Canyon National Park, Quality Control, Grand Old Duke of York, Alternative hip hop, Prince Andrew, Trip-hop, British monarchy, Electronic music, Prince William, Keyboard, Prince Charming, Piano, Princess Charming, Ivory, Heroine, Ebony, Villainess, Stone-cum-Ebony, Cruella De Vil, Stonemason, 101 Dalmatians, Stonehenge, It's a dog's life, Woodhenge, Cats & Dogs, Torchwood, Garfield & Odie, Dr. Who, Calvin and Hobbes, Telephone booth, Tom and Jerry, AT&T, Itchy and Scratchy, British Telecom, Krusty the Clown, Cellnet, Rabbi, Vodafone, Priest, O₂, Father Mulcahy, H2G2, M*A*S*H, Douglas Adams, Korea, Richard Adams, China, Rick Adams, Great Wall of China, Adam's apple, Moon, Adam, The Clangers, Eve, Slide whistle, Christmas Eve, Waterslide, New Year's Eve, Rollercoaster, New Year's Day, Love Rollercoaster, Auld Lang Syne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Champagne, Anthony Kiedis, Wine, Flea, Red Red Wine, Flea market, Burgundy, Sanford and Son, Chardonnay, Father and Son, France, Steptoe & Son, Germany, Wilfrid Brambell, Berlin, A Hard Day's Night, Berlin Wall, Day & Night, Cold War, Night and Day, Mother Russia, Black Knight, From Russia with Love, Green Knight, Octopussy, Green Hornet, India, Kato, The Mahabharata, Bruce Lee, Krishna, Bruce Springsteen, Hare Krishna, Secret Garden, "My Sweet Lord", Secret Smile, Hinduism, Nicci French, Buddhism, Dawn French, Nirvana, Excuse my French, Scentless Apprentice, Etiquette, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Spoiled brat, Mickey Mouse, Only child, Walt Disney, The Golden Child, Animation, Golden Touch, Sledgehammer, Midas, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", Greek mythology, Abbey Road, Zeus, St. John's Wood, Jupiter, St. Petersburg, Io, Leningrad, EIEIO, V.I. Lenin, IOU, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Debt, Moscow, Credit, Red Square, Credit card, Fire extinguisher, HSBC, Fireball XL5, Bank, Pigs in Space, Bank of Scotland, Gonzo, Church of Scotland, Hunter S. Thompson, Calvinism, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Predestination, There Goes the Fear, Free will, Scream, Free Willy, "Help!", Michael Jackson, Beatles, Thriller, Recording Industry Association of America, Bad, Gold album, Even Worse, Gold, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Silver, Parody, Copper, Satire, Piping, Uncyclopedia, Vertical bar, Unicycle, Parallel bars, University, =, Oxbridge, Equals, Oxford, Communism, Varsity Line, Karl Marx, London and North Western Railway, Karl Marx Stadt, London and Birmingham Railway, East Germany, Curzon Street railway station, East Ham, Merkland Street subway station, Green Eggs and Ham, Down Street tube station, Dr. Seuss, Aldwych tube station, Dr. Spock, YouTube, Mr. Spock, Flickr, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Photobucket, Memory Alpha, Photographic memory, Wookieepedia, Amnesia, Chewbacca, Chumbawamba, Han Solo, One Little Indian Records, Harrison Ford, Eerie Indiana, Ford Fiesta, India Pale Ale, Henry Ford, Beer, Henry's Cat, Wine, Puss in Boots, Cognac, Boots the Chemist, Hundred Years' War, Chemistry, 100 (number), Chemical reaction, Century, Chemical Brothers, Radio, Super Mario Brothers, Radio Ga Ga, Mushroom, Queen, Toadstool, Don't Stop Me Now, Super Mario, Freddie Mercury, Game Boy, Mercury, Nintendo, Element, Wii, Atom, PS2, Molecule, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, Rene Descartes, Four Saints in Three Acts, Walk Away Renee, "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "California Dreamin'", Four Funerals and a Wedding, The Mamas and the Papas, The Simpsons, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Wallis Simpson, Big Brother, Catholic, 1984 (advertisement), Religion, Commercial, Diety, Business, Arceus, Capitalism, Palkia, Social market, Wing (DC Comics), Social network, Wings (band), Facebook, iTunes Plus, Cambridge, Media player, Oceanic climate, DVD, Hurricane, DeeVeeDee, Natural disaster, Sum 41, Hurricane Irene, Island Records, Carribean, 8-track, Florida, Steel drums, "The Impossible Astronaut", Oil drum, Doctor Who, Oil, TARDIS, OPEC, Doctor Who (series 5), Algeria, River Song, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Library, Second Libyan Civil War, Book, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Magazine, Western Asia, Book, Petroleum industry, Encyclopedia, Fossil fuel, Wikipedia, Carbon dioxide, Sandbox, Climate change, Word Association, Global warming, Global warming, Pollution, London_low_emission_zone, Recycling, The weather in London, Recycle Bin, Oceanic climate, DELTREE, Köppen classification, MS-DOS,

Word count is 355/400 as of word: MS-DOS.

Branch 1: "Joke, Cube" (Branch closed)

Joke, Cube, Punchline, Erno Rubik, Line, Solution, Plane, Solvent, Euclidean geometry, Glue, Non-Euclidean geometry, Bostik, Parallel postulate, Beautiful Ones, Angle, Beautiful Stranger, Fishing, Ugly, Trout, Ugly Betty, Carp, Channel 4, Goldfish, Four-letter word, Memory, Love, Cats (musical), Romance, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Radio Romance, The Phantom of the Opera, Radio Ga Ga, Gerard Butler, Baby, The butler did it, Doll, Agatha Christie, Voodoo, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Live and Let Die, David Suchet, Solitaire, David Duchovny, "Solitaire", The X-Files, Chinese checkers, Dana Scully, Chubby Checker, Gillian Anderson, The Twist, Gerry Anderson, "Twist and Shout", Gerald Anderson, The Early Beatles, Arthur Andersen, Bootleg Beatles, Arthur Alexander, Bootle, Gregg Alexander, Tom Baker, Alexandria, Greggs the baker, Egypt, Greg the Bunny, Heiroglyphics, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Rosetta Stone, Whodunit, Rosette, Mystery, Radish, Nancy Drew, Carrot, Nancy Boy, Bugs Bunny, London, Elmer Fudd, Streets of London, The Barber of Seville, The Streets.

Word count is 80/80 as of word: The Streets. (Branch closed)

Branch 2: "Prince William, Keyboard" (Branch closed)

Prince William, Keyboard, Orange, Drums, Agent Orange, Chicken, Orange Crush, Chicken Tonight, Blue Crush, KFC, Squash, Greasy, Marrow, The Grease Megamix, Bone, Medley, Dog, Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey, Dinner, Kansas City, Missouri, Luncheon, Interstate 70, Happy Meal, Interstate 270, Happy Eater, Columbus, Ohio, Happy Bunny, Christopher Columbus, The Book of Bunny Suicides, North America, Return of the Bunny Suicides, American Pie, "Suicide Is Painless", Shoo fly pie, Samaritans, Humble pie, Pharisees, Pie in the sky, Sadducees, Have your cake and eat it too, Dead Sea, Baker, Scrolls, Baker Street, Papyrus, Sherlock Holmes, Egypt, Data (Star Trek), Walk Like An Egyptian, Mark Twain, The Bangles, Huckleberry Finn, Manic Monday, Mississippi River, Friday I'm In Love, Ohio River, Ruby Tuesday, Cincinnati, Black Wednesday, WKRP in Cincinnati, Ash Wednesday, Venus Flytrap, Lent, Pitcher plant, Lentil, Carnivorous plant, Legume, Day of the Triffids, Pea, Science fiction.

Word count is 70/70 as of word: Science fiction. (Branch closed)

Branch 3: "Moon, Adam" (Branch closed)

Moon, Adam, Blue Moon, Adam Clayton, Sulfur, U2, Non-metal, Elevation, Metallurgist, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Gold, Angelina Jolie, Roentgenium, Angelina, Roentgen, Angel Delight, Radioactivity, Afternoon Delight, Marie Curie, Dee-Lite, Radium, "Groove Is in the Heart", Radiogram, Charlie's Angels, Radio, Drew Barrymore, "Video Killed the Radio Star", Michael Barrymore, MTV, Michael Moore, Unplugged, Patrick Moore, Acoustic, The Sky At Night, John Lennon, Skylark, "Imagine", The Skylarks, Utopia, Liverpool, Dystopia, Brookside, 1984, Coronation Street, Newspeak, Quality Street, George Orwell, Quality Control, Animal Farm, Good Manufacturing Practices, Beasts of England, 5S, Clementine, Nebraska highways, Mandarin, Freeways, Chinese language, Turnpikes, Chinese takeaway, Will Rogers Turnpike, Chinese checkers, Interstate 44, Chubby Checker, Route 66, "The Twist", The Grapes of Wrath, Corkscrew, John Steinbeck, Screwdriver, John Grisham.

Word count is 70/70 as of word: John Grisham. (Branch closed)

Branch 4: "Black Knight, From Russia with Love" (Branch closed)

Black Knight, From Russia with Love, Knight Rider, Orient Express, David Hasselhoff, Murder on the Orient Express, Baywatch, Marrakesh Express, Shawn Weatherly, The Polar Express, Shaun The Sheep, North Pole, Shaun Williamson, Pole to Pole, Maidstone, North and South, Sandstone, Patrick Swayze, Rhinestone, Dirty Dancing, Glen Campbell, Ballroom dancing, Country music, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Linda McCartney, Trisha Yearwood, "Seaside Woman", Trisha Goddard, Lady In The Water, Talk show, M. Night Shyamalan, Johnny Carson, Signs (film), Johnny Cash, Sign Your Name, Folsom Prison Blues, Terence Trent D'Arby, Spandau Prison, Stoke-on-Trent, Spandex, Trent Reznor, Superheroes, Nine Inch Nails, Batman, Fingernails, The Batman (TV series), Blackboard, Batmobile, The Blackboard Jungle, Automobile, "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock", Mobile phone, Rock'n'roll, Bananaphone, Brainiac: Science Abuse, Banana, Richard Hammond, Pajamas, Traumatic brain injury, Nightgown, Brain surgery, Nightswimming, The Beverly Hillbillies, Night Fever, Beverly Hills, Saturday Night Fever, 90210, Disco, ZIP code, "Disco Duck", Postcode, Count Duckula, WN1, Count Chocula, E17, Cocoa Pebbles, East 17, Coco Pops.

Word count is 80/80 as of word: Coco Pops. (Branch closed)

Branch 5: "Greek mythology, Abbey Road" (Branch closed)

Greek mythology, Abbey Road, Aesop's fables, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Jackanory, "Within You Without You", "Jabberwocky", "Without Me", Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days, "You and Me Song", Monty Python's Flying Circus, List of self referential songs [Page removed since game began], Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Gloria, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Gloria in excelsis Deo, Holy cow, Christmastime, Foot and mouth disease, Proper Crimbo, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Bo Selecta, Jacob's Ladder, Avid Merrion, Ladder, The Frank Skinner Show, Stairway To Heaven, Seymour Skinner, Led Zeppelin, Edna Krabapple, Lead Balloon, Marcia Wallace, Balloon modelling, The Bob Newhart Show, Rubber, Psychology, Prophylactic, Sociology, Protection, Social interaction, Seat belt, Social sciences, Harness, Social inclusion, Horse, Buzzword, A Horse With No Name, Password, Desert, No, Mojave, .no, Navajo, Norway, Arizona, Nul points, Phoenix, Jemini, Alice, Gemini, "Kiss my grits", Scorpio, Mel Sharples, Cancer, The Incredible Machine, Maggie's Centres, Bertha, "Maggie May", Mooring, Rod Stewart, Docks, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy", Socks, Disco, Shoes.

Word count is 75/75 as of word: Shoes. (Branch closed)

Branch 6: "Bank, Pigs in Space" (Branch closed)

Bank, Pigs in Space, HSBC, Miss Piggy, China, Kermit the Frog, Survivor: China, Sesame Street, China Crisis, Elmo, China Girl, Red, Red China, Fire engine, "China In Your Hand", Emergency services, T'Pau, Ambulance, Vulcan, Emergency!, Klingon, Los Angeles County Fire Department, Uranus, Los Angeles County, California, Jupiter, San Bernardino County, California, 63, San Quentin, 66, Quentin Tarantino, Route 66, Tarantula, A66 road, Acanthopelminae, United Kingdom, Guyana, God Save The Queen, People's Temple, Sex Pistols, The People, Punk rock, Parklife, Indie rock, South Park, Blackpool rock, Colorado, Blackpool Tower, New Mexico, Eiffel Tower, New Jersey, Gateway Arch, Jersey, St. Louis, Mont Orgueil, Mississippi River, Mount Everest, Mark Twain, K2, Pen name, K9, George Eliot, Dog, George Bernard Shaw, Cat, Ayot St Lawrence, Mouse, St Albans, Cheese, St Helens, Cheshire cheese, Glass, Cheshire Cat, Heart of Glass, Alice in Wonderland, The Glass Menagerie, Lewis Carroll, Play, Mathematics, Work, Calculus.

Word count is 80/80 as of word: Calculus. (Branch closed)

Branch 7: "Uncyclopedia, Vertical bar" (Branch closed)

Uncyclopedia, Vertical bar, Cyclops, Interrobang, Cyclopaedia, Interrogation, Trigonometry, Questioning, Angles, Skeptic (magazine), Right angle, USA, Cube, USSR, Tesseract, Commonwealth of Independent States, Fourth dimension, Commonwealth of Nations, Fifth Dimension, Commonwealth Institute, "Aquarius", Swansea Institute, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd., Institutionalism, The Monkees, Compartmentalisation, Librarian (Discworld), Commercialisation, L space, Capitalism, The L Word, Communism, L is for Labour, L is for Lice, Red, The Fast Show, Red's Giant Hamburgs, Fast Food Rockers, Route 66, Pizza Hut, Interstate 44, Pizza the Hut, Rolla (Missouri), Meatballs, Rollercoaster, Meatloaf, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Bat Out of Hell, Fairground, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", Funfair, Boy racer, Science fair, Wonder boy, Physics, Tenacious D, Quantum physics, Jack Black, Physics, Dead Man Walking, Newton's laws of motion, Dead man's handle, Law of averages, Locomotive, Murphy's law, Rail transportation, Accident, Maglev, Insurance company, Levitation, Norwich Union, Leviathan, Student union, Moby Dick, College, Herman Melville, Normal school, Whale, Special school, Blue whale, High school.

Word count is 80/80 as of word: High school. (Branch closed)

Branch 8: "Amnesia, Chewbacca" (Branch closed)

Amnesia, Chewbacca, Forget-me-not, Bigfoot, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Loch Ness Monster, Alan Partridge, Scotland, People Like Us, Presbyterianism, Spies Like Us, Calvinism, Paul McCartney, Calvin Klein, John Lennon, Allen Klein, Yoko Ono, Rolling Stones, Linda McCartney, Cartoon physics, Linda Lavin, Wile E. Coyote, Avril Lavinge, Roadrunner, Alex Parks, Acme Corporation, Alex Party, British Broadcasting Corporation, House music, British Steel, Disco, Balls Of Steel, Dance, Prank, Salsa, Jack-in-the-box, Lambada, Spring, Capoeira, Summer, Martial arts, Winter, Martian, Snow, Extraterrestrial life, Let It Snow, Terrestrial television, White Christmas, PBS, Bing Crosby, Columbia Broadcasting System, Burl Ives, Columbo, St Ives, Peter Falk, As I was going to St Ives, Peter Tork, Nursery rhyme, Pacific Hills School, Three Blind Mice, Monica Lewinsky, Commodore 64, White House, Mario Kart 64, Liquid crystal display, Nintendo 64, Light emitting diode, Wii, Light, Nintendo, Chemiluminescence, Nintendo Wii, Iridescence, Wii Sports Resort, Soap bubble, Video game, Childhood, Minecraft, Adolescence, Civilization.

Word count is 80/80 as of word: Civilization. (Branch closed)

Branch 9: "Freddie Mercury, Game Boy"

Freddie Mercury, Game Boy, Boy Band, Nintendo DS, Queen, Nintendo DSi, The Kingsmen, Atari 2600, Frat rock, BBC Micro, Rock music, BBC, Pop music, ATV, Classical music, Broadcasting, Mozart, transmitter, Amadeus, On air, The Magic Flute, Walking on Air, Così fan tutte, "Walking on Sunshine", Mozart, Katrina and the Waves, Rheumatic fever, Michele Bachmann, Sydenham's chorea, Jimmy Carter, Saint Vitus, Samantha Carter, Open Directory Project, John Carter, DOS, Jaws, DOS-2, Carcharodon carcharias, DOS-3, Whale shark, Dot matrix, Plankton, LED display, Spongebob Squarepants, Retina, Cartoon, Cytomegalovirus retinitis, The Simpsons, Fomivirsen, Dysfunctional family, Antisense therapy, Mama's Family, DNA, The Golden Girls, Nucleic acid double helix, Seinfeld, Topoisomerase, Sitcom, Supercoiling, All in the Family

Word count is 60/80 as of word: All in the Family.

Branch 10: "Wallis Simpson, Big Brother"

Wallis Simpson, Big Brother, Catherine Middleton, Authoritarian personality, An Abundance of Katherines, Multiple personality disorder, Wendy's, The Three Faces of Eve, McDonald's, Psychiatrist, Ronald McDonald, Psychology, Hamburglar, World War II, Howard Morris, Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, Howard the Duck, Isles of Scilly, V for Vendetta, Isles of Scilly Football League, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Soccer, Animal Farm, Football, USSR, Rugby, Russia, Coventry, Ivan the Terrible, Ricoh Arena, Rurik dynasty, Casino, Time of Troubles, Roulette wheel, Uprising, Red, Treason, Fire engine, Gunpowder Plot, Emergency!, Guy Fawkes, Adam-12, James VI & I, ADAM12, Union of the Crowns, FAT12, Great Britain,

Word count is 47/60 as of word: Great Britain.

Branch 11: "Palkia, Social market"

Palkia, Social market, Kalpi, West Germany, Uttar Pradesh, English language, BIMARU, Hindi, acronym, Sanskrit, Mnemonic, Jainism, Memory, Buddhism, Elaine Page, Zen, Paige Kreegel, Yin and Yang, Paige Matthews, Korea, Page turner, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction, The Da Vinci Code, Kim Jong-un, Apocrypha, Communism, I Maccabees, Stalinism, Hanukkah, Five-year plans for the national economy of the Soviet Union, Candle, Heavy industry, Wax, Pollution, Bee, Smog, B, Fog, Bog, Bog, Moss, Swamp, World War I, Everglades National Park, World War II, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, World War III,

Word count is 47/70 as of word: World War III.

Branch 12: "Media player, Oceanic climate"

Media player, Oceanic climate, RealPlayer, Temperate climate, BBC, Rainforest, CCD, Brazil, Abbreviation, Argentina, Linguistics, Falklands War, Alphabet song, Pearl Harbor, Alpha, USS Arizona (BB-39), Beta, B39, Greek alphabet, B1110 road, Peloponnesian War, M23 Motorway, Sparta, M-23 (Michigan highway), Battle of Thermopylae, M-16 rifle, Persian Wars, AK-47, Persia, Comparison of the AK-47 and M16, Iran, Assault rifle, Iraq, Infantry, Baghdad, Death, Bagdad Cafe, Life, Truck stop, Viva la Vida, Weigh station, Music, Weighing scale

Word count is 42/100 as of word: Weighing scale.

Acknowledgements

As the creator of this game in February 2007, my thanks go out to everyone who has played over the years. Some contributors have even improved upon the gameplay by adding and clarifying parts that were not in the original rules, such as extra branches and incrementing the  and  tags to  and  and beyond for new games.

I acknowledge that its popularity has slowed significantly since its creation, and the page was threatened with discontinuation in 2013. No matter what might happen in the future, however, it has enjoyed a good innings.

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