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shiritori.

A Japanese word game where each player in turn must produce a word beginning with the mora that the previous player's word ended with, similar to word chain.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌʃɪriˈtɔː.ri/
  1. A Japanese word game where each player in turn must produce a word beginning with the mora that the previous player's word ended with, similar to word chain.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 尻取り (shiritori), Literally, “end-taking”.

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