Linked List #3: SEMICONDUCTOR

Alekhya Kundu
May 04, 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: SEMICONDUCTOR

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

A radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie
A physical force from moving electric charges
Mass times velocity, how hard it is to stop something
Smallest unit of compound with specific properties
Measure of disorder in thermodynamics
Silvery metal used in superconductors and LEDs
Subatomic particle of a quark and antiquark
Formation of atomic nuclei in stars or Big Bang
State where material conducts electricity without resistance
Material’s stiffness under stress