Letter by letter

1. Player A says a letter. Player B thinks of a word beginning with A's letter and says its second letter. C thinks of a word beginning with the two letters already given and says its third letter, and so on round the circle.
2. The person who, in saying a letter, completes a word, loses and must drop out (or lose a life). If a player, on his/her turn, thinks that the combination offered so far cannot lead to a word, s/he may challenge the previous player to say the word s/he is thinking of: if there is no such word, that player loses a life, otherwise the challenger is penalized.
3. The game continues until only one player is left. For example: A: d - B: 0 (-dog) - C: l (-dole) - D: l (~ dollar) - E: That's a word! - D: loses a life.