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Another wordy puzzle

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What characteristic do the following words all share: LILO, DEACON, ENCOMIA, LOONIER, ALOPECIA?
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Ben Wilson wrote:What characteristic do the following words all share: LILO, DEACON, ENCOMIA, LOONIER, ALOPECIA?
They're all shit words?
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Ben Wilson wrote:What characteristic do the following words all share: LILO, DEACON, ENCOMIA, LOONIER, ALOPECIA?
They're all words in a thread named 'Another wordy puzzle.'
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Each word has at least one letter from the previous word in the list
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All have an O.
meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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They're all names of Russell Howard's future children
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U

C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)

Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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