I enjoy this game- I consider it brain challenging to come up with an unusual word - an everyday word works too!
I’ll begin by saying a word.
The next poster will begin their word with the last letter of my word.
and so on and so forth…
I.E… I post happy. the next person posts you. the next person posts up… pretty simple!!!
My word is…
experiment
Assuming i’m following correctly my word is
teacher
really easy weren’t it?
Yeti might not be unusual, but probably rare if not totally imaginary !
Very kind of you to challenge us HHilary 
Igloo brrrrrrrr too cold for me 
Orangutan swinging in the trees,
Nectar like you get from flowers 
Roses–I have several plants in my garden. 
snowplow Thankfully we don’t need one of them here 
water good for you to drink
reindeer can have a rest - it’s 298 days to Christmas
rainbow where there is supposedly a pot of gold waiting to be claimed
Wonderful like a lot of folks on this forum
**Litterbug–**Don’t be one! 
I know you nice folks wouldn’t litterbugs. I can’t believe how often I see cups and bags thrown around–a pet peeve of mine. 
greens – eat 'em to stay healthy
Silence what is needed when I’m fatigued 
Egregious behaviour as recently seen on the world stage 
Saturn – one of the planets
Nature on a sunny day like today it’s good to get out and see the nature around us
Essential part of expanding your vocabulary is new words