Board Game - A Little Tu-Tu

Do you love word association games? Then we're coming to you!
Who is this game for
For those who prefer games based on associations. 
The essence of the game is as follows – the host is given a word in secret, consisting of... 4 to 7 letters long. Let's take the example word 'Family'.
The host says an association that starts with one of the letters of the guessed word. For example, they say 'Sister' and write the letter S in the first cell. If the team does not guess, they will have two more attempts, but they'll lose lives. For example, if the team didn't guess and the host says another word 'Mom' and writes the letter M in the third cell. This means the association must not only fit the guessed word but also start with one of its letters.
If something difficult comes up and you can't get it right away since you don't know its length, you can use certain hints. However, their number is limited and provided for the entire game.

But the special nuance is that to win, your marker, the train, must pass 8 locations (8 guessed words and not break down!), and each location has its unique rule, for example, in one you cannot guess the first letter of the base word, or the associations must be animate nouns, or if all three associations consist of seven letters or more, you will be able to recover one spent hint, and so on.
 
Game duration: from 30 minutes
Number of players: from 2 to 8