Word Game

Elanor · 09-18-2005, 01:08 AM

I hope this is the right place for this.

These are the rules: there is an English dictionary word (Scrabble rules-- no names, etc.), and on each turn you can change it in one of the following ways, to another English dictionary word:

- insert one letter (far --> fear)

- remove one letter (fear --> ear)

- swap two letters (ear --> era)
Clarification:
The letters don't have to be next to each other (rout - tour).
You can also move a letter to the beginning or end of the word, 'swapping' the letter with an empty space. (brake --> baker).

- change one letter to another (era --> err)

Let's see how long we can keep it going!

Here's the first word:

nerve

Lotesse · 09-18-2005, 01:11 AM

veneer

Did I do it right?

Elanor · 09-18-2005, 01:17 AM

No, you can only make one of the four changes. Sorry.

Back to nerve.

Lotesse · 09-18-2005, 01:19 AM

O.K., like this?

never

Elanor · 09-18-2005, 01:36 AM

You can only swap 2 letters with each other. To get never from nerve you have to swap at least twice. This isn't working, is it.

Why don't we try greet, to start with.

Lotesse · 09-18-2005, 01:43 AM

egret?

Andúril · 09-22-2005, 03:16 PM

toady --> today

Count Comfect · 09-22-2005, 05:19 PM

today -> toddy

Andúril · 09-22-2005, 08:17 PM

toddy --> teddy

Elanor · 09-22-2005, 09:51 PM

teddy --> eddy

Linaewen · 09-23-2005, 03:49 AM

eddy --> reddy

Andúril · 09-23-2005, 03:39 PM

beat --> meat

Lotesse · 09-23-2005, 03:40 PM

meat > teat

Rconsole · 09-23-2005, 03:51 PM

teat --> tea

brownjenkins · 09-23-2005, 04:00 PM

tea -> tear

Count Comfect · 09-23-2005, 04:45 PM

tear -> fear

Rconsole · 10-10-2005, 04:53 PM

nay --> pay

Andúril · 10-13-2005, 08:05 AM

taint --> saint

brownjenkins · 10-13-2005, 08:55 AM

saint -> faint

sun-star · 10-13-2005, 09:12 AM

faint -> fain

09-18-2005, 01:08 AM	#1
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	Word Game I hope this is the right place for this. These are the rules: there is an English dictionary word (Scrabble rules-- no names, etc.), and on each turn you can change it in one of the following ways, to another English dictionary word: - insert one letter (far --> fear) - remove one letter (fear --> ear) - swap two letters (ear --> era) Clarification: The letters don't have to be next to each other (rout - tour). You can also move a letter to the beginning or end of the word, 'swapping' the letter with an empty space. (brake --> baker). - change one letter to another (era --> err) Let's see how long we can keep it going! Here's the first word: nerve __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes Last edited by Elanor : 11-03-2005 at 11:58 PM.

09-18-2005, 01:11 AM	#2
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	veneer Did I do it right? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-18-2005, 01:17 AM	#3
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	No, you can only make one of the four changes. Sorry. Back to nerve. __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-18-2005, 01:19 AM	#4
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	O.K., like this? never __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-18-2005, 01:36 AM	#5
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	You can only swap 2 letters with each other. To get never from nerve you have to swap at least twice. This isn't working, is it. Why don't we try greet, to start with. __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-18-2005, 01:43 AM	#6
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	egret? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-22-2005, 03:16 PM	#7
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	toady --> today

09-22-2005, 05:19 PM	#8
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	today -> toddy __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

09-22-2005, 08:17 PM	#9
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	toddy --> teddy

09-22-2005, 09:51 PM	#10
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	teddy --> eddy __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-23-2005, 03:49 AM	#11
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	eddy --> reddy

09-23-2005, 03:39 PM	#12
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	beat --> meat

09-23-2005, 03:40 PM	#13
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	meat > teat __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-23-2005, 03:51 PM	#14
Rconsole Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 359	teat --> tea

09-23-2005, 04:00 PM	#15
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	tea -> tear __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

09-23-2005, 04:45 PM	#16
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	tear -> fear __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

10-10-2005, 04:53 PM	#17
Rconsole Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 359	nay --> pay

10-13-2005, 08:05 AM	#18
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	taint --> saint

10-13-2005, 08:55 AM	#19
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	saint -> faint __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

10-13-2005, 09:12 AM	#20
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	faint -> fain

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