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?

Beren3000 · 09-18-2005, 03:21 AM

How about "green"

Linaewen · 09-18-2005, 08:10 AM

green --> preen

Elanor · 09-19-2005, 05:58 PM

preen --> preens

Mercutio · 09-19-2005, 06:56 PM

preens > treens

Linaewen · 09-19-2005, 10:01 PM

treens > teens

Elanor · 09-19-2005, 10:07 PM

teens -> tens

Curubethion · 09-19-2005, 10:36 PM

tens-->sent

Mercutio · 09-19-2005, 10:39 PM

sent --> dent

Elanor · 09-19-2005, 10:47 PM

dent -> went

Curubethion · 09-19-2005, 10:52 PM

went->newt

Elanor · 09-19-2005, 11:07 PM

newt --> nest

Curubethion · 09-19-2005, 11:08 PM

nest->sten

Beren3000 · 09-20-2005, 03:38 AM

sten -> seen

Linaewen · 09-20-2005, 04:24 AM

seen --> seed

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

09-18-2005, 03:21 AM	#7
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	How about "green"

09-18-2005, 08:10 AM	#8
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	green --> preen

09-19-2005, 05:58 PM	#9
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	preen --> preens __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-19-2005, 06:56 PM	#10
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	preens > treens __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-19-2005, 10:01 PM	#11
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	treens > teens

09-19-2005, 10:07 PM	#12
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	teens -> tens __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-19-2005, 10:36 PM	#13
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	tens-->sent __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

09-19-2005, 10:39 PM	#14
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	sent --> dent __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-19-2005, 10:47 PM	#15
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	dent -> went

09-19-2005, 10:52 PM	#16
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	went->newt __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

09-19-2005, 11:07 PM	#17
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	newt --> nest __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-19-2005, 11:08 PM	#18
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	nest->sten __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

09-20-2005, 03:38 AM	#19
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	sten -> seen

09-20-2005, 04:24 AM	#20
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	seen --> seed

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