Change a letter forum game

[Oldschool]

The second of two Googled forum games.

Make a completely new word by changing ONE letter in the previous word. You can mix up all the letters as you wish but change only one letter. And since the found thread had five letters that seems a good choice.

For example,

Space becomes peace.

Time to....

Start

[Lightwielder]

Toast

Perhaps these Forum Games should not count toward a player's total posts, simply for the reason that it just racks up posts with little actual contribution.

(Unless you already set it like that anyway.)

[spencer]

This one is going to be difficult. What's the over/under on the amount of posts before the first screw up?

Anywho,

onward

Start = Rates (I dropped a "t" and added an "e")

[Lightwielder]

Thou hast been ninja'd, Spencer.

[Oldschool]

Re: post count LW. I'm fairly certain (not positive though) that currently all the forum threads with the exception of the sandbox threads count towards post count.

Good point as well Spencer and I got a chuckle since you were ninja'd although that doesn't count towards the over/under as far as I'm concerned.

Going to post this and see if edits have taken care of the ninja situation before I potentially further complicate it.

[Oldschool]

Well there's no conjoining the two words as far as I can cipher at least so I'll go with festival ninja seating rules. ;)

Toast to....

Stats

OOC: Sorry so "plain" too many tabs open and too many word games plus that Chasm game....... :rolleyes:

[spencer]

Doh!! I should not have worried about the over/under

stats = taste

[Oldschool]

taste = sated

[spencer]

sated = tales

[Oldschool]

tales = petal

[Doolipalally]

petal = prate

[Tetracapillactomist]

prate -> pears

[edit] Hello, my na... Um, nvm...

[Oldschool]

pears = caper

[Doolipalally]

caper <> peace

[Oldschool]

peace = scape

OOC: Internet is really slow for me atm, time to reset, etc...

[Tetracapillactomist]

scape -> peaks

[Oldschool]

peaks = cakes

[spencer]

cakes = asked

[Oldschool]

asked = egads

[Tetracapillactomist]

egads -> Osage

[spencer]

Osage = goose

[Tetracapillactomist]

goose -> soothe

[Oldschool]

OOC: Spencer I"m shocked. Or maybe you didn't get the same sublinimal reference I did re: your and TC's combo. While he played for a bunch of teams, his best years were with and the uniform he was inducted into the HoF with was that of the dreaded Yankers, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knhVHLtub4U

And seems TC set the over/under bar with his sixth letter addition. No offense TC, an extra letter will just add to the fun.

BIC: Soothe = throes

OOC: And can't help but think that Yanker reference may put Spencer in the throes of a fit and he'll need some soothing so, http://gothamist.com/2011/10/07/last_nights_action_yankees_lose_ald.php

[spencer]

OOC: LOL OS, I completely missed the reference, consciously anyway. Maybe sub-consciously I drew the connection. Great catch. Repped when I am next able to rep you.

BIC:

throes = hotter

[Tetracapillactomist]

OOC: LOL - no, DOLOL! I completely missed the... everything! You know, it's actually a back-of-my-mind worry and thought that surfaced in that extra, sixth letter - or two thoughts, as a matter of fact: it occurred to me to think of the possible number of combinations and permutations of a five-letter set, and was slightly worried - but also, I thought of the extraneous sixth finger of the Táltos or Shamans in traditional cultures... Odd, huh?... Oh, and I was sooo tired, was on the verge of collapse, these last couple of days and more...
So yes, for the sake of those expended permutational possibilities, that exponential increase provided by the sixth letter (or finger, or toe... :D [Oh, that reminds me: hi, Ms Toe! :D Ms Nose... ;) Ms Tongue. :p]), might be beneficial in the long run - and thank you for understanding, OS, and for more than tolerating my mistake: rolling with it. :)
***

hotter -> rotter

OOC: and that there is the diametrical opposite of OS! :) (Smiley, yes, but not kidding as far as the statement goes.)

[Oldschool]

rotter = router

OOC: Thanks guys. :)

[spencer]

router = turret

[Oldschool]

turret = retort

[Tetracapillactomist]

retort -> terror

[spencer]

OOC: ooh three r's

BIC: terror = roster

[racey]

roster = poster

[Tetracapillactomist]

poster -> repose

[Oldschool]

repose = presto

[racey]

presto = stereo

[Oldschool]

stereo = sterno

[spencer]

sterno = others

[Oldschool]

others = theirs

[Doolipalally]

theirs -> shirty (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shirty)

[Tetracapillactomist]

shirty -> thirst (shorty, shifty, shirts, shi... Um, no, maybe I'll leave that be... :))

[Oldschool]

OOC: Lol, glad TC ninja'd me else I'd be tempted to "translate" Dooi's shirty by making that "r" mirror it's "follower". :rolleyes:

BIC: thirst = thrust

[spencer]

thrust = struts

[Doolipalally]

struts -> utters

[Tetracapillactomist]

utters -> tutors

[spencer]

utters = setter

[Tetracapillactomist]

OOC: ... guess I better desist putting the previous post in the title. :)
Pick whichever next.

tutors -> Tudors

setter -> fetter

[spencer]

Doh!! I am at work, so give me a break :o

I will go with Tudors since I am the one who fettered the problem.

Tudors = rusted

[Tetracapillactomist]

rusted -> busted!

OOC: Spencer!!! This is you employer speaking! Could you come in my office, please?! ;) :D ;)

[spencer]

OOC: Well, since my boss is currently in Hawaii, I guess that I have no choice but to go to her office there :D

busted = subtle

[Lightwielder]

subtle -> buttes

(and that's byoots, not buhts! :))

[Oldschool]

buttes -> bettas

[spencer]

bettas = stated

[Oldschool]

stated -> attest

OOC: Finally triple letters. :) Which makes me wonder if the thread can be "broken"? Seems theoretically possible that a word could be chosen that can't be "converted" by switching just one letter. Without going back to the former word of course.

[spencer]

Let's keep the triple letter:

attest = tattle

[Oldschool]

tattle -> tittle

[scout1idf]

tittle -> little

[Oldschool]

little -> vittle (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vittle)

Even though vittle is a valid form vittles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohUYZB0ZCM8) have a better ring. And victuals or victual definitely don't "fit" as good.

[Doolipalally]

vittle -> litter

OT: I now have the voice of Mr Gamgee in my head - "Where there's life there's hope, as my old Gaffer used to say, and need of vittles, as he mostways used to add" (quoted from memory so probably a bit off).

[Oldschool]

litter -> kilter

OOC: Not sure about the exactness myself and I completely forgot about the LoTR. Thanks for the reminder and nice reference. :)

And did a quick open post Google and it looks like there's some Tolkien quotes but I couldn't get past this.

http://lotrtcgdb.com/pages/LOTR07326.html

:)

[racey]

kilter -> filter

[spencer]

Let's filter the last "t" into


refill

[Oldschool]

Spencer you're a fine.....

feller.

And I don't mean a lumberjack (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/feller), unless your battling Oakaruk of course.

OOC: Never knew the alternate meanings although fell(ing) trees makes sense. I thought it was just hillbilly slang. ;)

[spencer]

OS, thank you.

It's a big relief to have friends like you on this forum.

[Oldschool]

You're welcome Spencer and ditto at that's also my belief.

relief -> belief

[spencer]

Wow, what's with this thread?

No feeble attempts at changing belief?

Yep, feeble is the new word.

[Oldschool]

Feeble -> Beetle

OOC: Took longer than I care to admit :rolleyes: to keep those trips in play and come up with that one.

[Doolipalally]

Beetle -> Belted

[Oldschool]

Beetle -> Belate

[spencer]

belate = beaten

[Doolipalally]

beaten -> enable

[Oldschool]

enable -> enamel

[spencer]

enamel = female

[spencer]

OOC: Just a bump

[Doolipalally]

female -> flamed

[Oldschool]

flamed -> bedlam

[spencer]

bedlam -> fabled

[Oldschool]

fabled -> bladed

[Doolipalally]

bladed -> ladder

[Oldschool]

ladder -> paddle

[spencer]

paddle -> pedals

[Doolipalally]

pedals -> shaped

[Oldschool]

shaped -> phases

[spencer]

phases -> passes

[Badstench]

passes -> spaces

[Oldschool]

spaces -> escarp

[spencer]

escarp -> carpet

[Oldschool]

carpet -> parcel

[Doolipalally]

parcel -> clears

[Oldschool]

OOC: First escarp now....

clears -> castle ;)

[Badstench]

Interruptus... do you people have a site that hints at clever rearranging of letters? I'm amazed at some of the words made from previous posts. I sit with pen and paper, trying to come up with a word, often to be gazzumped when I finally find one.

Castle > Scaley

[Oldschool]

OOC: There are descramblers/anagram finders on the net (usually touted for Scrabble purposes), but I don't know of any that do letter substitutions or additions. And I've had reply windows hanging open for longer than I'd care to admit which often amounts to....

BIC: Scaley -> delays :cool: ;)

[Doolipalally]

delays -> yodels

OOC: Pencil and paper. Write the letters in a randomised clump. See what you can see. :)

[Badstench]

Yodels > resold

[spencer]

OOC: I do it all in my head. Sometimes, I think of a word, but don't like it as much and don't post and come back later to try again.

BIC: resold -> oldest

[Oldschool]

OOC: I cipher mine out in the reply window as I'll type the beginning word then depending on my ciphering I'll either go with the first one or type the next one (or few) that comes to me and cipher a bit more before considering it......

BIC: oldest -> solved ;)

[spencer]

solved -> droves

[Doolipalally]

droves -> vendor

[spencer]

vendor -> wonder

[Oldschool]

Z's or Zed's past tense is still.......

wonder -> snored :)

(At least I don't think there's a snored "substitute", lol)

[spencer]

snored -> stoned

[Doolipalally]

stoned -> honest

[Oldschool]

honest -> herons

OOC: Dragon Reborn anyone? :)

[spencer]

OOC: Herons are very cool birds.

BIC: herons -> throne

[Oldschool]

throne -> thrown :)

[Doolipalally]

thrown -> worthy

[Oldschool]

Worthy Hammertongue is quite...

Frothy ;)

[spencer]

frothy -> frosty

OOC: Stupid "y"

[Doolipalally]

OOC: Sorry about the 'y'. I'll do something about that... :)

frosty -> fronts

[spencer]

OOC: No worries, Dooli :)

It was not an (BIC) afront to me :)

[Oldschool]

afront -> matron

[spencer]

matron -> ornate

[Oldschool]

OOC: Was going to say an ornate throne but remembered throne had already been "played" so.....

Since ornate thrones often have trumpets "heralding" in the background and trumpets won't fit I'll go with.....

Cornet and not the double t cornett which is another instrument. :)

[spencer]

cornet -> encore

[Oldschool]

encore ->

Let me take center stage for my encore. :)

[spencer]

center -> recant

[Oldschool]

Well 'tis the season....

recant -> antler

[racey]

Well 'tis the season....

recant -> antler

OOC: Tis the season in Pa however, even after spending way, way too much time in the woods both for archery and now for rifle I am still searching for one of those fine animals with a nice set of antlers! The nicest buck I saw was a wall hanger on the next to last day of archery season. He ran by me at approximately 450 mph. He was only 30 yards away when he did this. The bugger. I can't blame him though. The poor fellow was running for his life from (of all things) a helicopter. Don't ask! LOL!

[racey]

Since I derailed...

antler - alters

[Oldschool]

OOC: That wasn't a derail take it from a real derailer, lol.

BIC: alters -> slates

[Doolipalally]

slates -> latest

[spencer]

latest -> salted

[Doolipalally]

salted -> detail

[Oldschool]

Sorry fatigue has my creativity....

salted -> halted

EDIT: To the point of not noticing detail[s] like page changes :rolleyes: so lets go with this, another one letter swap, else I

detail -> derail

[spencer]

derail -> leader

[Oldschool]

leader -> larder

[spencer]

larder -> redial

[Doolipalally]

redial -> lairds

[Oldschool]

larid -> trail

[spencer]

OOC:

First, are we moving down to five letters

Second, ah never mind, it would have been petty and I really like ya, OS.

BIC: trail -> alert

[Oldschool]

OOC: At least I dropped both s's. :rolleyes: And I seem to be on a misspelling/typo streak as well. I'll Blame Badstench on that he had Fury expend those Nevernal Reserves and put the mojo on me, lol.

A little artistic redemptive liberty as I "reconstitute" that s - hope you don't mind Spencer.

But just temporarily. Let's get rid of that troublesome s and put a

alerts -> halter

on it. :rolleyes: ;)

[Doolipalally]

halter -> wealth

[Oldschool]

wealth -> whaler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0JrV86EKCs)

OOC: One of the most underrated songs by one of the most underrated bands imo. The song is based on real and tragic events that also inspired part of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Click the description for some of the backstory.

Here's a bad ass extended live version if you like the song or the band, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sXSun9sWnM

Damn I need an "11" on my speakers, lol. Although the dog who just ran like hell probably doesn't agree. :rolleyes: :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Coffin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_%28whaleship%29

Nice bar at the bottom which allows you to go immediately to the parts regarding the Essex.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/whaling/player/

[Lightwielder]

Whaler -> Healer

[spencer]

healer -> relate

[Oldschool]

relate -> tercel (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tercel)

OOC: Which relates ;) to my main's name, although it's the "across the pond" spelling which just happens to be the same as a popular model of car by Toyota.

And it's derived from tiercel (the "correct" spelling btw ;)) which means 1/3 and in many raptors the female is the larger of the pair with the male often being about 1/3 smaller.

[Lightwielder]

tercel -> create

[scout1idf]

create -> relate

[Doolipalally]

relate -> alters

[Oldschool]

alters -> taters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fYiCPmwOV4A#t=25s)

[Doolipalally]

Rare good ballast for an empty belly :)

taters -> matter

[Oldschool]

Now I'm thinking Gaffer's Delight would make a good title for all those tater clips, lol.

matter -> attire

[spencer]

attire -> traits

[Oldschool]

traits -> static

[Doolipalally]

static -> scatty

[Badstench]

Dooli wins!

How can you make another word from "Scatty"?

[Doolipalally]

You could change the s to an h.

Or the y to an r.

Or one of the t's to an h.

There are probably other possibilities, but those are the ones I've found so far :)

[Lightwielder]

Scatty --> Scotty

Sorry, Badstench, I think I overcame your challenge. :)

[Oldschool]

OOC: Some duplication with Dooli's I'm guessing (chatty? since I don't know placement for sure). Still, scatty -> scanty, chatty, attics..... :cool:

Nice other alternatives Dooli - tracts and yachts?

BIC: Yeah I know that was a bit snotty. ;)

[spencer]

Scotty -> toasty

[Oldschool]

toasty -> spotty

Looks like I pushed my karma too far again as things are getting just that as that's all I can come up with. And truthfully that was aided by my previous word.

[spencer]

spotty -> sporty

[Oldschool]

sporty -> portly

[Doolipalally]

portly -> portal

OOC: Dull, I know, but I wanted to get rid of that y!

[Oldschool]

portal -> raptor :D

[spencer]

raptor -> torpor

[Doolipalally]

torpor -> parrot

[Oldschool]

parrot -> patron

[Lightwielder]

patron --> proton

[Oldschool]

proton -> potion

[spencer]

This one is tough.

I am going to bail with

potion -> notion

[Oldschool]

Didn't realize nor intend it but you're right. And your two sets of duplicate letters in notion makes it tough as well. But since you replaced my p with a n I'm flipping it back. Because aside from motion and lotion currently I don't see another......

option

If you can't come up with a snappy word go for the intro. :rolleyes: ;)

[Kadri]

Oooh, this looks like fun! :D

Option ~> Points

[Doolipalally]

Nicely done, and welcome! :)

points -> instep

[Lightwielder]

instep --> priest

[Oldschool]

Some priests wear......

miters. :cool:

[Kadri]

Nicely done, and welcome! :)

Thank you! :)

miters ~> stream

[Oldschool]

stream -> jetsam

OOC: Reminds me of both the LoTR chapter and the metal band that Jason Newsted was in before he joined Metallica.

And iirc that name was a Tolkien/LoTR reference.

[Kadri]

(( Apparently I watch too much Disney channel, because "jetsam" reminds me of the eels from The Little Mermaid... lol ))

jetsam ~> stamen

[Oldschool]

Side effect of kids, lol. And it's bad when you're alone with Spongebob, Phineas and Ferb, etc... playing. :rolleyes:

Btw nice word. :)

stamen -> thanes

[Kadri]

Side effect of kids, lol. And it's bad when you're alone with Spongebob, Phineas and Ferb, etc... playing. :rolleyes:

I despise Spongebob... so we don't see much of the yellow sponge at our house... but I am guilty of watching Phineas and Ferb after Bug has left the room, or gone to bed, etc... I think I have most of their songs memorized by now. XD

Btw nice word. :)

Thank you. I had to reach pretty hard for that one... lol


thanes ~> sheath

[Oldschool]

sheath -> chaste

Which is also the name of Virago's castle.

[Kadri]

Nice one!

chaste ~> itches

[spencer]

itches -> sachet

[Kadri]

sachet ~> chased

[Lightwielder]

chased --> hasted

[Oldschool]

hasted -> dashes

[Doolipalally]

dashes -> hassle

[Kadri]

hassle ~> shakes

[Lightwielder]

shakes --> shears

[Doolipalally]

shears -> assert

[Oldschool]

assert -> karsts

We have a few notable karst regions 'round here, http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-10/us/us_west-virginia-cave-search_1_cave-rescuers-caving-experts-rural-road?_s=PM:US

[Kadri]

karsts ~> stakes

(( Hmm, I should quit watching so much Buffy the Vampire Slayer if that's the first word that comes to mind... :rolleyes: ))

[Oldschool]

And when vampire hunting make sure you have some stakes when opening those.......

caskets ;)

[spencer]

caskets -> skater

I took a little liberty to get it back to six letters.

[Oldschool]

Why do I keep adding an s to my posts? :rolleyes:

skater -> tweaks

[Doolipalally]

tweaks -> sweaty

(Though I was tempted to go with the Gaffer's spelling and have 'weskit' :))

[Oldschool]

I just had an image of sweaty spelled schweddy. :rolleyes: :)

sweaty -> swayed

[Kadri]

swayed ~> yawned

[Oldschool]

yawned -> gnawed

[spencer]

gnawed -> hanged

[Oldschool]

hanged -> nighed

OOC: Broke FF's spellchecker, lol.

[Doolipalally]

nighed -> ending

[Kadri]

ending ~> winged

[Doolipalally]

winged -> whinge (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whinge)

[spencer]

whinge -> weight

[Kadri]

weight ~> whites

[Oldschool]

whites -> writhe

OOC: winged -> whinge (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whinge)

May be one of those "you had to be there moments" but whinge is not some variant of a rugby position,

................. The first time I heard whinger was while playing rugby. First I couldn't figure out why the hooker (rugby term folks) was being referred to as some sort of wing position. Then I wondered what variant of wing a "winjur" (my rough pronunciation of whinger) was. :rolleyes: ...............................

[Kadri]

writhe ~> theirs

[Oldschool]

theirs -> frites

French meaning French fries here in the U.S.. Not sure about the other English version as I've heard 'em referred to as both chips and fries.

[spencer]

frites-> fester

[Oldschool]

fester -> forest

[Kadri]

forest ~> strobe

[Oldschool]

strobe -> Boreas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreas_%28god%29#Boreas)

[spencer]

Boreas -> sabers

[Oldschool]

sabers

which come in handy in Yir-Tanon. Speaking of Tzaril.....

basses :rolleyes:

[Doolipalally]

Three essesssss? That'sss jussst nassssty.

Sssome people are just


beasts

[Oldschool]

Speaking of Lyrelock and Brother Kol I wonder why we haven't seen an.......

abbess :cool: ;)

[Doolipalally]

... who of course are noted for not having

babies :)

[spencer]

Are abbeys also noted for

babies -> bibles

[Lightwielder]

bibles --> bilges

[Oldschool]

bilges -> silage

[Doolipalally]

silage -> easing

[Oldschool]

easing -> signet

[Lightwielder]

signet --> tennis

[spencer]

tennis -> insert

[Oldschool]

insert -> tinker

[Kadri]

tinker ~> strike

[spencer]

strike -> tricks

[Oldschool]

tricks -> bricks

[Kadri]

bricks ~> sicker

[Doolipalally]

sicker -> crimes

[spencer]

crimes -> smirch

[Oldschool]

smirch -> charms

[Kadri]

charms ~> search

[Oldschool]

search -> cheers

[Doolipalally]

cheers -> screed

[spencer]

screed -> desert

[Oldschool]

desert -> tenser (the verb or adjective)

And not to be confused with Tenser or his Floating Disc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenser).

[spencer]

OOC : Ninja'd

I was about to post about a floating disc before my eyes levitated to the rest of the post :)

tenser -> street

[Doolipalally]

street -> exerts

[Oldschool]

exerts -> dexter (and not the kind that opens with frying gammon aka country ham ;))

[spencer]

dexter -> extend

OOC: OS, you got that right, brother!

[Doolipalally]

extend -> texted

[Oldschool]

texted -> exited

OOC: Hard to keep that x especially with two sets of duplicated letters - at least for me.

[Doolipalally]

OOC: Nicely done, though!

exited -> excite

[spencer]

excite -> except

[Kadri]

except ~> exempt

[Oldschool]

exempt -> expert

OOC: And if it makes it back to me intact unless it's been re-lettered somewhat that X is getting crossed off the list.

[Doolipalally]

expert -> temper

OOC: The 'x' was my fault, so there you go :)

[spencer]

temper -> remote

[Kadri]

remote ~> tremor

[Oldschool]

tremor -> roamer

OOC: Actually keeping that x (or any letter or set) was fun kinda a game within a game. :)

[Doolipalally]

roamer -> marrow

OOC: Maybe we could see how long we can keep this 'w'...;)

[spencer]

w it is

marrow -> warmer

[Oldschool]

OOC: Ugh... Now I've got a headache, that's I get for trying to come up with that "extra" W to show off with, lol.....

BIC: warmer -> warder

[Doolipalally]

warder -> wander

[spencer]

wander -> drawer

[Kadri]

drawer ~> warden

[Tetracapillactomist]

warden -> Warder
OOC - I created a closed loop, a cycle: are the lights on now? XD I'll await my special award on my rocky perch overlooking Ildy's lair....
But I could open the loop by:
Warder -> harder, redraw, reward, warren, larder, darner, ... Did I spoil the game? :P

[spencer]

warder -> and for this thread especially "reword"

[Tetracapillactomist]

OOC: :D Did you check my invisible ink?...

reword -> wormer