Here's a fun topic.
Change only one letter to make a new word. You can't change the order of the remaining letters and you must not add letters that will make the word have 5 letters. The word has to be 4 letters all the time!
The first word is:
LOVE
Dove
dive
Give
hive
Have
hate
Hale
Halt
malt
Mall
Mill
Bill
sill
silk
milk
mink
sulk
Hulk
eeejit...how did you get from mink to sulk!?
Bulk
I'm sorry....must have replied before reading the complete thread :-[
Bull
Hi Sue..sorry for calling you an eeejit. I was only jesting.
Pull
Colin, thank you for the apology. I did take your comment as teasing, your sense of humour made me believe that is all it was so didn't take it to heart....
Dull
Thank you Sue...my sense of humour got me into trouble somewhere else! Over here we just banter each other and nobody takes any offense. We may keep this game going ourselves!
Duel...I think..cant find the dictionary! :uglystupid:
duet
Diet
Duet
Suet (I hope this is correct)
Supt (is abbreviation okay?)
sups
pups
pops
peps
pets
sets
Test
Pest
Zest.
rest
Vest.
vast
Past.
Last
Fast.
Fest
Nest
Neat
Near
Hear
Heal
heat
Peat
pelt
Pert
Perl
(a language of the internet)
Perk
jerk
Congratulations, Pat! I suppose you win, because that word is impossible to change into anything but "perk". I tried the entire alphabet on all four letters.
You got a second choice? I think we should start over with a longer word. :D
So..... what's wrong with Perk?
It can be changed to Park
Nothing is wrong with "perk", exept somone already used it. That's where Pat got "jerk".
Oh, yeah .... Guess that was me. :-[ :D
Quote from: ScottyBoy on February 11, 2009, 08:48:39 PM
Congratulations, Pat! I suppose you win, because that word is impossible to change into anything but "perk". I tried the entire alphabet on all four letters.
You got a second choice? I think we should start over with a longer word. :D
Well, here's a word:
MERKAn old Scotch silver coin;
(Re using a longer word, we tried that on the Cafe and it's it's just not as interesting at all. If you want to start one, go ahead, Scotty but it didn't attract much attention on there.)
Meek
geek
week
Peek.
Leek
leak
Beak
(Is that how you spell a bird's "beak"?) :eek:
Yup, that's how .... but I'm gonna change it to
Bean
Lean
Lead
bead
bend
bond
bone
done
dope
Hope
Rope
ripe
rise
rice
rice
race
lace
late
bate
bale
kale....it is a vegetable
Yup ... of the cabbage family. ;)
sale
same
fame
dame
dome
dole
pole
poke
pike
pine
line
Jane do we have to keep this a 4 letter word? Or can the letter we change be an added letter?
Just s'posed to change one letter and not rearrange them. I guess that means not adding, either. :-\
lint
tint
tent
rent
cent
went
west
best
belt
bell
bull
dull
hull
cull
call
FALL
tall
talk
walk
wale
hale
hall
call
calf
half
halt
salt
malt
mart
mark
park
perm
pert
pest
post
most
mist
mast
most
cost
post
past
part
pare
mare
made
male
make
sake
take
cake
lake
like
bike
pike
pine
line
fine
find
rind
rink
sink
sank
bank
lank
land
lane
lame
lamp
damp
dump
bump
burp :-[
;D
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turn
torn
tore
bore
fore
fare
face
fact
tact
tart
part
park
dark
darn
barn
bark
back
rack
tack
sack
lack
lace
lice
nice
rice
rile
bile
noun
a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
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bite
Byte
noun Computing
a group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit. Compare with bit 4 .
• such a group as a unit of memory size.
bate
sate 1 |sāt|
verb [ trans. ]
satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full : sate your appetite at the resort's restaurant.
• supply (someone) with as much as or more of something than is desired or can be managed.
adjective
satisfied completely; fulfilled : afterward, sated and happy, they both slept.
DERIVATIVES
sateless adjective ( poetic/literary).
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably an alteration of dialect sade, from Old English sadian [become sated or weary] (related to sad ). The change in the final consonant was due to association with satiate .
fate
fête
noun
a celebration or festival.
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be fêted)
honor or entertain (someone) lavishly : she was an instant celebrity, fêted by the media.
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [festival, fair] ): from French, from Old French feste (see feast ).
feta
beta
bets
jets
pets
pots
bots
both
moth
math
bath
bate
late
lane
cane
mane
mare
Mars
mark
bark
hark
harm
hare
harp
carp
cars
bars
sars
saws
sews
sees
seek
peek
peer
pear
peas
peat
meat
meet
feet
feat
beat
boat
bolt
belt
bell
ball
balk
bulk
sulk
silk
sick
sock
sock
HAhahaha we both posted the same word!!!! HAhahaha
dock
rock
Judy I read your word as suck. :-\ :-[
rook
hahaha I will have to check out and see if I did write that!!!
cook
Actually, I think it's my eyes that need checking. :-[
book
look
loot
Lout
loud
load
road
roam
foam
form
farm
firm
film
file
mile
milk
silk
sink
sunk
bunk
dunk
Can I add a letter???? Isn't it about time to start 5 letter words?
skunk
Then I have to start using the other side of my brain more....!!!
I'll do whatever you say..
Right now I am stumped by skunk
I didn't think we could add any letters ... or take them out of order ... so.....
I'll change skunk to stunk and then I'll change
dunk to
punk
LOL If I can't do that then we should stay with 4 letter words.
Here's Pat's instructions from page 1:
Change only one letter to make a new word. You can't change the order of the remaining letters and you must not add letters that will make the word have 5 letters. The word has to be 4 letters all the time!
<3 <3 :)
ok
I won't do that.
I will obey our leader, Pat, and I will change punk to pink
Happy New Year(for me in about 10-1/2 hrs.
rink
Wishing you a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous NEW YEAR ;)
link
line
dine
done
bone
cone
Lone
hone
hope
home
come
dome
dame
Dane
I wonder how many times these words have been used!
cane
Dunno, Judy ... wanna go back and count? :lol:
wane
wade
Nope not doing that!
Made
:roflBig:
mate
date
dale
dame
damp
Camp
carp
care
fare
face
Race
case
cast
cash
rash
dash
mash
mask
Task
tusk
Turk
turn
burn
barn
Yarn
yard
card
Cord
core
code
rode
bode
bide
Tide
tile
mile
milk
milt
silt
sill
Fill
fall
tall
talk
tale
tate
tate??
gate
gale
gala
gall
pall
mall
mill
milk
Silk
sill
silt
tilt
wilt
welt
Definition of WELT
1: a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
2: a doubled edge, strip, insert, or seam (as on a garment) for ornament or reinforcement
3a : a ridge or lump raised on the body (as by a blow or allergic reaction)
b : a heavy blow
belt
bolt
colt
Celt
cell
bell
tell
tall
Hi Bonnie!
talk
balk
back
bask
bark
barn
warn
barn
Woops can't do that so what about.............
Born
Can't do that either, Judy ... :-[
Let's go with warp
OK I don't see why....
carp
... because the word was warn and you changed 2 letters (B and O) :)
cart
Ohhh OK didn't notice that,
curt
curl
burl
This is a malformation on a tree that when used for woodworking makes a beautiful pattern
burn
turn
tarn
tart
part
pare
dare
dart
darn
Barn
barf ? (Is that how you spell it?)
bare
care
cart
cert
cent
sent
bent
rent
pent
Pant
pane
pace
pact
Fact
face
mace
mice
nice
nick
lick
luck (not that I believe in it ;D)
Buck
duck
tuck
tack
Back
bark
bare
rare
rate
Date
data
rata
(as in pro rata)
rats
mats
mars
jars
jams
yams
rams
rays
Days
pays
says
saps
caps
cats
cuts
cute
cure
sure
sore
pore
port
sort
tort
Tart
cart
part
pant
rant
rent
runt
Bunt
hunt
hurt
curt
curl
curd
card
hart
(I believe the KJV version of the Bible refers to deer as hart.)
hurt
(Judy.... this was a hard one.... I usually try to find a word that has not been used before...... I thought I was stuck..... however I found one!!)
hurl
purl
pure
cure
cube
cute
jute
lute
late
pate
pale
pile
mile
milk
kilt
kist
kiss
miss
mass
lass
last
past
(aren't we THANKFUL or past sins are now forgiven and forgotten by our Lord!)
pest
best
Belt
belt
melt
Molt
colt
cold
bold
bald
bard (a person who writes poetry)
bird
bind
hind
hand
band
bane
bake
fake
rake
cake
cape
nape
nupe
( the language of the Nupe people http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/422553/Nupe (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/422553/Nupe)
This was a hard one.... :thinking:)
nope
dope
cope
core
cord
word
worn
worm
warm
warp
tarp
tare
tart
part
kart
dart
dirt
warm
farm
barm
(: yeast formed on fermenting malt liquors )
berm
(earth mounded up, essentially for a resident's privacy)
beam
seam
ream
rear
Bear
hair
hail
sail
bail
mail
pail
paid
pain
I wanted to go with "aide" however I knew my knuckles would be rapped!!
Not me - no knuckle rap from me!!! <3
main
;)
Thank You Ruth Ann..... we are definitely in a difficult stream..... We have been the only ones playing since Feb. 21st!! Can you find one for
rain
?
rein
vein
veil
When I was young, all the ladies' hats had veils.
veal
(Ruth Ann, I wore one; in my teens!!!)
seal
(And, our fates were "sealed" if we DIDN'T wear them!!) :D
peal
( ;D , true!)
peas
peak
teak
weak
peal
teal
(Ruth Ann: You caught me off-guard; changing the 1st & last letters...... I wasn't sure which way to go..... so I chose the easiest ;D )
seal
(Well, I suppose that's my "humility point" for the day! So sorry.)
seas
(no problem, Ruth Ann, gave me an out...... ;) these DO get tough, sometimes.... However I am enjoying the challenges. Thanks for playing with me!)
peas
(I, too, enjoy word games - I'm so sorry that we're alone in here, for I think others would enjoy it, too.)
pees
(: the letter p --- like two pees in Happy :D )
sees
(What fun!)
seep
deep
Deed
seed
shed
shad
shod
Mein
Like in chow mein
(thought you too sounded lonely in here:)
Okay. Something weird happened here. I thought the last word I saw was rein. Sorry:)
(Welcome Betty!!! Ruth Ann and I were having fun..... almost got stumped a couple of times. We would love for you, and any other C.P.er to join us)
Let's see the last word that was posted (I think by me) was:
shod
Ruth Ann... do we go with it or pick up on Betty's "mein" ?
Shot
Let's go with yours. I must have been in the wrong place.
$hop
:D
(Y'all know the reason for the $, I'm CERTAIN!)
Hey, Betty! We're so glad you're with us.
Ruth Ann
shoe
Shoa
(means The Holocaust)
- I had to look it up:)
:thumbsup: Thank you Betty!!! Now we must :thinking:
show
(I found one!! :excited: This game keeps my brain cells busy!! )
Have a wonderful Easter!!
I agree, y'all have me stumped for tonight. I'll come back tomorrow, but today have been away from home from 8:30 a.m. until about 10 minutes ago.
Whew! I'm tired.
Stow
Have a good Easter too. Off to bed ...
stew
Slew
slaw
slay
(I don't like the word....... however it was the only one I could come up with)
Slap
flap
flan
(an hyspanic egg custard dish)
Flay
clay
Clap
clad
clan
plan
plaw
This was hard - I had to play with letters and the dictionary. This means:
A steamed rice dish often with meat, shellfish, or vegetables in a seasoned broth.
claw
(Good for you Betty!! I looked at it a few times & was glad to wait on another to come up with a word. This is fun & challenging, too.)
I, also, enjoy this game. It's challenging, but also fun. :)
flaw
flag
flat
feat
seat
Meat
moat
(so good to see y'all)
:)
moan
(You too Ruth .... (hugs) )
loan
(Have a great Sunday tomorrow!)
loam
foam
foal
Goal
goat
boat
(Welcome, ForeverAutumn!! It's so great to meet you. :)
Quote from: Ruth Ann Bice on April 24, 2012, 02:53:43 PM
boat
(Welcome, ForeverAutumn!! It's so great to meet you. :)
Thank you and is nice to meet you as well.
Coat
Colt
bolt
Belt
felt
melt
(This is what I may do today! :thumbsup: One night this week our temps dropped to the upper 20s, and today it's forecast to be 82.)
molt
mole
mile
tile
time
rime
Rice
Dice
Dime
dire
mire
tire
Sire
Sine
mine
Line
Life
rife
Rift
lift
lilt
lily
wily
Wilt
silt
sift
soft
loft
lost
lose
nose
Hose
pose
(Don't you just love those kids' pasted on grins! ^-^ )
Ruth Ann.... I have a really precious one (posted on grin) of my daughter, with Santa.. :)
Post
cost
host
Most
Must
muse
Mute
cute
lute
Late
gate
gale
rale
[ral, rahl]
noun Pathology .
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
rile
File
fife
life
like
Hike
bike
bile
mile
file
fine
tine
: a pointed branch of an antler
time
tame
game
fame
fade
fate
fare
care
bare
bane
bine
Line
like
lime
dime
Dame
fame
faze
fare
mare
mane
Sane
safe
save
wave
Wove
Love
cove
cave
cake
wake
make
mike
dust
Sorry. I must have been on the wrong page.
like
sike
1 - dialect chiefly British : a small stream; especially : one that dries up in summer
sine
a mathematical term
nine
none
Bone
bore
Tore
Torn
corn
coin
coif
Coil
toil
toll
till
dill
pill
gill
gsll
Poll
pill
Mill
mall
wall
tall
I noticed a typo in one of my posts earlier on this page. Should have been gall, not gsll.
Fall
Bonnie, I didn't have my glasses on and thought your word was goll
fail
jail
tail
fail
mail