Change a Letter - 5 letter words
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Towel
Write>>> Wrote
Write>>> Wrote
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Towel
Wrote TOWEL
New Target: Beach
Wrote TOWEL
New Target: Beach
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Beach
Towel > Bowel
Towel > Bowel
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Beach
Bowel Coble
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Beach
Coble>>> Cable
Coble>>> Cable
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Beach
Cable BEACH
New Target: Dunes
Cable BEACH
New Target: Dunes
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Dunes
Beach>>> Bench
Beach>>> Bench
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Dunes
Bench Bunce
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Dunes
Bunce>>> Dunce
Bunce>>> Dunce
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Dunes
Dunce DUNES
New Target: Buggy
Dunce DUNES
New Target: Buggy
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Buggy
Dunes>>> Bunds
Dunes>>> Bunds
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Buggy
Bunds Bungs
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Buggy
Bungs>>> Bungy
Bungs>>> Bungy
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Buggy
Bungy BUGGY
New Target: Child
Bungy BUGGY
New Target: Child
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Child
Buggy>>> Bulgy (Might have to spend a bit of time on this one, it doesn't look easy!)
Buggy>>> Bulgy (Might have to spend a bit of time on this one, it doesn't look easy!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Child
Bulgy Bilgy
It's not straight forward ... but it wouldn't be much of a challenge if it was
Bulgy Bilgy
It's not straight forward ... but it wouldn't be much of a challenge if it was
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
It's certainly challenging. I think it might need an excursion on the way to the target, I can't find a route straight there at the moment....
Anyway, after checking the rules of word eligibility I can get a bit nearer.
Target: Child
Bilgy>>> Bligh
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Time for a detour then (assuming we're allowed place names - can't see anything against it?)
Target: Child
Bligh Leigh
Target: Child
Bligh Leigh
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
The original rule said that the Oxford English dictionary was to be used to arbitrate any suspect word, so if it's in there it's OK (like Bligh was!)
And Leigh is in there, but as a name with Vivien Leigh, the actress.
Target: Child
Leigh>>> Chile (That's what I was aiming for....)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Works for me
Target: Child
Chile CHILD
New Target: Puppy
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Puppy (Wow, three "p"s, that's going to be interesting!)
Child>>> Lucid
Child>>> Lucid
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
I'll have to see if I can match that....hmmm. Good start, I had to look up "picul!" I had to laugh when it says it's made up of 100 "catties!" That's something to visualise...
Yep, got a route that works.
Target: Puppy
Picul>>> pupil
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
You have to wonder how these units or measurement came into being in the first place?!
We're on the same page
Target: Puppy
Pupil Pulpy
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Puppy
Pulpy >>> PUPPY
New target: Shark
Pulpy >>> PUPPY
New target: Shark
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
There, that wasn't too bad
Target: Shark
Puppy Appuy
Target: Shark
Puppy Appuy
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
I've always been interested in the written word, read and travell a lot and I do a lot of crosswords.
Usually though, it's a case of writing down the letters, changing one, sorting them into something that looks like it's pronounceable then checking to see if it's an actual word or not
Target: Shark
Happy Harpy
... some are just obvious though
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Shark
Harpy>>> Harps
Harpy>>> Harps
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Shark
Harps SHARK
New Target: Alley
Harps SHARK
New Target: Alley
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Alley
Shark>>> Share
Shark>>> Share
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Alley
Share Earls
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Alley
Earls>>> Early
Earls>>> Early
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Alley
Early ALLEY
New Target: Snick
Early ALLEY
New Target: Snick
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Snick (I always knew it as a snicket, but I see where you're headed)
Alley>>> Yells (and no, I haven't planned ahead, that's a pure leap in the dark!)
Alley>>> Yells (and no, I haven't planned ahead, that's a pure leap in the dark!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Same here but it wouldn't fit Luckily a shortened version is also valid.
That'll work.
Yells Cells
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Snick
Cells>>> Slice (Heading the right way? Been on beer and rum again!)
Cells>>> Slice (Heading the right way? Been on beer and rum again!)
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Hate to sound boring, but it's been beer and rum again! It's hard, this retirement thing....
(Looks for bit of paper I scribbled on the other night)
Target: Snick
Slick>>> SNICK
New target: Slash
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Slash
Licks>>> Lacks
Licks>>> Lacks
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Slash
Lacks Class
Lacks Class
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Slash
Class>>> SLASH
New target>>> Prune
Class>>> SLASH
New target>>> Prune
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Prune
Slash Heals
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Prune
Heals>>> Peals
Heals>>> Peals
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Prune
Peals Pause
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Prune
Pause>>> Aspen
Pause>>> Aspen
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Prune
Aspen Nupes
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
( I had to check up on Nupes, never heard it before)
Target: Prune
Nupes>>> PRUNE
New target: Dizzy (That should be fun!)
Target: Prune
Nupes>>> PRUNE
New target: Dizzy (That should be fun!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Really? You've lived a sheltered life
Target: Prune
Nupes>>> PRUNE
New target: Dizzy (That should be fun!)
Sadly I have to refer you back to the first post of the thread:
.... but since Keith has since abandoned us, I'm willing to give it a try if you areAs this version will likely be harder at times to reach the target there is one additional rule to limit the difficulty - any target word can never contain more than one, if any, of "Z", "X", "Q" or "J".
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Dizzy >>> Ditzy
won't be too many after that i think
won't be too many after that i think
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
ahhh ok i see
prune >>> prone
Did i get that right?
prune >>> prone
Did i get that right?
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Ripen>>>Rizen
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Sorry for breaking the rules,but let's press on.....
Can we have a definition for "Rizen" please, I can't find it.
Sorry Neil, but all the intermediate words have got to be real words in their own right..
Can we have a definition for "Rizen" please, I can't find it.
Sorry Neil, but all the intermediate words have got to be real words in their own right..
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rizen
It was a (not very good) horror film from last year.
I agree though, it would be better to have more 'normal' words. No offence Neil.
Mark
It was a (not very good) horror film from last year.
I agree though, it would be better to have more 'normal' words. No offence Neil.
Mark
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
none taken. scrap my bad horror film then shall we
Target Dizzy
Ripen >>>pined
Target Dizzy
Ripen >>>pined
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
target dizzy
tepid >>> deity
tepid >>> deity
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target dizzy
Deity Ditzy
(Just worked out that myself, I'm sure it wasn't suggested by anyone else earlier in the thread )
Deity Ditzy
(Just worked out that myself, I'm sure it wasn't suggested by anyone else earlier in the thread )
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
target dizzy
ditzy >>> dizzy
new target : roman
ditzy >>> dizzy
new target : roman
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target Roman
Dizzy Ditzy
Since I can't find any way directly from "Dizzy", better take a detour.
Dizzy Ditzy
Since I can't find any way directly from "Dizzy", better take a detour.
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
doh!!!!!!!
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
I didn't even bother trying to work it out yet, I could only find two words to change "dizzy" into so I went with the most obvious one.
Target: Roman
Ritzy Nitry (let's get rid of these 'z's for a start)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Nitry >>> rainy
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Roman
Rainy>>> Rayon
Rainy>>> Rayon
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Roman
Rayon ROMAN
New Target: Greek
Rayon ROMAN
New Target: Greek
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
roman >>> amour
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Greek
Amour>>> Morae
Amour>>> Morae
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Greek
Morae (A new one on me) Gamer
Morae (A new one on me) Gamer
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Salad
Greek>>> Greed
Greek>>> Greed
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Salad
Greed Reeds
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Salad
Reeds>>> Reads
Reeds>>> Reads
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Salad
Reads Leads
Reads Leads
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Salad
Leads>>> SALAD
New target: Meaty
Leads>>> SALAD
New target: Meaty
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
It's not a major issue, but we normally only use all capitals to signify solving the puzzle. You confused me when I first looked!
Target: Meaty
Deals>>> Meals
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Meaty
Meals Steam (I didn't want to be too obvious )
Meals Steam (I didn't want to be too obvious )
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Apologies I wanst sure about the caps.
Target: Blows
Meaty >>> Teams
Target: Blows
Meaty >>> Teams
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
No worries Glenn, not a big deal we're just pretty much stuck in our ways in here
Target: Blows
Teams Melts
Target: Blows
Teams Melts
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
I certainly am, fully paid up member of the pedantic old fogeys club! We're just happy to get some extra bodies on the thread.
Target: Blows
Melts>>> Molts
And Glenn, why not take a look at the other couple of games we've got on the go?
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Blows
Bolts>>> BLOWS
New target: Angry (not with anyone, just came to mind!)
Bolts>>> BLOWS
New target: Angry (not with anyone, just came to mind!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Angry
Blows Glows
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Angry
Glows>>> Longs
Glows>>> Longs
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Angry
Longs Along
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Angry
Along>>> Gnarl
Along>>> Gnarl
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Angry
Gnarl ANGRY
New Target: Relax
Gnarl ANGRY
New Target: Relax
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Relax
Angry>>> Glary
Angry>>> Glary
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Relax
Glary Glare
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Relax
Glare>>> RELAX
New target: Chill
Glare>>> RELAX
New target: Chill
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Chill
Relax Clear
Relax Clear
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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Target: Chill
Clear>>> Cella
Clear>>> Cella
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Nice find.
Target: Chill
Cella Lilac
Target: Chill
Cella Lilac