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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:28 am
by Jeffers
Target: Nears

Heats>>> Ashen

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:25 am
by Woodles
Target: Nears

Ashen :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: NEARS

New Target: Pluto

(Sticking with the "completely different" theme)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:33 am
by Jeffers
:lol:

Target: Pluto

Nears>>> Pears (go for the obvious first, eh?)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 1:27 pm
by Woodles
Target: Pluto

Pears :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Peals

No point in making things difficult.

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:14 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Pluto

Peals>>> Peats

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:17 pm
by Woodles
Target: Pluto

Peats :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Plate

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:39 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Pluto

Plate>>> Letup

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:04 pm
by Woodles
Target: Pluto

Letup :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: PLUTO

New Target: Knife

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:05 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Knife

Pluto>>> Pilot

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:43 pm
by Woodles
Target: Knife

Pilot :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Nilot

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:23 am
by Jeffers
had to look that one up...

Target: Knife

Nilot>>> Inlet

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:04 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:23 amhad to look that one up...
:D

Target: Knife

Inlet :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Liken

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:08 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Knife

Liken>>> KNIFE

New target: Arrow

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:06 pm
by Woodles
Target: Arrow

Knife :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Finer

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:06 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Arrow

Finer>>> Infra

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:20 pm
by Woodles
Target: Arrow

Infra :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Rawin

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:30 pm
by Jeffers
Ok, I had to look that up too, you been on the dictionary pudding or something? (Something my mother used to say)

Target: Arrow

Rawin>>> Rowan

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:47 am
by Woodles
Sort off (nice expression :) ) I was plotting out a path to the finish and couldn't find a direct one using words that immediately sprang to mind so I looked up some combinations that looked like they MIGHT be actual words :lol:

Target: Arrow

Rowan :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: ARROW

New target: Shell

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:16 pm
by Jeffers
I am now tempted to find the most obscure word possible.... but I probably won't bother.

Target: Shell

Arrow>>> Roars

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:12 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:16 pmI am now tempted to find the most obscure word possible.... but I probably won't bother.
No, go for it. I like to think I have quite a varied vocabulary but it's always good to learn new words.

Target: Shell

Roars :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Rears

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 12:36 pm
by Jeffers
|Target: Shell

Rears>>> Shear

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:09 pm
by Woodles
Target: Shell

Shear :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Shale

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:34 am
by Jeffers
Target: Shell

Shale>>> Shall (Boring I know, but it's late.....)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:05 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:34 amTarget: Shell

Shale>>> Shall (Boring I know, but it's late.....)
No, no, it works :)

Target: Shell

Shall :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: SHELL

New Target: Armor (wrong spelling but it fits)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:28 pm
by Jeffers
Bloody 'ell, gone all American, have we???

Target: Armor

Shell>>> Smell

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:21 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:28 pmBloody 'ell, gone all American, have we???
Never! :o ... just getting the right number of letters :P (Maybe we need a "Change a Letter - 6 letter words" thread? :lol: )

Target: Armor

Smell :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Males

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:19 pm
by Jeffers
That'd be a bit ambitious, although I had wondered about it.....

Target: Armor

Males>>> Mares

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:25 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:19 pmThat'd be a bit ambitious, although I had wondered about it.....
Or maybe some other variant? TSBT have a version where you can add a letter and rearrange the result, remove a letter and rearrange or just rearrange the existing ones. No final target, it just keeps evolving.

Target: Armor

Mares :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Roams

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:53 am
by Jeffers
Target: Armor

Roams>>> ARMOR

New target: Vests

PS. I'm off up North visiting the grandkids for a few days so I might not be on for a while....

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:24 pm
by Woodles
Target: Vests

Armor :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Roams
Jeffers wrote: Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:53 amPS. I'm off up North visiting the grandkids for a few days so I might not be on for a while....
Have a safe trip, it's meant to get a little chilly in the North this week ... :occasion-snowman:

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:56 pm
by Jeffers
it was quite warm, if a little breezy.....

Target: Vests

Roams>>> Smear

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:21 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:56 pmit was quite warm, if a little breezy.....
Looks like you may have returned just in time, forecast to get a lot colder at the weekend.

Target: Vests

Smear :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Steam

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:18 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Vests

Steam>>> Stems

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:05 am
by Woodles
Target: Vests

Stems :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: VESTS

New Target: Twine ("String" is too many letters :D)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:39 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:05 am Target: Vests

Stems :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: VESTS

New Target: Twine ("String" is too many letters :D)
:lol: The way the temperature is dropping it night be time for wooly vests....

Target: Twine ( only three letters to change, eh?)

Vests>>> Vents

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:47 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:39 pm:lol: The way the temperature is dropping it night be time for wooly vests....
A balmy 11 degrees here, still tee shirts and shorts :D
Jeffers wrote: Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:39 pm( only three letters to change, eh?)
Well it's Friday afternoon, got to get it finished before the weekend!

Target: Twine

Vents :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Tines

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:51 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Twine

Tines>>> TWINE

New target: Cords

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:24 pm
by Woodles
Target: Cords

Twine :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Swine (start with the easy ones :) )

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:42 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:24 pm Target: Cords

Twine :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Swine (start with the easy ones :) )
and why not???

Target: Cords

Swine>>> winds (that was easy too)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:58 pm
by nick
Target Cords

Winds >>> Wonds

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:37 pm
by Jeffers
nick wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:58 pm Target Cords

Winds >>> Wonds
Nick, we're very happy to get someone else joining in these games, but I've got a bit of an issue with your word.
I can't find it in any of the dictionaries I use, can tell me where it comes from?

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:47 am
by Woodles
nick wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:58 pm Target Cords

Winds >>> Wonds
Hello stranger :)

"Wonds"? :think:

Target: Cords

Downs :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Sword

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:53 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:47 am
nick wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:58 pm Target Cords

Winds >>> Wonds
Hello stranger :)

"Wonds"? :think:

Target: Cords

Downs :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Sword
I see what you did there..... :lol:

Target: Cord

Sword>>> CORDS

New target: Cable (I think we haven't used that yet... )

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:48 pm
by nick
Jeffers wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:53 pm
Woodles wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:47 am
nick wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:58 pm Target Cords

Winds >>> Wonds
Hello stranger :)

"Wonds"? :think:

Target: Cords

Downs :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Sword
I see what you did there..... :lol:

Target: Cord

Sword>>> CORDS

New target: Cable (I think we haven't used that yet... )
What the had wonds in harry potter :p

target: Cable

Cords>>> Cards

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:25 pm
by Woodles
nick wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:48 pmWhat the had wonds in harry potter :p
Ah, not a big Harry Potter fan :P

Target: Cable

Cards :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Scare (Too late?)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:56 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:25 pm
nick wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:48 pmWhat the had wonds in harry potter :p
Ah, not a big Harry Potter fan :P

Target: Cable

Cards :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Scare (Too late?)
I never noticed anything, but then I was in the pub all evening.....

Target: Cable

Scare>>> Brace

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:20 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:56 pmI never noticed anything, but then I was in the pub all evening.....
Good plan, did they give out free beer if you dressed up?

Target: Cable

Brace :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: CABLE

New Target: Wired

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:31 am
by Jeffers
Target: Wired

Cable>>> Baled

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 10:19 am
by Woodles
Target: Wired

Baled :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Abide

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:57 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Wired

Abide>>> Bride

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:41 am
by Woodles
Target: Wired

Bride :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: WIRED

New Target: Jumpy

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:23 am
by Jeffers
Target: Jumpy

Wired>>> Mired

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:39 am
by Woodles
Target: Jumpy

Mired :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Prime

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:35 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Jumpy

Prime>>> Permy

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:44 pm
by nick
Target: Jumpy

Permy>>>Rumpy

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:41 pm
by Woodles
Target: Jumpy

Rumpy :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: JUMPY

New Target: Vault

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:26 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Vault

Jumpy>>> Lumpy

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:21 am
by Woodles
Target: Vault

Lumpy :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Ampul

:think: Can't see a direct route through this one ...

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:24 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:21 am Target: Vault

Lumpy :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Ampul

:think: Can't see a direct route through this one ...
I think I've found a slight excursion that works.... :think:

Target: Vault

Ampul>>> Ulema

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:05 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:24 pmI think I've found a slight excursion that works.... :think:
Image

Target: Vault

Ulema :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Value

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:42 pm
by Jeffers
A bit of anagram solver and dictionary was used, so I can't claim all the credit....

Target: Vault

Value>>> VAULT

New target: Bound

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:35 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:42 pmA bit of anagram solver and dictionary was used, so I can't claim all the credit....
Still, you found a solution.

Target: Bound

Vault :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Adult

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:43 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Bound

Adult>>> Ulnad

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:12 pm
by Woodles
A new one on me :) (Sorry for the delay, I've been away for a few days)

Target: Bound

Ulnad :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Nould

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:06 am
by Jeffers
Target: Bound

Nould>>> BOUND

New target: Leaps

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:23 am
by Woodles
Target: Leaps

Bound :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Sound

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:00 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Leaps

Sound>>>> Nudes

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:12 pm
by Woodles
Target: Leaps

Nudes :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Lends

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:03 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Leaps

Lends>>> Leads

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:46 am
by Woodles
Target: Leaps

Leads :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: LEAPS

New Target: Chasm

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:16 am
by Jeffers
Target: Chasm

Leaps>>> Heaps

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:36 am
by Woodles
Target: Chasm

Heaps :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Chaps

Well that was a lot easier than I thought even allowing for the two common letters.

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:49 am
by Jeffers
Target: Chasm

Chaps>>> CHASM (yep, that was real easy....)

New target: Flute (just to be completely different..)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:22 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:49 am(yep, that was real easy....)
Sorry about that, it was a Monday morning, that's my excuse :D

Target: Flute

Chasm :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Shame

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:08 am
by Jeffers
Target: Flute

Shame>>> Hates

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:01 pm
by Woodles
Target: Flute

Hates :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Slate

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:11 am
by Jeffers
Target: Flute

Slate>>> Lutes

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 9:19 am
by Woodles
Target: Flute

Lutes :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: FLUTE

New Target: Vodka

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:18 am
by Jeffers
Target: Vodka

Flute>>> Fluke

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:46 am
by Woodles
Target: Vodka

Fluke :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Flake

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 10:32 am
by Jeffers
Target: Vodka

Flake>>> Laked

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:01 pm
by Woodles
Target: Vodka

Laked :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Asked

Can't see a way without a little detour.

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:59 am
by Jeffers
hmmmm, me neither.

Target: Vodka

Asked>>> Skoda

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:43 am
by Woodles
Target: Vodka

Skoda :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: VODKA

New Target: Mince

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:04 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Mince

Vodka>>> Avoid

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:27 am
by Woodles
Target: Mince

Avoid :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Video

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:37 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Mince

Video>>> Vined

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:26 pm
by Woodles
Target: Mince

Vined :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Denim

I thought we'd have problems keeping the 'v' in until the end, turns out we didn't :)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:41 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Mince

Denim>>> MINCE (no problem....)

New Target: Offal (food theme, might be interesting...)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:14 pm
by Woodles
Target: Offal

Mince :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Manic

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:06 am
by Jeffers
Target: Offal

Manic>>> Macon (that's the vowels sorted, not sure about the rest at the moment!)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:26 am
by Woodles
Target: Offal

Macon :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Cloam
Jeffers wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:06 am(that's the vowels sorted, not sure about the rest at the moment!)
All going to plan at the moment :D

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:31 pm
by Jeffers
I had to look that one up, a new one for me. Apparently you could have had Comal with the same letters.....

Target: Offal

Cloam>>> Focal (I saw where we're headed...)

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:34 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:31 pmI had to look that one up, a new one for me. Apparently you could have had Comal with the same letters.....
And a new one for me as well, just looked up "Comal"
Jeffers wrote: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:31 pm(I saw where we're headed...)
Good man

Target: Offal

Focal :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: OFFAL

New Target: Tripe

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:49 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Tripe

Offal>>> Float

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:32 am
by Woodles
Target: Tripe

Float :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Flote :D

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:21 am
by Jeffers
Target: Tripe

Flote>>> Flite

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:24 am
by Woodles
Target: Tripe

Flite :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Frite

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:48 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Tripe

Frite>>> TRIPE

New target: Onion (often served with tripe, apparently)

And I nearly called foul on "frite", dictionaries I checked always had it as "frites"but then described it as a plural, so it must be valid in the singular too.

Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:12 pm
by Woodles
Target: Onion

Tripe :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Inept
Jeffers wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:48 pmNew target: Onion (often served with tripe, apparently)
I'll take you word for it. Having tried tripe once, I'm never going anywhere near it again!
Jeffers wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:48 pmAnd I nearly called foul on "frite", dictionaries I checked always had it as "frites"but then described it as a plural, so it must be valid in the singular too.
But of course, you can have just the one chip of you're not really that hungry :P