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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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Target: Knife
Inlet
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
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
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
Target: Arrow
Rowan
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
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
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
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!
... just getting the right number of letters
(Maybe we need a "Change a Letter - 6 letter words" thread?
)
Target: Armor
Smell
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
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
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 ...
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
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
VESTS
New Target: Twine ("String" is too many letters
)
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
VESTS
New Target: Twine ("String" is too many letters
)
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 The way the temperature is dropping it night be time for wooly vests....
A balmy 11 degrees here, still tee shirts and shorts
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
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
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
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"?
Target: Cords
Downs
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"?
Target: Cords
Downs
Sword
I see what you did there.....
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"?
Target: Cords
Downs
Sword
I see what you did there.....
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
Target: Cable
Cards
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
Target: Cable
Cards
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ampul
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
Ampul
Can't see a direct route through this one ...
I think I've found a slight excursion that works....
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....
Target: Vault
Ulema
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Target: Flute
Chasm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Flote
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
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
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