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Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:13 am
by Jeffers
Target: Chill
Lilac>>> CHILL
New target: Warms
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:34 am
by Woodles
Target: Warms
Chill
Hills
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:52 am
by Jeffers
Target: Warms
Hills>>>> Wills
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:59 am
by Woodles
Target: Warms
Wills
Wails
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 2:02 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Warms
Wails>>> Swami
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:57 am
by Woodles
Target: Warms
Swami
WARMS
New Target: Quilt
About time we had another 'q' in the mix
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:24 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:57 am
Target: Warms
Swami
WARMS
New Target: Quilt
About time we had another 'q' in the mix
OK, we do like a challenge, don't we? Seems like it's just us two again around here.....
Target: Quilt
Warms>>> Warts
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:41 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:24 pmOK, we do like a challenge, don't we? Seems like it's just us two again around here.....
It makes things a bit more interesting.
True, Glenn and Neil seem to have gone on a walkabout
Target: Quilt
Warts
Sutra
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:19 am
by Jeffers
Target: Quilt
Sutra>>> Quart
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:46 am
by Woodles
Target: Quilt
Quart
Quirt
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:45 am
by Jeffers
Target: Quilt
Quirt (I had to look that up too!) >>> Quilt
New target: Exits (seeing as we're looking for a challenge, let's try an "X" word.....)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:50 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:45 amQuirt (I had to look that up too!) >>> Quilt
It's been an enlightening week then
Jeffers wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:45 am(seeing as we're looking for a challenge, let's try an "X" word.....)
Why not. Let's start with getting rid of that 'Q'!
Target: Exits
Quilt
Sluit
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:12 pm
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:50 am
Jeffers wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:45 amQuirt (I had to look that up too!) >>> Quilt
It's been an enlightening week then
Jeffers wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:45 am(seeing as we're looking for a challenge, let's try an "X" word.....)
Why not. Let's start with getting rid of that 'Q'!
Target: Exits
Quilt
Sluit
Ok.... so we're now trying to find the most obscure words possible? Or am I casting doubts on your no doubt vast vocabulary??
Target: Exits
Sluit >>> Stile (sorry, nothing fancy from me this time....)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:50 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:12 pmOk.... so we're now trying to find the most obscure words possible? Or am I casting doubts on your no doubt vast vocabulary??
I will admit to having to look up "Sluit"
Target: Exits
Stile
EXITS
Not as bad as I thought (helped by having two overlapping letters)
New Target: Hatch
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:18 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Hatch
Exits>>> Sixth
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:49 am
by Woodles
Target: Hatch
Sixth
Stich
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:11 am
by Jeffers
Target: Hatch
Stich>>> Hitch (hard from there, eh?
)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:27 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 11:11 am(hard from there, eh?
)
Target: Hatch
Hitch
Hutch?
Hitch
HATCH
New Target: Young
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:00 am
by Jeffers
Target: Young
Hatch>>> Hutch (Thanks!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:46 am
by Woodles
I'm sure you would have got it yourself
Target: Young
Hutch
Touch
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:01 am
by Jeffers
Target: Young
Touch>>> Cough
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:21 am
by Woodles
Target: Young
Cough
Tough
I think we need a detour.
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:00 am
by Jeffers
Woodles wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:21 am
Target: Young
Cough
Tough
I think we need a detour.
Oh? I'll work on it...
Found one...
Tough>>> Ungot
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:02 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:00 amOh? I'll work on it...
Found one...
Tough>>> Ungot
That's the one
Target: Young
Ungot
YOUNG
New Target: Elder
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 10:15 am
by Jeffers
Target: Elder
Young>>> Gluon (can't beat a bit of nuclear physics!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:29 am
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 10:15 am(can't beat a bit of nuclear physics!)
A very small bit!
Target: Elder
Gluon
Lunge
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 1:00 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Elder
Lunge>>> Glued
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:08 am
by Woodles
Target: Elder
Glued
Ruled
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:32 am
by Jeffers
Target: Elder
Ruled>>> ELDER
New target>>> Child (I almost went to Young, but then remembered that's where the last one started!)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:11 pm
by Woodles
Jeffers wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:32 am(I almost went to Young, but then remembered that's where the last one started!)
That would have been easy, save that idea for Friday afternoons
Target: Child
Elder
Riled
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:13 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Child
Riled>>> Riced
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:54 pm
by Woodles
Target: Child
Riced
Chide
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:16 am
by Jeffers
Target: Child
Chide>>> CHILD
New target: Youth
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:42 am
by Woodles
Target: Youth
Child
Ditch
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:00 am
by Jeffers
Target: Youth
Ditch>>> Dutch
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:14 pm
by Woodles
Target: Youth
Dutch
Touch
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:07 am
by Jeffers
Target: Youth
Touch>>> YOUTH
New target: Nears (just felt it was time for something completely different..)
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:16 am
by Woodles
Target: Nears
Youth
Shout
.... and why not
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:53 pm
by Jeffers
Target: Nears
Shout>>> Shute
Re: Change a Letter - 5 letter words
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 4:06 pm
by Woodles
Different
Target: Nears
Shute
Heats
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