Change a Letter - 5 letter words

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 12:36 pm

|Target: Shell

Rears>>> Shear

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:09 pm

Target: Shell

Shear

Shale

Post by **Jeffers** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:34 am

Target: Shell

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

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:05 pm

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)

Post by **Jeffers** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:28 pm

Bloody 'ell, gone all American, have we???

Target: Armor

Shell>>> Smell

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:21 am

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:19 pm

That'd be a bit ambitious, although I had wondered about it.....

Target: Armor

Males>>> Mares

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:25 am

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:53 am

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....

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:24 pm

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 ...

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:56 pm

it was quite warm, if a little breezy.....

Target: Vests

Roams>>> Smear

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:21 am

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:18 pm

Target: Vests

Steam>>> Stems

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:05 am

Target: Vests

Stems

VESTS

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

)

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:39 pm

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

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:47 pm

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:51 pm

Target: Twine

Tines>>> TWINE

New target: Cords

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:24 pm

Target: Cords

Twine

Swine (start with the easy ones

)

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:42 pm

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)

nick · Post by **nick** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:58 pm

Target Cords

Winds >>> Wonds

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:37 pm

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?

Post by **Woodles** » 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

Post by **Jeffers** » 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... )

nick · Post by **nick** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:48 pm

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

Post by **Woodles** » 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?)

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:56 pm

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

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:20 am

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:31 am

Target: Wired

Cable>>> Baled

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 10:19 am

Target: Wired

Baled

Abide

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:57 pm

Target: Wired

Abide>>> Bride

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:41 am

Target: Wired

Bride

WIRED

New Target: Jumpy

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:23 am

Target: Jumpy

Wired>>> Mired

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:39 am

Target: Jumpy

Mired

Prime

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:35 pm

Target: Jumpy

Prime>>> Permy

nick · Post by **nick** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:44 pm

Target: Jumpy

Permy>>>Rumpy

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:41 pm

Target: Jumpy

Rumpy

JUMPY

New Target: Vault

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:26 pm

Target: Vault

Jumpy>>> Lumpy

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:21 am

Target: Vault

Lumpy

Ampul

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:24 pm

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

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:05 pm

Jeffers wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:24 pmI think I've found a slight excursion that works....

Target: Vault

Ulema

Value

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:42 pm

A bit of anagram solver and dictionary was used, so I can't claim all the credit....

Target: Vault

Value>>> VAULT

New target: Bound

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:35 pm

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:43 pm

Target: Bound

Adult>>> Ulnad

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:12 pm

A new one on me

(Sorry for the delay, I've been away for a few days)

Target: Bound

Ulnad

Nould

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:06 am

Target: Bound

Nould>>> BOUND

New target: Leaps

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:23 am

Target: Leaps

Bound

Sound

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:00 pm

Target: Leaps

Sound>>>> Nudes

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:12 pm

Target: Leaps

Nudes

Lends

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:03 pm

Target: Leaps

Lends>>> Leads

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:46 am

Target: Leaps

Leads

LEAPS

New Target: Chasm

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:16 am

Target: Chasm

Leaps>>> Heaps

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:36 am

Target: Chasm

Heaps

Chaps

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:49 am

Target: Chasm

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

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

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:22 pm

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:08 am

Target: Flute

Shame>>> Hates

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:01 pm

Target: Flute

Hates

Slate

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:11 am

Target: Flute

Slate>>> Lutes

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 9:19 am

Target: Flute

Lutes

FLUTE

New Target: Vodka

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:18 am

Target: Vodka

Flute>>> Fluke

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:46 am

Target: Vodka

Fluke

Flake

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 10:32 am

Target: Vodka

Flake>>> Laked

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:01 pm

Target: Vodka

Laked

Asked

Can't see a way without a little detour.

Post by **Jeffers** » Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:59 am

hmmmm, me neither.

Target: Vodka

Asked>>> Skoda

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:43 am

Target: Vodka

Skoda

VODKA

New Target: Mince

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:04 pm

Target: Mince

Vodka>>> Avoid

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:27 am

Target: Mince

Avoid

Video

Post by **Jeffers** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:37 pm

Target: Mince

Video>>> Vined

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:26 pm

Target: Mince

Vined

Denim

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:41 pm

Target: Mince

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

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

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:14 pm

Target: Offal

Mince

Manic

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:06 am

Target: Offal

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

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:26 am

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:31 pm

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...)

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:34 pm

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:49 pm

Target: Tripe

Offal>>> Float

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:32 am

Target: Tripe

Float

Flote

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:21 am

Target: Tripe

Flote>>> Flite

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:24 am

Target: Tripe

Flite

Frite

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:48 pm

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.

Post by **Woodles** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:12 pm

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

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:54 pm

Target: Onion

Inept>>> Point

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:35 am

Target: Onion

Point

Pinon

My last day online for two weeks so take your time

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:07 am

Woodles wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:35 am Target: Onion

Point Pinon

My last day online for two weeks so take your time

Oh no! I'll be so lonely....

Target: Onion

Pinon>>> ONION

New target: Spuds

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:18 pm

Jeffers wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:07 amOh no! I'll be so lonely....

I'm sure you'll survive

Target: Spuds

Onion

Union

I had my doubts but yes, it's in the dictionary

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:18 pm

Woodles wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:18 pm
Jeffers wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:07 amOh no! I'll be so lonely....
I'm sure you'll survive

Target: Spuds

Onion Union

I had my doubts but yes, it's in the dictionary

Target: Spuds

Union>>> Nouns

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:42 pm

Target: Spuds

Nouns

Noups

Did you miss me?

Post by **Jeffers** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:42 pm

Woodles wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:42 pm Target: Spuds

Nouns Noups

Did you miss me?

Why? Have you been away? Can't say I noticed...

Target: Spuds

Noups>>> Soups

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:53 am

Jeffers wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:42 pmWhy? Have you been away? Can't say I noticed...

Oh I'm deeply hurt now

Target: Spuds

Soups

SPUDS

New Target: Roast

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:51 am

Target: Roast

Spuds >>> Dusts

Post by **Woodles** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:57 am

Target: Roast

Dusts

Rusts

Post by **Jeffers** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:28 pm

Target: Roast

Rusts>>> Stars

Post by **Jeffers** » Wed Dec 26, 2018 5:14 pm

Just letting you know that we're setting off for Spain tomorrow for a week. So I don't think I'll be on here for a while....

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Dec 26, 2018 9:49 pm

No problems Jeff, enjoy the sunshine

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:10 pm

Sorry Jeff, I'd missed that it was my turn.

Target: Roast

Stars

ROAST

New Target: Chill

Post by **Jeffers** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:20 am

Target: Roast

Chill>>> Licht

Post by **Woodles** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:01 am

Target: Roast

Licht

Cloth

Post by **Jeffers** » Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:57 am

Target: Roast

Cloth>>> Sloth

Post by **Woodles** » Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:59 pm

Target: Roast

Sloth

Short

Just noticed that we'd already done "Roast" and were supposed to be heading for "Chill"!
Might as well finish it off now

Post by **Jeffers** » Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:00 pm

Whoops... never mind, we've slept since then...

Target: Roast

Short>>> ROAST

New target: Chill (I assume we didn't get there?)

Post by **Woodles** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:24 am

Target: Chill

Roast

Coast

Jeffers wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:00 pm(I assume we didn't get there?)

Nope, got to "Roast", immediately jumped to "Chill" and headed back to "Roast"