| Author | Content |
laurief Deer River, MN (Zone 3b)
July 17, 2008 11:42 PM Post #5277591
| Game rules ...
1. All words must be contained in a standardized, English language dictionary (NO "urban" dictionaries or Wikipedia), either hard copy or online. Google is NOT a dictionary.
2. If alternate spellings from non-English languages appear in the dictionary for a particular word, only the English spelling should be used.
3. All words must contain the same number of letters as specified in the title of this game thread.
4. Each word must change no more than one letter (or one instance of the same duplicated letter) from the previous word, but letters may be scrambled. Letters may also be scrambled without changing any letters.
5. No proper nouns unless we're REALLY stuck, and even then the word should appear in a dictionary.
6. No hyphenations, abbreviations, contractions, prefixes, or suffixes.
7. Try not to repeat words (at least not within the last 10 words or so).
8. Words may be challenged if the challenger can not find the word in a dictionary.
LET'S PLAY!!!
Continued from ...
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last word ...
spoils
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laurief Deer River, MN (Zone 3b)
July 17, 2008 11:44 PM Post #5277604
| oxlips |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 17, 2008 11:47 PM Post #5277614
| spoilt
oxlips deserves to be called the word of the week |
laurief Deer River, MN (Zone 3b)
July 17, 2008 11:59 PM Post #5277654
| patios |
gldandrews Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 12:12 AM Post #5277744
| patois |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 12:25 AM Post #5277814
| aposit |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 18, 2008 2:51 AM Post #5278157
| Can't find that in the dictionary dp72... did you mean apposite?
Back to patois (if your word is correct we can ditch this:)
pathos
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Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 6:15 AM Post #5278365
| spathe |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 7:21 AM Post #5278462
| adepts |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 18, 2008 8:01 AM Post #5278573
| posted |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 8:37 AM Post #5278699
| depots |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 9:00 AM Post #5278779
| sloped |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 9:07 AM Post #5278803
| poodle |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 9:08 AM Post #5278809
| doodle |
laurief Deer River, MN (Zone 3b)
July 18, 2008 9:09 AM Post #5278811
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This message was edited Jul 18, 2008 8:09 AM |
laurief Deer River, MN (Zone 3b)
July 18, 2008 9:11 AM Post #5278818
| loaded |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 9:33 AM Post #5278915
| addled |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 10:53 AM Post #5279390
| leaded |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 11:04 AM Post #5279456
| leader |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 11:09 AM Post #5279489
| header |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 11:27 AM Post #5279592
| feared |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 11:39 AM Post #5279655
| feeder |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 11:48 AM Post #5279703
| deafer |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 11:56 AM Post #5279742
| feared |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 11:59 AM Post #5279750
| we just came from feared... so from deafer:
dealer |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 12:04 PM Post #5279781
| healer |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 12:15 PM Post #5279841
| healed |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 12:19 PM Post #5279866
| heeled |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 18, 2008 12:37 PM Post #5279952
| leched |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 1:21 PM Post #5280254
| chewed |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 3:39 PM Post #5281039
| leched is not in the dictionary.
[HYPERLINK@www.merriam-webster.com]
Back to
heeled |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 4:09 PM Post #5281141
| leched is a legitimate word. lech is a verb. leched is the past tense of lech.
chewed
to
chowed |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 18, 2008 4:49 PM Post #5281304
| leched is here [HYPERLINK@dictionary.reference.com] |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 5:32 PM Post #5281533
| crowed
What does UBER mean? In the context of Dave's, that is. |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 18, 2008 5:37 PM Post #5281563
| Hi dp - Uber is explained here: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
worked |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 5:43 PM Post #5281598
| worker |
kennedyh Churchill, Victoria
(Australia) (Zone 10a)

 July 18, 2008 6:19 PM Post #5281773
| wormer |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 18, 2008 6:21 PM Post #5281783
| morrow |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 18, 2008 6:37 PM Post #5281845
| marrow |
MaypopLaurel Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA (Zone 7b)
July 18, 2008 6:45 PM Post #5281875
| wormer |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 18, 2008 8:25 PM Post #5282346
| we just came from wormer
back to marrow and on to
narrow |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 18, 2008 10:02 PM Post #5282835
| warren |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 19, 2008 2:43 AM Post #5283780
| barren |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2008 5:51 AM Post #5283958
| barmen |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 6:42 AM Post #5284018
| breams |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2008 7:09 AM Post #5284051
| ambers |
gldandrews Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2008 8:16 AM Post #5284191
| embers |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 10:04 AM Post #5284527
| cremes |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 19, 2008 10:08 AM Post #5284546
| crease |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 10:19 AM Post #5284584
| seared |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 10:27 AM Post #5284632
| soared |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 10:31 AM Post #5284665
| soured |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 11:22 AM Post #5284922
| poured |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 19, 2008 12:07 PM Post #5285127
| dopers |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 1:08 PM Post #5285468
| repost |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 19, 2008 1:11 PM Post #5285495
| troupe |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 1:18 PM Post #5285546
| toupee |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2008 2:11 PM Post #5285862
| pouted |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 3:16 PM Post #5286162
| routed |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 3:30 PM Post #5286208
| detour |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 19, 2008 4:57 PM Post #5286552
| turned |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 4:58 PM Post #5286561
| burned |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 4:59 PM Post #5286562
| toured |
kennedyh Churchill, Victoria
(Australia) (Zone 10a)

 July 19, 2008 5:10 PM Post #5286645
| rutted |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 5:11 PM Post #5286661
| toured was late, we are back at burned |
kennedyh Churchill, Victoria
(Australia) (Zone 10a)

 July 19, 2008 5:21 PM Post #5286704
| sunder |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 19, 2008 5:26 PM Post #5286725
| inured |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 19, 2008 5:44 PM Post #5286851
| insure |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2008 7:02 PM Post #5287185
| ursine |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 19, 2008 8:28 PM Post #5287535
| signer |
gldandrews Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 19, 2008 11:19 PM Post #5288523
| reigns |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 12:28 AM Post #5288852
| neighs |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 20, 2008 4:07 AM Post #5289434
| hinged |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 6:07 AM Post #5289493
| winged |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 6:31 AM Post #5289533
| design |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 7:00 AM Post #5289555
| singer |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 7:33 AM Post #5289600
| begins |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 8:09 AM Post #5289695
| genius |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 10:21 AM Post #5290117
| seeing |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 11:58 AM Post #5290474
| singes |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 12:00 PM Post #5290481
| singed |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 20, 2008 1:06 PM Post #5290801
| gained |
gldandrews Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 1:41 PM Post #5290946
| detain |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 1:53 PM Post #5290985
| tinder |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 20, 2008 2:21 PM Post #5291104
| entire |
gldandrews Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 3:13 PM Post #5291298
| retire |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 4:17 PM Post #5291563
| recite |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 4:29 PM Post #5291619
| create |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 20, 2008 5:02 PM Post #5291770
| crated |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 5:06 PM Post #5291809
| ratted |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 5:08 PM Post #5291822
| tatted |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 6:52 PM Post #5292343
| tatter |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 7:23 PM Post #5292537
| totter |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 7:26 PM Post #5292553
| cotter |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 7:27 PM Post #5292564
| hotter |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 7:35 PM Post #5292602
| throat |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 7:42 PM Post #5292629
| threat |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 9:08 PM Post #5293053
| thread |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 20, 2008 9:29 PM Post #5293159
| grated |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 20, 2008 9:46 PM Post #5293249
| grazed |
gldandrews Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 20, 2008 10:38 PM Post #5293483
| grazer |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 21, 2008 12:26 AM Post #5294192
| grater |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 21, 2008 2:50 AM Post #5294565
| garret |
dp72 Woodway, TX (Zone 8a)
July 21, 2008 2:53 AM Post #5294567
| garnet |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 21, 2008 3:09 AM Post #5294594
| nagger |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 21, 2008 6:14 AM Post #5294759
| reggae |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 21, 2008 6:17 AM Post #5294763
| Like that one :)
ragged |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 21, 2008 6:20 AM Post #5294771
| badger |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 21, 2008 7:00 AM Post #5294821
| beggar |
Joan6aON Mississauga, ON (Zone 6a)
July 21, 2008 7:03 AM Post #5294827
| bagger |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 21, 2008 8:07 AM Post #5294965
| banger |
Dutchlady1 Naples, FL (Zone 10a)
July 21, 2008 8:13 AM Post #5294987
| banged |
philomel Termes d'Armagnac
(France) (Zone 8a)
 July 21, 2008 8:21 AM Post #5295029
| gander |
laurief Deer River, MN (Zone 3b)
July 21, 2008 8:27 AM Post #5295043
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