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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 17, 2011 17:52:43 GMT -5
I, personally love this "game" but I'm not too sure others do. It is a matter of posting a word and then to see how many words you can glean from that word. e.g.
procrastination
cast, ton, it, its, raisin, sat, tact, not, ion, cop, rap, tap, tin, port, tart, tar, rat, pat, tropic, par, tarp, crap, partition, narc, top, pot, rot, part, art, nit, tit, pit, tip, rap, tic, tact, tract, pact, coon, noon, tic, roast, coast, post, toast, cast, stint, toon, croon, past, root, sin, sort, pin, pip, troop, coop, soon, roost, rotation, coin, point, paint, nap, pan, ant, pants, rant, cant, can, soap, crop, tan, can, past, prat, crop, pin, nip, rip, stain, print, point, car, scrap, scar, scat, cats, star, start, stint, rasp, sort, post.
Anyone? Next word. LOL
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Post by Forever Sunshine on Jul 18, 2011 6:33:18 GMT -5
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 18, 2011 13:48:35 GMT -5
And she never came back. Typical reaction to my little word game. Too bad, so sad.
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 18, 2011 13:53:22 GMT -5
sunshine:
sun, shine, sin, shin, sine, his, nine, in, hun, nun, shun, ess, hiss, unshine.
Take that, wimpos!!!! I'm tellin'!
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Post by Miss Who on Jul 18, 2011 19:33:21 GMT -5
veterinary: vat, tin, ten, eat, ate, art, nee, yearn, tray, vet, rain, terne, vary ran, tine,veer, entire, rainy, rant, tarry, variet, never, rave, raven, yarn, tear, rate, nay, ravine, year, terrine, terra, terrain, ,yet, yeti, near, van, vain, vane, vanity, variety, earn, ear, ante, tare, anti, ant, tan, any, rear, arrive, tar, arty, eater, eaten, enter, rite, entry, ant, teen, teeny, tee, naive, nave, net, neat, inert, inertia, I'm sure there's more words in there somwhere, but I'm fed up with it now.
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 18, 2011 19:49:29 GMT -5
A round of applause for Who. LOL, and I know how you feel about getting fed up at the end.
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Post by roygrip on Jul 18, 2011 21:15:51 GMT -5
Yikes! Gonna come back to this one. Nice job everyone.
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Post by Miss Who on Jul 19, 2011 2:11:33 GMT -5
Yikes! Gonna come back to this one. Nice job everyone. It can make yer brain hurt, Roy.
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Post by roygrip on Jul 19, 2011 8:22:36 GMT -5
Yikes! Gonna come back to this one. Nice job everyone. It can make yer brain hurt, Roy. No doubt! good job with vetrinary! Who!
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Post by Forever Sunshine on Jul 19, 2011 22:32:20 GMT -5
Secretary
ate, set, create, creates, secret, tee, tarry, try, rare, see, tees, tee, tree, trees, tea, teas, crate, crates, eatery, eats, eat, ear, ears, are, era, eras, seat, tare, tares, ere, err, errs, tar, tars, scary, care, cares, rear, rears, sat, tear, tears, cyst, yes, tarry, carry, yet, terry, eatery, cast, caster, rat, rats, yar (I believe that is a term referring to boat), career, careers, secret, sac, say, star, starry, stay, steer, tear, tears, teary, cart, carts, car, cars, cease, case, crease, rest, crest, treas, rare, rec, sect, scar, cat, cats, set, scat,
*for now*
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 19, 2011 22:36:32 GMT -5
Wow, good for YOU old girl.
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Post by Forever Sunshine on Jul 19, 2011 22:48:34 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 19, 2011 22:49:49 GMT -5
newsmaker
new, news, maker, wake, make, mask, remake, sew, was, sake, ken, man, men, keen, we, me, knee, knees, sneak, sneaker, rake, rakes, raker, maker, mawk, snake, mew, mean, meek, meeker, weak, weaker, wean, weans, seam, wakes, sewn, seek, week, weeks, reek, reeks, saw, seen, means, makes, renew.
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 20, 2011 3:33:00 GMT -5
understanding: under, stand, tan, standing, tanning, stag, gate, dan, dig, dug, digs, gates, tans, gnat, gnats, sting, an, and, guest, sun, sand, grand, dang, gad, sting, sunder, rest, nest, rend, dent, den, dens, dents, sing, sin, din, tin, nit, gat, gad, nag, nags, snag, gates, run, dun, gun, nun, nuns, guns, runs, runt, runts, dan, dung, rung, ring, rings, gin, sang, nate, train, stain, rain, stains, rains, trains, grain, grains, grate, grates, great, greats, eat, eats, ate, tea, teas, seat, sit, grand, grander, gander, dean, deans, in, inner, inter, tender, tinder, ten, nine, end, ender, read, reading, reads, dear, dears, ear, ears star, stars, sear, sears, gin, din, dins, nude, nudes, dude, dudes, dud, duds, dust, duster, dusting, stud, gander.
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Post by jennyanydots on Jul 20, 2011 19:41:22 GMT -5
mentioned:
men, ton, don, done, tone, mint, time, timed, note, noted, detone, tine, dine, din, nit, not, tin, timed, dime, dim, mind, dent, one, on, nod, node, ion, eon, net, ten, nine, intone, into, tide, dome, tome, mote, dote, need, teen, met, meet, deem, teem, denote, toned, nite, mite, mod, mid, mine, mined, minted, demon, mode, demote.
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Post by Miss Who on Jul 21, 2011 12:35:30 GMT -5
obstructively: Robe, rob,rub,rue, ruse, rust, rivet, rebus, rebut, relic, relict, resit, rest,rule, rusty, let, levi's, levy, ley, lictor, lie, live, list, lit, litre, litter, litotes, liver, lobe, loci, locus, locust, loiter, lore, loris, lory, lose, lost, loser,lot, lour, louse, lousy, lout, louver, love,lover, lucre, lust, lusty, lute, lye, lyre, lyric, yule, obstruct, obstrutive, obtuse, oily, oil, oils olive, ore, oriel, osier, ostler, out, oust, outcry, outer, outre, over, overly, overt, ovule, beirut, belt, beryl, best, bet, bevy, bier, bile, bit, bite, bites, biter, blot, blue, bluetit, bluey, blur, blurt, bluster, boil, boiler, bolt, boucle, bout, brie, brio, bristle, brietly, bruit, bruise, built, bur, score, scot, scour, scout, scribe, scrub, sect, set, sit, sett, sic, silt,slit,site, sitter, slice, sloe, slur, slut, sly, sob sober, sobriety, society, soil, sole, soul, sorbet, sort, sortie, sore, sorely, sot, sou, sour, source, stile, style stilt, stir, stoic, story, store, stove, strict, strobe, stub, strut, sub, suite, suit, suitor, test, testy, trust, tie, tile, tilt, tiro, tiretyre, tit, title,titre, ulcer, ulster, use, utter, veli, velcro, velour, verity, verso, very, vest, vestry, vestyre, vet, veto, vice, voice, victor, victory, vie, viol, violet, virtue, virus, visor, viole, vole, volt, volute, vote, vile, celt, cert, cite, citrus, clevis, close, closet, closure, clot, clout, clove, clover, club, clue, col, core, corset, cortes, cost, costly, cosy, cot, course, court, cove, cover, covert,covet, covey, crest, cruet, cruise, crust, crusty, cry, cub, cubist, cubit, cue, cult, cure, curb, curie, curio, curse, cut, cutlery,ecru, evil, evict, eyot, Good lord who's idea was this game?
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Post by mojotheawkward on Jul 21, 2011 12:39:02 GMT -5
I think you missed cursive ;D
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Post by Miss Who on Jul 21, 2011 12:39:56 GMT -5
I think I missed a good few, Mojo.
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Post by mojotheawkward on Jul 21, 2011 12:39:57 GMT -5
And cursively, I suspect...
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Post by mojotheawkward on Jul 21, 2011 12:40:16 GMT -5
You're a generous soul, who
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