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Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:16 pm
by Bunnylump
OK so do we think it's time for another game? How does this grab you? You need to post a word, then the next person has to add ONE letter to it to make it into a new word. The added letter can be anywhere in the new word, but the original order of the letters in the original must always stay the same. Eg
POT
could become
SPOT
but equally
POET POST or PORT.

Yes, it could become POTS but that's a bit boring. :lol:

Then I shall fully expect Scurra to use this thread as a puzzle resource. :lol: :lol:

If it gets boring I might add in another layer whereby you get points for the number of letters you can add in WITHOUT changing the order. But let's see how it goes for a bit first. :D

I'm starting with
SALE

EDIT Having tried this out, I now realise that a far better version has evolved.
The idea is to make a new word, using the letters of the word posted by the previous person, but KEEPING THEM IN THE SAME ORDER. Thus GREEN might become AGREEMENT. Then that person should post another LINKED word to their new answer, eg NOD. Play passes to the next person, who has to make a new word using NOD but being kept in the same order. E.g. ANDROID This should then be followed by another linked starter word, e.g. ROBOT.

I hope that's as clear as mud. :lol: :lol:

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:38 pm
by chazzie
STALE

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:10 pm
by eirian
STAPLE

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:22 pm
by chazzie
STAPLED

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:22 pm
by Bunnylump
OOh I see either I didn't make myself clear :lol: :oops: (one letter per go then post a new word) or you're all being clever devils... :lol: Chazzie could you give us a new word please? :D

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:41 pm
by LAT
well phew! I was struggling to think of the next word to offer. :roll:

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:42 pm
by giraffe
Unstapled was the only one I could think of, but it has one too many letters. (Is it even a word? )

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:44 am
by MBH
Bunnylump wrote:OOh I see either I didn't make myself clear :lol: :oops: (one letter per go then post a new word) or you're all being clever devils... :lol:
I've got to admit - I read the instructions exactly as everyone started to do it :oops:

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:17 am
by chazzie
Bunnylump wrote:OOh I see either I didn't make myself clear :lol: :oops: (one letter per go then post a new word) or you're all being clever devils... :lol: Chazzie could you give us a new word please? :D
:oops: we just loved the challenge Bunny :lol: :lol:

OK - next word WITH

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:37 am
by giraffe
WIDTH

WISH

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:39 am
by Bunnylump
SWISH

TAPER

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:59 pm
by giraffe
TAMPER

BOOT

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:38 pm
by chazzie
BOOST

CAST

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:46 pm
by Bunnylump
COAST

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:34 pm
by giraffe
??? where's our new word???? :roll:

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:48 pm
by Bunnylump
OOps I somehow managed to delete it!! :lol:
(It wasn't this originally..but
TWIT

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:09 pm
by kathlyn
TWIST


HOSE

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:10 pm
by giraffe
WHOSE

FLAW

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:12 pm
by LAT
FLAWN?

LABLE

Re: Missing letters

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:03 pm
by giraffe
LIABLE

The flaw is that there is usually not much choice as to what letter you add and lots of words are impossible to follow.
It would be better to just have to think of a longer word with the letters inthe same order

TOLL