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grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:56:40 PM

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Change either 3 or 4 letters (no more, no less) to make a new word.

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First word: kinetic
SunDevil
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:23:50 PM
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frantic
nooblet
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:25:38 PM

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frantic > pelagic
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:30:09 PM

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pelagic >> created
MarySM
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:38:03 PM

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created>>katydid

"He who never made a mistake never made a discovery." Samuel Smiles
SunDevil
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:41:42 PM
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pelagic>largest
nooblet
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:42:26 PM

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katydid > traders
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:45:50 PM

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traders >> remorse
nooblet
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:52:38 PM

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remorse > mortals
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:54:16 PM

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mortals >> slammed
nooblet
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:55:38 PM

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slammed > sledding
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:02:47 PM

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nooblet wrote:
slammed > sledding


I'm afraid "sledding" is 8 letters, nooblet, and it begins with the same first letter as the previous word.
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:03:39 PM

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slammed >> married


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:07:10 PM

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married >> drastic
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:27:02 PM

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drastic >> morass


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:28:15 PM

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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:
drastic >> morass


"Morass" is only 6 letters, JJ.
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:35:17 PM

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I thought I had wider ass ;-)

drastic >> posting


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
nooblet
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:38:36 PM

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My mistake.

posting > spastic
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:41:03 PM

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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:
I thought I had wider ass ;-)


Applause That's the best laugh I've had all day!
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:43:08 PM

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spastic >> tapping
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:48:05 PM

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tapping >> penguin


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:53:15 PM

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penguin >> ignited
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:57:12 PM

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ignited >> gerunds



I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
oxymoron
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:59:32 PM

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ignited >> dignity

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti

grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:02:27 PM

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oxymoron wrote:
ignited >> dignity


Good word, oxymoron, but that's only a one letter change.
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:04:41 PM

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gerunds >> undrawn
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:09:19 PM

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undrawn >> wartime


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:18:30 PM

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wartime >> parting
Jyrkkä Jätkä
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:34:25 PM

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parting >> impure


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
grammargeek
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:22:03 PM

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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:
parting >> impure


"Impure" is only 6 letters, JJ. :(
kaleem
Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:27:14 PM
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parting >> Feeling
daidev
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:51:26 AM

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Feeling >> applies

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them" - Epictetus
kamalraj
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:05:38 AM

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applies >>acquire

வாழ்க தமிழ்! வளர்க எம் மக்கள்
Netts
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:38:07 AM

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acquire>>equines
Vanajakkshi
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:43:29 AM
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EQUINES >> EMPTIED
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