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Apr-12-2010 05:12

All you've got to do is form a word from a word posted by someone earlier, and post a word yourself for the next person to form a word from that, who will post a word themselves, and so on. You can write phrases too, if you like.

Ready? Let's begin!
1) Pigwidgeon

Apr-21-2010 05:25

front, fount, fort, fate, fore, tore, tart, tuna, fear, tear, fare, font, earn, fern, tarn, tern, fatter, rune, tuner, tenor, feat, fart, raft, rant, four, tour, noun, fortune, otter, rate, toner, tuft, ante, aunt, taunt, runt, turn, torn, treat, tufa, tanner, tofu, trout, outer, unto

A challenge: make at least 12 words of three letters or more from 'donkey'

Apr-21-2010 10:02

Are there really 12 3-letter words in the word donkey? All I can find (3 letter words) are don, one, Noe, nod, key, doe, end, den, Yoe (place in New York), oye (hear in Spanish) Ken and Ned.
I'd like to know what the words are... these are just the ones I can think of. :D

Mysterious

Apr-21-2010 16:57

ours, us, or, is, mist, you, your, set, met, sit, use, toy, some, rise, stir, tire, sour, rum, tumor, outer, sir, toes, muse, most, must, rot, rut, sort, oust, mouser, mousy, yes, soot, site, miss, yore, sore, toss, more, smore, REM, yet, rest, moss, tis, muss, tome, Rome, Sumer, tour, route, rite, riot, surmise, Mars, rye, me, so, it

palpable

Apr-22-2010 08:50

pal, lap, all, able, lab, ale, pea, Pell, pale, be, ball, ape, peal, leap

Adventure!

Apr-22-2010 23:39

Louise, I did say 'three letters *or more*'! Though you seemed to manage anyway :) You left out 'yen' and 'yon' - can't think of any more 3s off the top of my head.

Back to 'adventure' - vent, rave, nave, tread, vane, dean, read, aver, tuner, retuned, reave, runt, neat, turned, raven, rude, true, rant, ante, dare, eaten, advent, endure, dart, trade, advert, vend, trend, enter, endure

Magazine

Apr-23-2010 08:33

Age, in, mine, nag, am, gain, gin, man, men, an, name, mane, game, mega, Meg, gem.

Moonstone!

Apr-26-2010 03:05

moon(s), stone, ton(s), on, son, tone(s), not, snot, moot(s), soot, mo(s), to, toe(s), so, eon(s), moo, too, toon(s) tonne(s), soon, snoot

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Apr-27-2010 10:19

Wow, you thought of that!
Pneumonia, moan, name, mane, mope, pans, nap, map, Pam, aim, man, Poe, no, on, an, in, volcano, can, loan, van, mania, local, scope, soap, pose, nose, mono, tone, note, pot, top, sis, lost, loose, cove, tram, mat, tame, viper, con, soot, is, imp,mule, pin, nip, sole, soul, not, toe, rot, microscope, microscopic, micro, tome, moat, pronto, portion, potion, snoot, pills, so, lips, am, ram, Marvolo, pole, loop, pool, till, lit, Tim, mite, time, me, tie, lie, I, *vous, *tu (* = French words), pop, slits, miss, ten, tea, roam, neat, clean, lean, lain, nails, slain, lane, toss, sort, canoe, tons, mole, sons, rats, moo, moon, to, tunip, liar, tunnel, plume, too, pine, ripe, rip, snipe, Snape (read Harry Potter!), Ron, prone, Pope, elm, mess, same, tame, mate, Cleo, Cleopatra, Coulter, Leo, tear, roll, role, lone, alone, camera, Vera, sane, insane, mourn, torn, locust, epics, tar, part, isle, pile, velcro, course, source, at, altar, alter, trap, nor, Monroe, prat, crap, pat, snap, more, roam, Rome, tall, poll, live, mute, tune, net, acre, race, pace, mace, love, trace, lace, case, ace, soar, sore, real...

Whew!!!
*thinks about how many more words could be there*

Spyglass!

Apr-27-2010 10:20

Oh yeah, forgot to add 'crime' to the list!

Apr-27-2010 23:57

glass, spy, lass, sly, slag, gas, pass, pay, pays, ply, sass, sag, sags, ass, yap, yaps, pal, play, plays,

hepatologist