Metamorphosis

ZHero · 2010-05-20 21:13:52

PLAY ⇒ GAME ⇒ OVER

phrontister · 2010-05-20 22:05:20

Hi Bobby,

secs to me a little shaky.

secs is valid, according to the few sources I tried.

It's quite common here in Aus: eg, "Just wait a couple of secs".

I use this SOWPODS link for 4-letter words:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rjackman/4fours.html

And this one to check for Scrabble words:
http://www.collinslanguage.com/extras/scrabble.aspx

Btw, can we allow ZHero's puzzle before he's solved one first???!!!!!

Last edited by phrontister (2010-05-20 22:07:30)

bobbym · 2010-05-20 22:07:27

Ok thanks phronti;

Do you leave something to work on, I'm going crazy here.

ZHero · 2010-05-20 22:42:22

phrontister wrote:

can we allow ZHero's puzzle before he's solved one first???!!!!!

I didn't know this rule... I'll do one for you

LIFE ⇒ FIND ⇒ LOVE

LIFE
LINE
FINE
FIND
FINE
FIVE
LIVE
LOVE

phrontister · 2010-05-21 06:16:49

bobbym wrote:

Do you leave something to work on, I'm going crazy here.

Now that ZHero has posted a solution to a puzzle - his own(!), thereby breaking convention (and he gave himself an easy one at that(!!) - we can probably try solving the puzzle he gave in post #126.

It might go against the grain somewhat for you to do that, Bobby, given that you're such a stickler for sticking strictly to the rules, but I hope you'll take up my suggestion because I wouldn't want to have you going crazy over there!

bobbym · 2010-05-21 09:20:25

It might go against the grain somewhat for you to do that, Bobby, given that you're such a stickler for sticking strictly to the rules,

How'd you get that! I didn't see that up there. How come you didn't do it if it was so easy? You did post right after it. Could it be it is not so easy? Could it be, it is a PT?

phrontister · 2010-05-21 13:51:33

Hi Bobby,

How come you didn't do it if it was so easy?....Could it be, it is a PT?

I was faaaar too busy thinking of something silly to write to you than to be bothered with solving a puzzle that's only a PT - Piffling Trifle - but I'll have a go at doing it this evening after work.

Havta go now.

bobbym · 2010-05-21 13:57:25

Nope, PT stands for phrontister trap. You know, say it's easy and then get ole bobbym to blow his remaining neurons on it?

bobbym · 2010-05-21 22:02:25

phronti wrote:

he gave himself an easy one at that(!!)

You are in rare form tonight! This one was hard!

play plat peat pelt gelt galt gale game gams gaes waes wyes oyes oyer over

I need a new list , those aren't words. Scrabble players speak another language.

moon -> mars -> ship

phrontister · 2010-05-21 23:49:20

bobbym wrote:

This one was hard!

Sure was! I retract my premature "piffling trifle" assessment. >feeling humble<

those aren't words.

One day we'll have a solution made up entirely of such seemingly non-words!

MOON
MORN
MORS
MARS
CARS
CARN
CAIN
CHIN
CHIP
SHIP

REAL -> BLUE -> ROSE

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bobbym · 2010-05-22 00:25:35

What ones didn't you like. I will delete them from the list.

real ream beam blam blue blae blue glue glut gout rout roue rose

fame -> food -> fear

phrontister · 2010-05-22 03:13:11

bobbym wrote:

What ones didn't you like.

They're all good, Bobby. I was just running with what you said:

those aren't words.

Sometimes the solutions comprise several words I've never seen before, and I was just surmising that maybe one day most of the words in a solution might all be strange ones. Btw, I added "seemingly" to that post.

Scrabble players speak another language

They certainly do! And top Scrabble experts generally know most, if not all words up to four letters long!!

FAME
FANE
FONE
FOND
HOND
HEND
HEAD
HEAR
FEAR

BOBS -> TIGE -> TULP

ZHero · 2010-05-22 04:01:34

BOBS
BIBS
BIGS
TIGS
TIGE →
TILE
TILP →
TULP

FOUR ⇒ ZERO ⇒ FIVE

Last edited by ZHero (2010-05-22 04:05:12)

phrontister · 2010-05-22 04:11:05

ZHero wrote:

TIGE →

Tige.‥a stem or stalk. A pin at the base of the breech in the Thouvenin system of fire-arms, for expanding the base of the ball; an anvil or support for the cap or primer in a central-fire cartridge. (Oxford English Dictionary)

TILP →

Is that a real word? I can't find it anywhere.

Bedzzzz!!

ZHero · 2010-05-22 04:35:22

phrontister wrote:

TILP →
Is that a real word? I can't find it anywhere.

I dont really think so but it can be a surname is all that I could find googling. I thought TIGE was also a name coz searching for its definition doesn't return anything?!

TILE
TILL
TULL
GULL
GULF
GULP
TULP

phrontister wrote:

Bedzzzz!!

phrontister · 2010-05-22 14:23:39

Hi ZHero,

I dont really think so but it can be a surname is all that I could find googling.

If surnames were allowed all words we dreamt up would be valid, as somebody in this big wide world would be sure to have that name!

I thought TIGE was also a name coz searching for its definition doesn't return anything?!

As well as being in the O.E.D., tige is in SOWPODS, which is a rearranged acronym for the combined Official Scrabble Words (British English) and Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (American English). I gave a link to SOWPODS 4-letter words in post #127.

In that post I also gave a link to the Scrabble word checker by Collins, whose dictionary is the current argument settler for that game. The Collins definition for tige is n trunk of an architectural column.

I also find this link handy (including its reverse dictionary feature!):
http://www.onelook.com/

There are many other sources too, of course, but these are my favourites so far.

bobbym · 2010-05-22 14:43:17

Here is one.

sack -> your -> city

ZHero · 2010-05-22 20:12:55

bobbym wrote:

Here is one.
sack -> your -> city

SACK
SOCK
SOUK
SOUR
YOUR
TOUR
TORR
TORE
CORE
CIRE ← (French Origin)
CITE
CITY

Next WAS FOUR ⇒ ZERO ⇒ FIVE #138

NOTE: Plz don't post new words in future until the previous ones have been done or at least reckoned impossible...

phrontister · 2010-05-22 21:26:49

FOUR
DOUR
DORR
DORE
DERE
DERO
ZERO
CERO
CERE
CIRE
FIRE
FIVE

GOOD -> NEWS -> WEEK

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bobbym · 2010-05-22 21:49:21

good goos boos bows nows news dews dees wees week

long -> days -> work

phrontister · 2010-05-22 23:05:31

Hi Bobby,

Is "nees" in your last answer a word? I can't find it anywhere except as a proper noun (a person's name).

The O.E.D. says nees is an obsolete form of nese (nose) and niece.

LONG
LANG
DANG
DANS
DAYS
WAYS
WARS
WARK
WORK

HARD -> DAYS -> NITE

Last edited by phrontister (2010-05-22 23:08:03)

bobbym · 2010-05-22 23:07:10

Yes, I have been waiting for you to check. I cannot verify that either. I will remove it from my word list and redo the solution, thanks.

Nees removed from above solution, made the answer shorter.

ZHero · 2010-05-23 02:20:23

HARD
LARD
LARS → !?
LAYS
DAYS
LAYS
LANS
LANE
LINE
LITE
NITE

YOUR⇒MATH⇒DRAG

phrontister · 2010-05-23 22:27:25

Hi ZHero,

LARS is ok...it's in SOWPODS and the Collins Official Scrabble Dictionary.

I can't find LANS anywhere, other than as the plural of the acronym for Local Area Network.

YOUR
YOUS
MOUS
MOTS
MATS
MATH
BATH
BATS
BAAS
BRAS
BRAG
DRAG

BRRR -> VERY -> COLD

bobbym · 2010-05-23 22:37:15

brrr barr bars vars vary very eery eely eels cels cols cold

moss grow here

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