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anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

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Re: Metamorphosis

Have you checked juku with Collins? I cannot, because I haven't got Flash on my phone.

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Metamorphosis

I have juku listed in my scrabble dictionary.

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Metamorphosis

Great, then.

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Metamorphosis

I have to provide a new word.

seem -> like -> home

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Metamorphosis

Length["seems"]!=Length["like"]

True

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Metamorphosis

You mean

StringLength["seems"]!=StringLength["like"]

I changed it.

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phrontister

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From: The Land of Tomorrow

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Re: Metamorphosis

Can I see your solution?

AQUA
ATUA
ATMA
ALMA
ALME
ALAE
BLAE
BLUE
FLUE
FLUS
FEUS
FETS
FETE
JETE
JUTE
JUKE
JUKU
JUJU

I had a shorter answer that used "agua", which appears in the Merriam-Webster and Wordnet 3.0 (and some other online dictionaries that quote Wordnet 3.0 as their source), but it's not in the Oxford English Dictionary nor any Scrabble dictionaries, and so I didn't use it in my answer.

agua n largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests

This is my answer including AGUA:

AQUA
AGUA
AGUE
AGEE
ALEE
BLEE
BLUE
FLUE
FLUS
FEUS
FETS
FETE
JETE
JUTE
JUKE
JUKU
JUJU

Last edited by phrontister (2013-09-23 02:15:18)

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phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

SEEM
SEES
LEES
LEKS
LEKE
LIKE
HIKE
HOKE
HOME

KEEP -> YOUR -> COOL

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Metamorphosis

keep
deep
deer
doer
dour
your
four
foul
fool
cool

swim -> your -> pool

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phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

SWIM
SWUM
SOUM
SOUR
YOUR
POUR
POOR
POOL

ZACK -> FIVE -> CENT

Down here, 'zack' is another word for 'sixpence', a pre-decimal currency coin replaced by the five cent piece.

Last edited by phrontister (2013-06-10 01:52:29)

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Metamorphosis

zack
lack
lace
face
fave
five
dive
dine
dint
dent
cent

sell -> high -> more

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phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

SELL
SILL
SILK
SINK
SINH
SIGH
HIGH
HOGH
HOGS
HORS
HORE
MORE

EDIT -> UNDO -> REDO

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Metamorphosis

edit
adit
alit
alif
alef
ales
alts
ants
anti
inti
into
unto
undo
unto
into
inti
anti
ants
aits
aids
rids
reds
redo

dog -> was -> fun

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

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Re: Metamorphosis

Hi bobbym

What does anti mean?

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phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

Hi stefy,

'Anti' is a valid word in Scrabble:
adj opposed (to);
n opponent of a party, policy or attitude

DOG
DAG
WAG
WAS
WAN
FAN
FUN

COOL -> JAZZ -> DUDE

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philandy

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Re: Metamorphosis

Hey all! On the 3 words can we use the same word in to go out?

PICK YOUR NOSE

bobbym

bumpkin

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Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

Hi anonimnystefy;

I use a list of scrabble words that I downloaded.

pick
pink
pint
pont
pout
pour
your
lour
lout
lost
lose
nose

keep -> cool ->heat

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

Hi philandy,

On the 3 words can we use the same word in to go out?

I guess you're referring to the immediate neighbours of the middle word, but we could also extend that thought to the use of duplicate words anywhere in the whole solution.

There's no rule governing either case, but it would certainly increase the difficulty level (for both the puzzle setter and the solver) if we brought in some sort of 'duplicate words' rule. That would make the game more interesting, I think.

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mathaholic

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Re: Metamorphosis

Hello phrontister, you did not say the next clue.

ONE - TWO - TEN

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phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

Hi julianthemath,

I was only responding to philandy's question from post #266. The current puzzle is bobbym's from post #267.

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mathaholic

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Re: Metamorphosis

Oh, yeah, okay.

keep cool heat

keep
keen
seen
seed
sead
bead
beal
bell
cell
coll
cool
hool
hoot
hoat
heat

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Metamorphosis

one
oye
tye
toe
too
two
tao
tan
ten

make  -> them  -> feel

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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phrontister

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Re: Metamorphosis

MAKE
TAKE
TYKE
TYEE
THEE
THEM
TEEM
TEEL
FEEL

BABE -> RUTH -> SWAT

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bobbym

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Re: Metamorphosis

babe
bate
bath
rath
ruth
ruts
rets
sets
seas
seat
swat

hate -> does -> pain

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

anonimnystefy

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Re: Metamorphosis

hate
hats
pats
pars
park
pork
dork
dorm
doom
door
doer
does
doer
door
poor
pool
tool
toil
tail
mail
main
pain

marx->gets->idea

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“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.