Add an R to evolution...drum roll please...
REvolution
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Add one letter to a word many times
Fri, May 2, 2008 - 5:22 AMa, at, cat, cast, caste, castle, castled
Can you find a similar examples with at least six words ?
The shortest word can have several letters.
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Fri, May 2, 2008 - 7:39 AMa, an, ban, band, brand, brandy
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Sat, May 3, 2008 - 8:57 AMI, in, tin, tine, tined, tinned -
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 12:41 AMI, it, pit, spit, spite, sprite, sprited*, spirited.
* that's a bit of a cheat, although with impeccable credentials:
langs.eserver.org/shakespea...ossary.txt -
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 9:20 AMa, an, can, cane, caned, canned
(thanks to Word Mojo Gold word game, where you have to figure out words to build on...and since I have been playing this for over a year and still have problems getting a series of these, just shows you how feeble me brain parts am) -
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 10:07 AM(o), go, got, goat, groat, groats.
(o) being something of a fragment of a word, as in o-ring, jack o'lantern, ... -
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Groats, grants and strain Re: Add a letter to a word
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 5:34 AM"(o), go, got, goat, groat, groats. "
a, an, ant, rant, grant, grants
a, an, ran, rain, train, strain
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Tue, May 6, 2008 - 5:08 AM"a, an, can, cane, caned, canned "
a, an, can, cane, caned canned, scanned
Karl
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Spirited, sprint and spline Re: Add a letter to a word
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 5:38 AM"I, it, pit, spit, spite, sprite, sprited*, spirited. "
I, in, pin, pint, print, sprint
I, in, pin, spin, spine, spline (or spines)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spli...ematics%29
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Tinned and pinned Re: Add a letter to a word
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 5:41 AM"I, in, tin, tine, tined, tinned "
I, in, pin, pine, pined, pinned -
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Re: Tinned and pinned Re: Add a letter to a word
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 7:54 AMwell, if "o" is fair game, that should produce some stuff.
o, on, con, cone, coned, conned
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Re: Tinned and pinned Re: Add a letter to a word
Wed, May 7, 2008 - 10:22 AMa, at, ate, gate, grate, gyrate
a, an, tan, tain, stain, statin, station
a at hat hate haste chaste chasten
maximal maxima maxim maim aim am a
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 5:05 AM"a, an, tan, tain, stain, statin, station"
I, in, tin, tain, stain, statin, station. -
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Re: Tinned and pinned Re: Add a letter to a word
Fri, May 9, 2008 - 5:06 AMa, at, bat, bate, bated, batted -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 5:11 AM"a, at, bat, bate, bated, batted " blatted.
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Re: Tinned and pinned Re: Add a letter to a word
Sun, May 11, 2008 - 8:41 PMI, in, ink, rink, drink, drinks
a, am, ram, ream, dream, dreams
a, am, ram, cram, cream, scream, screams
a, at, rat, rate, grate, grated
a, at, cat, cats, carts, carats
a, an, tan, than, thank, thanks
a, an, pan, pain, paint, paints
ad, aid, aide, aided, raided, braided
I, id, aid, aide, aided, raided, braided
I, in, bin, bind, blind, blinds
a, an, and, band, brand, brandy
a, an, ran, rant, grant, grants
a, at, eat, beat, beast, beasts, breasts
got a few "7's" in there, but still looking for a run of 8 or more....got to be some, right?
I bet those top Scrabble players could do runs of 12 or more...those guys/gals are amazing.
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