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Originally Posted By: twosleepy
PINKERTON M for K:PROMINENT
For the brave! I really thought Pinkerton was a dead end street.
RIPOSTE to POINTER S to N

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
POINTER


E --> G

PORTING

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PORTING

change T to U

IN-GROUP

(15 onelook.com dictionaries include the hyphen; ten omit it)

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I ---> U

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Uh? Back to U for I POURING

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Nuts. Takes two steps to get to PEIGNOIR...

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OK. if evolution ( feathers and furs and glossy scales and what did we get?) God/Creation, whatever your beliefs, had provided us with a nice cover of permanent fur, I would not have made this stupid remark. But as it is, are you sure it takes only two steps? How do you undo a U and add an E and an extra I in two steps only?

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OK, then

POURING

change I to W

GROWNUP
(it's the opposite of "litle kid")

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(I agree that Pinkerton should have been allowed, since the precedent for proper nouns was clearly set earlier. It's not Scrabble we're playing!)

I believe the only possible word is the most obvious one, namely adding S to form the plural. You can't make any others by adding, changing or deleting any letters I think?

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