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The puzzle where you can use all the given letters as many times as you like is called a "letter bank."
Example: LENS --> SENSELESSNESS.
But that's a different game.
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If there's a "miniskirt," can you have a MINICOAT ?
No, wait: AMNIOTIC ! A riddle I remember from the '70s: What do you use to put out the fire of Hot Pants? Answer: a Panty Hose !!
"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc The puzzle where you can use all the given letters as many times as you like is called a "letter bank." Don't like the word "bank".  ANTICLIMACTIC, twosleepy, you are reckless, ( reminds me of someone) How will you restore this mess? MINIMALTACTIC ?
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I think the game needs to continue here with AMNIOTIC.
If folks want to start a new thread for the other word, that would be great.
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Enough of your INACTION , let's keep it going!
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...sneaking back in....shhhhhh....brainfart all gone.....
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COMITIA is the best I can do....
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Hang on, let's get the roolz again please?
Is it scramble and add OR delete (one only)?
Or can you scramble and add AND delete, or in other words substitute (which is what we've done several times)?
If it's only the former then we're stumped with COMPACT
But since we used the latter to get from APOMICT (COMPAIT, COMPAT, COMPACT) presumably we can use the latter?
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DUNNO. I've taken it to be scramble and add or delete only one. So you don't bring in or delete two letters in one change. but.......other idea's? As far as I can see wofahu has changed an I for a C and scrambled.Looks alright to me.
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This was the original proposal as set forth by coffeebean:
You may add or delete only one letter, and you may scramble the letters to form a new word.
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Ha, ! here is where it gets complicated for me. When you have changed an I for a C , have you then deleted and added one and scrambled or.....? Or have you just changed one and scrambled?
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you may change a letter. you may also delete or add a letter. you may also change the order of the letters.
all of those things can happen in one round.
least that's how I read the roolz.
but you know me and roolz. read my double dactyls if you don't/
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a change == an add + a delete
so the roolz allow two adds + a delete, or two deletes + an add
I'm sure I've seen two changes (two adds + two deletes); but who can keep track?!
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a change == an add + a delete
so the roolz allow two adds + a delete, or two deletes + an add
I'm sure I've seen two changes (two adds + two deletes); but who can keep track?! I think I disagree. you can add a letter. you can delete a letter. you can change a letter, but I don't think you can add two letters, nor delete two. nor change more than one. eh?
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a change == an add + a delete
so the roolz allow two adds + a delete, or two deletes + an add
I'm sure I've seen two changes (two adds + two deletes); but who can keep track?! I think I disagree. you can add a letter. you can delete a letter. you can change a letter, but I don't think you can add two letters, nor delete two. nor change more than one. eh? eta earlier> "you may change a letter. you may also delete or add a letter." I say again, a change is equivalent to a delete + an add.. so if you "also delete or add a letter" that's equivalent to yada yada yada.
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Is that a word? It's not in my Concise Oxford.
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Here's one: compart In Spanish, compartir means "to share". :0)
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hmm... I suppose it's more economical than 'compartmentalize' but I think that's the real life version of the word. Or maybe 'petition' or 'divide.' But is it in the Scrabble Dictionary? 
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COMPARE
(that oughta loosen things up a bit)
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CRAMPON ...take a hike... ;0)
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a change == an add + a delete
so the roolz allow two adds + a delete, or two deletes + an add
I'm sure I've seen two changes (two adds + two deletes); but who can keep track?! I think I disagree. you can add a letter. you can delete a letter. you can change a letter, but I don't think you can add two letters, nor delete two. nor change more than one. eh? eta earlier> "you may change a letter. you may also delete or add a letter." I say again, a change is equivalent to a delete + an add.. so if you "also delete or add a letter" that's equivalent to yada yada yada. I think I'm probably agreeing with you now. a six letter word could have a letter changed, but if changed, it could not also have a letter added to become a seven-letter word? is that what we're saying?
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"I think I'm probably agreeing with you now."  I'm glad I'm not the only one with roolz problems. I'll be back in a few days to see if someone can put this real clear. Say, clear enough for a six year old person.
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This was my intention:
You may make one change, and/or scramble the letters.
A change would be to delete a letter from the existing ones, to add a letter to the existing ones, or to swap one for another.
Examples:
PARTY can become PART. We deleted a letter.
PARTY can become TRAPS. We swapped a Y for an S.
PARTY can become PARITY. We added a letter.
PARTY cannot become TRAMPS because that is making two changes - deleting the Y and adding the M.
Just focus on making one change, and the scrambling (reordering) of the letters does not count as the change, only the addition or deletion or swap does.
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Yeah, there were a few times the "one change only" rule was overlooked or forgotten. In the interest of keeping the game fun, we kept going. We've done pretty well -- only hit a sandbar twice, I think.
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>PARTY cannot become TRAMPS because that is making two changes - deleting the Y and adding the M.
you were doing fine with your examples until here..
PARTY can become TRAMP, changing the Y to M swapping the M for Y (also known as deleting the Y and adding the M). :-P
PARTY cannot become TRAMPS because that is making two changes - changing Y to M swapping M for Y and adding S!
(this is why I stressed that changing makes for an ambiguous count - I should try to be more ron and less ambiguous!)
-joe (not so obvious) friday
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CRAMPON ...take a hike... ;0) You've got COMPANY! COPEMAN
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Change the P of COPEMAN to an R and enjoy a
ROMANCE
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Yeah, there were a few times the "one change only" rule was overlooked or forgotten. In the interest of keeping the game fun, we kept going. We've done pretty well -- only hit a sandbar twice, I think. Anarchy is not fun. 
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It can be if you're the anarchist...
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