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Drop the S pilgrim. SHOOTOUT at the OK Coral
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SOURTOOTHS would be a nice word if it were a word, but I don't think it is, so... anyone think of a real one?
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Uh, CoffeeBean, my dictionary only gives tousle with one s. ( to treat roughly) Is there another toussle and what does it mean?
Sorry folks! Guess I should have checked my spelling! The SHOOTOUT was painful because I was OUTSHOT .
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That's an easy one (though I was never much good at it)...SHOTPUT
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Well, then did you ever OUTPUSH someone?
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May I've been pushed out, but never outpushed. Things are certainly getting outsourced.
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UNSHOUT the noise that banish'd Martius...
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Change the U to another O, rearrange, and you're in HOUSTON
[ "hew-stun" in Texas, "how-stin" in NYC, take your pick ]
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While I'm in Houston, I'll have some HOGNUTS with my cuppa Joe!
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While I'm in Houston, I'll have some HOGNUTS with my cuppa Joe! TOUGHS
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HOUR (how low can we go?)
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HOUR (how low can we go?) Depends on OUR aptitude. This could be one of the all time longest threads.
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My grandmother used the term sourtooth, so it may be a word. Sort of like "down in the mouth". How long is the longest running thread???
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This crazy, but am enjoying it.
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Thath funny, lath out loud.  OATH
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Not listening [reading]! One may add, delete, or replace a letter. Multi-step definitions of 'replace' do not alter the option list.
TOTALS
Last edited by Aramis; 12/12/2008 7:27 PM. Reason: Might as well add one.
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TOTALS
Change O to E, rearrange and get LATEST, which is the word that should be modified.
Now if we can only work tht into "satellite"...
(Stoa is wild oats, did you realize?)
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My grandmother used the term sourtooth, so it may be a word. Sort of like "down in the mouth". How long is the longest running thread??? Now you tell me! It's less dubious than some of the other contenders here! 
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STALEST
ARTLESS
STARTLES
TREATLESS
THREATLESS
There you go, back to 10...
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Sheesh! Give someone else a chance! And did all that mess get us to SATELLITE or not? Is it all a waste??? ;0)
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STALEST
ARTLESS
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TREATLESS
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There you go, back to 10... HEARTLESS. (I don't think we are quite at SATELLITE yet.)
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Yes that was heartless to take us back to 9 again!  firefighting would be a good one to aim for too... but not with the present bunch of letters...
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TEARLESS, (reculer pour mieux sauter)
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Actually having _too_ many letters makes the choices a lot more limited. Six to eight letters or so would be a comfortable range, I should think, for optimum word selection and audience participation.
We're at TEARLESS, but I did figure out a three-step uses-a-proper-noun solution from LATEST to SATELLITE, which unfortunately this margin is too small to contain.
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LATEST + E = SEATTLE
SEATTLE + L = STELLATE
STELLATE + I = SATELLITE
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So hold your tears and lets get on with this never ending pretty and useless game. still intrigued about your steps to satellite
i also changed the E to T Olly, and came to startles, but i like
STARLETS better. My computer is still off for reinstallation. This, my son´s one has a malfunctioning keyboard. It´s getting me from the drizzle into the rain.hope you keep it going.
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Hope I'm not repeating: TARTLETS, a seasonal treat... :0)
Oh, and is there an injunction against proper names?
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Frankly my dear.......Well, it is a form of scrabble.
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