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LOCKAGE

A >R

GROCKLE

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GROCKLE

G --> C

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c >

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>s

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SCOOTER

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Drop one O

ESCORT

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+ S

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S to >K

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C ---> S

STROKES

(Well, it's different, anyway.)

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No change, just rearrange.

STOKERS


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K > N

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...you'll have to make a STRONGER case than that !

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...but that was very

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GENEROUS of you

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add S

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ROUGHNESS

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GINHOUSES R to > I

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...because in GINHOUSES the bread suffers from excessive

(add a D)

DOUGHINESS

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Stumped! I can only make a new word by making two changes - not the allowable one.

What now?

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Eleven letters is the danger zone. Tough word too. You missed your one year lasting Scrabble thread surprise party.

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(alternative title : "O, no!")

Sometimes a noun can be contrived made from an adjective.

Guns can be aimed through a gunsight, but not all guns have them. I have some of each kind. The ones without are not very useful. Please throw out all the UNSIGHTEDS.


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even though it's obvious - drop the S

UNSIGHTED

and let's proceed from here.

Challenge: find a next word that starts with an A. Nine letters, two syllables.

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UNSIGHTED

T to A ANGUISHED

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( You got it smile )

so let's find some new
HEADINGS and go off in a
different direction

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SHEDDING

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If I didn't know better I'd speculate this chain was

DESIGNED to be shedding letters back down to a

more manageable level.

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If it is so DEIGNED

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...couldn't be DENIED

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Still hasn't ENDED

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Not even DENTED

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INDEED

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Eh? There's a deep meaning HIDDEN here?

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Slightly anagram RIDDEN?

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That's nothing to DERIDE

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I'm heading for seasonal word, 8 letters. Can you help?

DERIDE

-D

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I > Y

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Oh no! I'm ruined! I need MORE letters, not fewer, and I needed all those I already had (and not a Y...). Can anyone help fix it?

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