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let's break it down some, getting unwieldy

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U-->H

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+ D

Holstered

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L...> M

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...or not

delete the N

SHOTMETER

(That's the device Ansel Adams never used to determine the right exposure parameters, right?)

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one of the Ts ....> A

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You certainly had to do some research for that one.
Impressive. SHOTMETER
I won't tell you what I was tempted to do with the word
however.



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METAPHORS

T --> E

SEMAPHORE

(Actually I'd prefer to work the wordlength down a bit by dropping the final E,
but -phor has 1.7 gHits and -phore 8.6, so by popular demand SEMAPHORE it is...)

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It is getting unwieldy.

You lost me on the point value.



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may I do two steps, pretty please....

drop the D (back to Wofa's post...really I can't do anything better)

SEMAPHORE

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K...> T

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T...> P

MORPHEMES

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E -->O

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A --> O

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M > C


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C --> U

POORHOUSE

[I think we may be working ourselves into a dead end...unless we can drop a few letters here and there to get some breathing room]

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I worked 45 minutes on the last one: I agree.
Go to it, knock out a few letter, change some, whatever,
it is really not too much fun as it is.


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all I can do is

P>M

HOUSEROOM

shall we start new word then?

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Let's cheat a little bend the rules instead. Eliminate an O.

Now we can have a Wonderland tea party! I'll invite the

H-->D

DORMOUSE.

Alternative;
Click to reveal..
There - Isn't that an

D-->E

ENORMOUS improvement?

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-M

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to be faced without U

SOONER...

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S > B


BORNEO

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BORON


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B>M

Moron

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ROOD

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R=K
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