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R ---> D

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REDACTS


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S ---> K

TRACKED


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RACKETED


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A ---> O

ROCKETED


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R > P

POCKETED


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POCKETED

C-->A

DEPAKOTE

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K > R


OPERATED


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OPERATED (good; I was afraid we were going to have to go to TOPEKA )

D-->S

PROTEASE (pronounced PRO-tee-ace)

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PROTEASE

P --- > V

OVERATES


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OVERHEATS


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OVERHEATS

O-->R

HARVESTER

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TRAVERSE


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VERTEBRAS


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VERTEBRAS

A --> U

SUBVERTER cool

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V > L


BLUSTERER


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U-->I

If you can have the Goods, and the Bads, can you have the TERRIBLES?

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BLUSTERIER


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...trying very hard to bring us back to navigable waters. "U" isn't helping, it's trying to run us aground !

BLUSTERIER

- U (Sorry, but unless you have another way, it's gotta be done)

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OK, OK, OK
if you say so.....you're the boss, you "U" thief, you.


B > A


RETAILERS

just please don't sell the "U".


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"...(which tickled the sailers) by treating
RETAILERS
as though they were all vegetables"

add O

ARTERIOLES

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Too many vowels, maybe?

Try I-->B

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too many vowels? he asked, as he added another:

R > A


ELABORATES


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ELABORATES

drop E

ASTROLABE

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PORTABLES


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drop the R

POTABLES

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TABLETOPS


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T-->I

'OSPITABLE

(That means "Come in and make yerself at 'ome!" in London.)

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'OSPITABLE

add a proper H

HOSPITABLE

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{and this doesn't help any)

HOSPITABLE

O-->T

BATTLESHIP

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I'm going to play fast and loose with the roolz, and change

B --> L I

and make BATTLESHIP into

PHILATELIST.

Maybe we should throw in all the tiles and draw seven new ones?

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On the other hand, if we permit Greek letters...

If we make φ --> E we have

PHILATELIST

PHI --> E

SATELLITE

and I think we can go on from there without having to dump the entire rack of letters.

Can't we?

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I > L

TELLTALES

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TELLTALES

drop one L

STELLATE

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PLATELET


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PLATELET

drop one L

PALETTE

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PLEATED


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PLEATED

add I

DEPILATE

(or, if you want a feather in your cap, PILEATED)

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D > N


TAPELINE


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TAPELINE

E-->A

PALATINE

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