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from TAURUS

anagrams VI link

+ L

SUTURAL

PS....dont forget to add new thread to your 'watched topics'

S > B

TUBULAR

- YOU

BRUTAL

- B

ULTRA

ULTRA

T --> A

AURAL

AURAL

U-->V

LARVA

LARVA

A --> I

VIRAL

V > C

LAIRD

LAIRD

add B

BRIDAL

L > S

BRAIDS

BRAIDS

- S

RABID

D > B

RABBI

+ T

RABBIT

Easter Bunny

B > L

TRIBAL

cute comic

TRIBAL

R --> C
BALTIC

B > L

LACTIC

LACTIC

+ E

CALCITE

CALCITE

C-->R

RECITAL

nice ARTICLE Wofa.....I picked you out (twice) in the white shirt

singing, not playing the

+ N

CLARINET

T > E

RELIANCE

RELIANCE

I --> U

CERULEAN

oh so blue. Seems we had that word not too long ago, but so many
words pass by I may just be up in the blue sky.

N > T

ULCERATE

ULCERATE

U --> A

LACERATE

-A

TREACLE

some sort of pudding? I hear it's good

TREACLE D -> L CREATED from sugar

In a hurry, sorry: rearrange:

REACTED

D >>> H

TEACHER

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

-A

TREACLE

some sort of pudding? I hear it's good

It's like molasses, only a bit more runny. You can make puds out of it, or pour it on puddings. It transforms Rice Pudding into something angelic!

TEACHER

T --> D

REACHED

It's like molasses, only a bit more runny. You can make puds out of it, or pour it on puddings. It transforms Rice Pudding into something angelic!

THANKS

+ p

PREACHED

there is a message there somewhere.....

A---> I

CIPHERED

CIPHERED

DECIPHER

D > A

PEACHIER

PEACHIER

I ---> D

PREACHED

Used PREACHED five posts up.

wHOOPS! So you did, Luke. Ah, welladay! Senility is rapidly settingn in.

Back to the previous square

PEACHIER

E ---> T

PATCHIER

PATCHIER

T-->S

SERAPHIC

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

wHOOPS! So you did, Luke. Ah, welladay! Senility is rapidly settingn in.

Back to the previous square

Puleez, never senility.
Half-timers, part-timers, sometimers, but never senility.

-P

CASHIER

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

wHOOPS! So you did, Luke. Ah, welladay! Senility is rapidly settingn in.
Back to the previous square

Puleez, never senility.
Half-timers, part-timers, sometimers, but never senility.

Many thanks to you, Luke.
(How about "once-upon-a-timers?)

CASHIER

C --> K

SHAKIER

SHAKIER

I-->N

HARKENS

+ E

HEARKENS

HEARKENS

- H

SNEAKER

+ I

SNEAKIER

-E

SNAKIER

SNAKIER

I --> C

CANKERS

CANKERS

K-->T

TRANCES

+ U

CENTAURS

-C

NATURES

NATURES

- T

SATURN

- R

AUNTS

AUNTS

A --> R

TURNS

U > A

TARNS

Isn't it about time for "High Tea" or whatever it is called?
Dinner here. (That is if you are of a farming community.
Otherwise 'dinner' comes at around 6 pm. So now it is close
to Lunch time for us non-agricultural types.)

No - I'm an urban-dweller of middle-class pretentions, so I have "dinner" at between six and seven pm.

TARNS

+I

TRAINS

TRAINS

I-->D

STRAND

+ U

TUNDRAS

TUNDRAS

D --> E

SAUNTER

S--->J (now J doesn't jump up often)

JAUNTER

JAUNTER

J ---> I

URINATE

-U

RETINA

RETINA

+S

RETSINA

RETSINA

S-->C

CERTAIN

+ G

CATERING

CATERING

E --> K

TRACKING

T > E

CREAKING

CREAKING

E ---> C

CRACKING

-C

RACKING

RACKING = CARKING (cark it is Ozzy talk for.. to Die!)

-C

BARKING

BARKING

R ---> N

BANKING

K--->N

BANDING

BANDING

+ R

BRANDING

N--->O
BOARDING

BOARDING

O ---> I

BRAIDING

-R

ABIDING

ABIDING

A ---> N

BINDING

B > W

WINDING

WINDING

I --> O

DOWNING

(actually I'm just trying to get to CONDIGN)

+ E

ENDOWING

ENDOWING

E ---> R

DROWNING

DROWNING

Drop the D

INGROWN

W > C

CORNING

not the tableware
Being this is the Cornhusker state, it is heard periodically.

(Thanks, Luke!)

CORNING

R-->D

CONDIGN

(Have you ever seen that used other than "with grief condign" ?) [scroll down to p. 16, four lines from bottom, middle column]

CONDIGN
(only ever seen it used in the context of "condign punishment" or "penalty" - and that, not often.)

D ---> S

CONSIGN

CONSIGN

N-->T

GNOSTIC

-G

TOCSIN

TOCSIN

rearranged

NOCTIS

RE CONDIGN...a word I didnt know but have since looked up. (glad you got to post it Wofa). I also enjoyed reading the Prompt Book for the Mikado and the side notes and stage drawing...what a great thing to find.....but then, I guess you know the word by heart!

NOCTIS

S-->A

ACTION !

"And so
Although
I wish to go
And greatly pine
Tp brghty shine
And take the line
Of a hero fine
With grief condign
I must decline!"

Having been in a couple of Mikado productions, and experienced first-hand the complexities of staging, this was eye-opening.

ACTION

+ U

CAUTION

(Luke, I think you'll find that a TOCSIN isn't a 'deadly vial!' - surely this rings a bell, somewhere?

)

CAUTION

A-->U

UNCTION

(Caution: If this goes to JUNCTION we may be at a dead end already)

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

ACTION

+ U

CAUTION

(Luke, I think you'll find that a TOCSIN isn't a 'deadly vial!' - surely this rings a bell, somewhere?

)

For darn sure: my mind has not been on the thread this week.
Sorry. I was thinking Toxin.

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

CAUTION

A-->U

UNCTION

(Caution: If this goes to JUNCTION we may be at a dead end already)

Then let us go another route. Who needs a "J". We've gone
that route before.

+A

CONTINUA

(I was going to go with a F to make "FUNCTION" so I'll use it, anyway!)

CONTINUA

C ---> F

FOUNTAIN

I could go with "function" too, and I don't want to go with
"mountain", so I'll

+S

FOUNTAINS

more interesting with another letter, perhaps.

FOUNTAINS

T --> H

UNFASHION

I'm stumped

UNFASHION

S-->L

HALF-UNION

Not to mention the gold coin first minted in 1877, about 2.8 ounces of gold and worth about $50 at the time.

(I'm not sure this helps us out of the alley we're currently stumbling around in blindly. I thought for a moment I'd found something with "FOUNTAINS," only to discover with chagrin that that's where we came from in the first place...)

Appreciate your efforts. And have been working on it for about
30 some minutes since you posted; and all I can come up with is

U > S

FINAL-NOSH

(Last Supper: Scripture)or (last meal before execution).
We are really in a rut. Good luck someone.

Some pictures require an external light source, but my camera is so basic it's

NON-FLASH

What a mess we are in: but confidence we will pull out of it.
I've had several hyphenated words that could make some sense, but
this seems the best to go forward with:(e.g. nuns halo)

N > T

HALF-TONS

the eagle nest in Decorah, Iowa, weighs 1000 lbs: half ton:
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Gotta be somebody out there worth noting named

HASELTON

and from there we should have clear sailing.

I remember a family with kids in a school where I taught, whose
last name was Hazelton. There is a publishing house with
books for addicts, named Hazelden. So it is good enough for me to get us back in the game.

Thanks wofa, lots of work went into this one

REARRANGE;

ETHANOLS

-N

LOATHES

LOATHES

O-->T

STEALTH

H-->E

SEATTLE

LATTES

S-->W

WATTLE

W > B,C

BATTLE,CATTLE

Something happened to my "Latte"???

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

Something happened to my "Latte"???

I drank it Luke...it was yummy

+ I

LATTICE

Maybe if we make enough noise it'll come back !!

LATTICE

I-->R

CLATTER

CLATTER

T ---> I

TREACLE

It was there between "stealth" and "wattles". Oh well.

-T

CEREAL

without the latte

CEREAL

L-->T

CREATE

-E

CATER

E----> O

ACTOR

ACTOR

CROAT

T > B

COBRA

COBRA

C ---> X

BORAX

BORAX

X--T

TABOR (Iolanthe, Act I)

TABOR

+ E

BOATER

B > A

AORTAE

AORTAE

A-->T

ROTATE

(except I'm having a deja vu feeling here...)

I had that feeling a couple pages back.

-T

ORATE or

R > N

NOTATE

whichever dispels your deja vu best.

ORATE or
NOTATE -- your choice...

either way you become

ORNATE

+B

BARONET

BARONET

drop O (wasn't Walt a basepall player?)

BANTER

B > C

NECTAR

Don't know much about baseball

TRANCE

add A

ENCARTA

A > E

REENACT

REENACT

R-->N

CANTEEN (avoiding ENTRANCE)

-C

NEATEN

NEATEN

A ---> L

LENTEN

E > I

LINNET

Many on my bird feeders today.

LINNET

L-->S

TENNIS, anyone?

TENNIS

I --> O

SONNET

SONNET

add I

INTONES

(Hey, that's the end of a double-dactyl:
"Waxing poetical
Reading aloud")

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

(Hey, that's the end of a double-dactyl:
"Waxing poetical
Reading aloud")

Oh no! Don't even think of it!!!

INTONES

O ---> E

INTENSE

E > T

INTENTS

INTENTS

I ---> A

TENANTS

N---->T

SEXTANT

SEXTANT

+ I

EXISTANT

X--> H

(I hate to see the X go)

HESITANT

HESITANT

T-->P

THESPIAN

THESPIAN

H ---> R

PANTRIES

PANTRIES

N-->S

PASTRIES

- R

PATSIES

PATSIES

"Don't say you're orphans, for we know that game!"

S-->R

PIRATES

-P

SATIRE

which colour do you prefer??

+ M

SMARTIE

SMARTIE

S ---> G

RAGTIME

R > B

MEGABIT

MEGABIT

drop E

GAMBIT

+ Y

BIGAMY

M > N

BAYING

BAYING

Y-->U

UBANGI

U > A

BAAING

BAAING

+ R

.. they are a ...

BARGAIN

you'll be needing a herding dog

A---> K

BARKING

K > E

BEARING

BEARING

G-->C

CARBINE

E > G

BRACING

BRACING

N --> E

RIBCAGE

+ D

BIRDCAGE

BIRDCAGE

- C

BRIGADE

A > S

BRIDGES

+ A

ABRIDGES

ABRIDGES

drop the G

SEABIRD

B > P

PRAISED

+ T

TRAIPSED

Can't let things languish like this - try something more

A-->I

SPIRITED

-S

RIPTIDE

RIPTIDE

add N

INTREPID

-I

PRINTED

Sort of slow here these days. Candy, however, is out of the
country visiting family in New Zealand.

R--->H

INDEPTH

- P

HINTED

HINTED

D-->C

ETHNIC

-C

THINE

THINE

into that good ... E-->H

NIGHT

+ K

the other kind

KNIGHT

K > A

HATING

+ S

The Battle of

HASTING

This date in history, I still remember from my school days!

HASTING

H ---> T

TASTING

Originally Posted By: Candy

+ S

The Battle of

HASTING

This date in history, I still remember from my school days!

Weird, me too: 1066, one I've never forgotten from back in the
day when schools had us memorize things like dates.

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

HASTING

H ---> T

TASTING

T > A

AGAINST

AGAINST (nice !)

A-->G

STAGING

-S

GATING

GATING

drop the G

GIANT

+ M

MATING

MATING

I-->E

MAGNET

M > S

AGENTS

AGENTS

S ---> N

(or maybe just a swarthy male!)

TANGENT

A>I

NETTING

NETTING

T-->A

GENTIAN (violet, that is)

N > L

GELATIN

+ R

TRIANGLE

-G

RELIANT

RELIANT

N ---> R

TRAILER

- T

LARDIER

LARDIER

A-->L

DRILLER

R > A

RALLIED

RALLIED

A-->B

ILL-BRED

ILL-BRED

B ---> G

GRILLED

D > R

DRILLER

There must be something more esoteric, but tonight
I cannot find it

DRILLER

R-->D

RIDDLER

(or was is a Superman arch-villain?)

R > B

BRIDLED

Batman: the villain left riddles for the Bats and Robin as
clues to what he was/is (he's still in the comics) doing.

BRIDLED

+ N

BRINDLED

D > S

BLINDERS

BLINDERS

B-->W

SWINDLER

(like this ! Play the two clips in order, just for fun.)

SWINDLER

R ---> S

WINDLESS

WINDLESS

If you are going slowly downhill, or if you simply enjoy ill health, you may have the Creeping DWINDLES.

Or if you encoiunter Harry Potter's famous Expelliarmus spell you may end up WANDLESS.

But I think I prefer sailing, sailng, over the bounding main, so I need a

WINDLASS

Where are you sailing?
Caribbean?

-W

ISLANDS

It is amazing how three of us on here in the same 20 minute
period can throw a monkey wrench into creations. I was still
working on Wrinkled for a post 4 up.

ISLANDS

D ---> G

Keeping the nautical theme, may you have many happy

SAILINGS

SAILINGS

I-->E (except before sea?)

GLASSINE

(so you can see out the pilot's cabin. Actually it could have been "ISINGLASS" but the E here gives more potential moving forward...)

-E

SIGNALS

SIGNALS

+ O

LASSOING

L > E

AGONISES

AGONISES

"Render unto Caesar..." to be sure, but even before that, give back that which was

ANTIGONE'S

(followed, after a pregnant pause, by N-->A GESTATION)

ANTIGONE'S

+ A

ANTAGONISE

E....> T

STAGNATION

STAGNATION ( = ANTAGONIST )

A-->N

STATIONING

(I'm not sure I like the way this is (or isn't) leading...)
(I don't see much after INSTIGATION)

G > A

SANITATION

T...>M

ANIMATIONS

ANIMATIONS

- O

MAINTAINS

Amazing how close that is to MARTINIs. And MANHATTANs, too.

All I am getting is deja vu.

A tin man is...

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

A tin man is...

and/or

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

MAINTAINS

-S

AMANITIN

I > R

TRAINMAN

drop one N

MARTIAN

(To follow MAINTAINS I had concocted A-->O NATIONISM. Yours is better.)

I see your Martini now, Wofa but will go different word

M---->Z

TZARINA

Z > D

RADIANT

RADIANT

D-->S

ARTISAN

A--->H

TARNISH

(I was tempted to make it TARZAN'S)

T > V

VARNISH

VARNISH

-R

VANISH

(lazy option! Could have been +e = ravenish, but that's a 'made up' word)
edit: or a - e = shriven!

No more lazy than

V > B

BANISH

BANISH

+ E

BANSHIE

(BTW, 'gulag' is a greatly misused word. It is a Russian acronym for "Government Department of Prisons")
[which, of course, doesn't invalidate your use of it, above!!]

What is BTW?

Me sainted grandmother spelled it this way:

I > E

BANSHEE

BANSHEE

E-->G

SHEBANG

+ D

GNASHED

GNASHED

S-->I

HEADING

- D

+ L or R

HEALING/HEARING

choice is yours

HEALING

A-->T

LIGHTEN

L > C

ETCHING

A +

TEACHING

H ---> N

ENACTING

Sweet Violets!
(Let it load, and take the time to watch the video. it's mostly audio, anyway.)

ENACTING

de-C

GENTIAN

You beat me to it: I was going to make it EXACTING, to really
make things difficult with an X.

GENTIAN

-I

TANGENT

TANGENT
(that's also GANNETT, who call themselves "a media and marketing solutions company")

A-->I

NETTING

+ L

NETTLING

This wasn't at all easy! Best I can do is:-

T ---> S

NESTLING

I know it was not easy....it's been three days since anyone
even put in a word.
And this is not going to help much, but we have to get
rid of a couple letters to move on:

-L

NESTING

thanks for the effort

T ---> E

ENGINES

ENGINES

drop E

ENSIGN

and for a stony continuation
N-->S
GNEISS

N > D

DESIGN

DESIGN

D --> S

GNEISS

G > A

ANISES

ANISES
(I'll resist temptation!!)

E ---> L

SNAILS

S > A

LANAIS

LANAIS

I ---> C

CANALS

CANALS

add D

SCANDAL

(Rhuby - that was a gneiss one, wasn't it?!)

SCANDAL

A ---> E

CANDLES

Hmm.

Starting from SCANDAL it's but a short step to

SLANDER

(just C->R from CANDLES)

rearrange:

LANDERS

As in Lunar...

Sorry, wrong season, but there it is.

LANDERS

D-->T

ANTLERS

-S

LEARNT

You mean, teach you all about

L--> U

NATURE ?

n > M

as I grow up: MATURE

MATURE

E-->A

TRAUMA

TRAUMA

- U

to keep Kernow (Cornwall) separate from England

TAMAR

I know Tamar in the Geneology of Christ, but
you've raised my pique with Cornwall, and England.
I should PM you about it. Charles is Duke, I know.
OK, I looked up Kernow, and see the Tamar River separates
Cornwall from Devon, and I read and learned some history.
Most interesting.

TAMAR

A > K = K-MART (if allowable)
or
A > S = SMART

anyone's choice.

The River Tamar forms the South-Eastern border of the County of Cornwall. The Cornish people claim that Cornwall is a separate, Celtic country (named "Kernow" - flag, Black with White Cross) and should have autonomous rule. There is a Cornish Language, v. similar to the language of Brittany, the last native speaker of which died about ninety years ago (? could be more) but there are some attempts to revive it.
English people hold that the Tamar prevents wholesale invasion of England by the Cornish!

SMART

TRAMS

So I learned from Wiki. Most interesting. I'd love to
visit Cornwall and the Scilly Isles. I've been to Devon
but that is as far as it goes.

Speaking of England:

T > P

PRAMS

PRAMS

A-->O

PROMS

S > O

PROMO

PROMO

P ---> E

ROMEO

getting down below 5 letters where it becomes less
than interesting, but I can't pass this up:

-M

OREO

do you twist them apart? Do you dip in milk?

OREO

+ D

RODEO

RODEO

add M

MOORED

(cross-threading to Sparteye's Game)

+B

BEDROOM

BEDROOM

BOREDOM

B > G

GROOMED

(G-->T)

and MOTORED on down the road

GROOMED

G ---> T

MOTORED

That's odd. You posted well before me, but when I posted, yours wasn't showing, wofa!

Well - great minds and all that!

All the time watching his:

+E

ODOMETER

ODOMETER

D ---> N

METRONOME

-E

MOTORMEN

(tearing my hair out trying to find where that extra M came from)

O-->T

TORMENT

TORMENT

- T

MENTOR

O > A

MARTEN

MARTEN

M ---> R

ERRANT

R > D

RANTED

RANTED

+ G

GRANTED

up and down; top and bottom, charm and...

GRANTED

D-->S

STRANGE

STRANGE

- S

ARGENT

N > T

TARGET

A>U

GUTTER

Hello, there, postrophe, welcome

G > P

PUTTER

PUTTER

P-->L

TURTLE

(but I'm having a very deja vu feeling about this...)

T > B

BUTLER

I think I've that deja vu thingie too.

add a d

BLURTED

T - B

BLURRED

-R

BURLED

B - C

CURLED

C > H

HURLED

HURLED

D-->T

LUTHER

recast -

HURTLE

I'll resist the shell critter

+S

HUSTLER

HUSTLER

U ---> O

THROSTLE

THROSTLE

L-->A

RHEOSTAT

(Where did that second T come from, anyway?)

RHEOSTAT

minus t

EARSHOT

Now boys be nice; don't post...

plus R

- T

ASHORE

what's good for the goose is good for the gander

ASHORE

S-->C

HORACE

(that's the Roman lyric poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, not Disney's Horsecollar

HORACE

E ---> L

CHORAL

-H

CAROL

CAROL

O-->E

CLEAR

+E

CEREAL

CEREAL

A--Y

CELERY

CELERY

E ---> G

CLERGY

c > a

ARGYLE

ARGYLE

R-->C

LEGACY

Y > S

GLACES

G > D

SCALED

S > L

CALLED

- L

DECAL

+B

CABLED

CABLED

D-->H

BLEACH

BLEACH

B > P

CHAPEL

+ O

EPOCHAL

EPOCHAL

L > D

POACHED

P > C

COACHED

COACHED

C-->T

CATHODE

Twitter

C > H

HOTHEAD

...here come the birds!

HOTHEAD

O-->C

HATCHED

H > P

PATCHED

PATCHED

D-->R

CHAPTER

c > e

PREHEAT

PREHEAT

E-->Y

THERAPY

T > C

PREACHY

PREACHY

drop the A

CYPHER

- Y

PERCH

PERCH

E-->I

CHIRP

+ E

CIPHER

CIPHER

H-->S

PRICES

+A

SPACIER

SPACIER

R-->L (a "right-to-left" switch)

SPECIAL

-A

SPLICE

SPLICE

L-->S

PISCES

+E

SPECIES

SPECIES

S-->R

PRECISE

- P

CERISE

CERISE

E-->B

SCRIBE

+A

ASCRIBE

ASCRIBE

S --> G

RIBCAGE

-b

CAGIER

CAGIER

E ---> N

RACING

- C

GRAIN

+ G

RAGING

R > P

PAGING

PAGING

>>>

GAPING

Too many of 'em

G --> T

TAPING

TAPING

+ T

PATTING

(too many "T"s now?)

P > T

TATTING

TATTING

add L

TATTLING

(manfully resisting the temptation to add an I instead, to permit the comment about the French-speaking explorers first seeing the mountains of Wyoming and naming them "GIANT TIT"...)

And of course you mean the Tetons.

T > B

BATTLING

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

And of course you mean the Tetons.

Grand Tetons, at that.

BATTLING

T-->O

BLOATING

Is this line becoming inflated?

I'll drink to that !
G-->I
LIBATION

certainly is

FLOATING

FLOATING

F-->I

INTAGLIO

G > B

LIBATION

A drink for the King !

LIBATION

A-->Y

NOBILITY

N > M

MOBILITY

B > T

MOTILITY

...so I'll have to construct a word.

MOTILITY

T-->O

ILIOTOMY

{That was a toughie!!

I take your word for it, that it is an actual word.
I cannot find it even in OneLook. Not that I mind at all,
because it was getting lonely on this site, Rhub and Tromb
seem to have disappeared and I feared you had too.

I presume this is some medical procedure? I am just curious
because it is a neat word. Now, what to do with it becomes
the problem.

o > b: mobility (and backtrack): but I'll keep at it.

The word had a gut-wrenching effect on me!

HELLO, THERE! !

you must have some idea what the word means.

Hi, Luke - I'm just guessing what it could mean, is all, based on a slight acquaintance with anatomy dating back to the secondary school!

And the 'doc' did say he was 'constructing' a word, hence
I guessed a medical procedure as well, based on the word
"iliac", which means something anatomical as well.
I know iliotomy is not in any dictionary I have.
I'm sure he will get back to us.
Moving on from 'iliotomy' is the problem: I've been
hacking away at it for a couple hours now.

Me, too. Even changing two letters doesn't really help!

There are a number of two-word combinations that
work, actual thoughts. But we may be at an impasse,
not that it has not happened before.

ILIOTOMY

Um. Yes. Well, I did say I had constructed it!

The ilium is a bone, part of the pelvis. (The "ischium" is another part of the pelvis. It's pronounced "ISS-key-um." It has nothing at all to do with the present discussion except that it's right next door to the ilium. Neither one has anything to do with the Topless Towers or the face that launched a thousand ships.))

An "-otomy" is a hole in something. Like a craniotomy, made in the head to relieve excess pressure from the brain.

So an "iliotomy" would be a hole in the pelvic bone, which is exactly what sometimes was is made with a big sharp needle for the purpose of extracting a sample of bone marrow from the iliac crest, for diagnostic study.

Confusion can sometimes arise because there is also the ileum, which is the second portion of the small intestine, the first being the duodenum. This gives rise to "ileotomy" and "ileostomy," which are real words. (An "-ostomy" is a permanent opening in something, from "stoma," which means "mouth.")

Thus giving us to two possible continuations from here:

ILEOTOMY
and then
ILEOSTOMY

(I knew anatomy class would be useful for something eventually...)

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

Rhub and Tromb
seem to have disappeared

It's theater season here, and I'm now in rehearsal for production number three, not to mention practicing and rehearsing for 1812 Overture and New World Symphony in August, and babysitting grandson no. 1. And graphics galore. I'm looking in from time to time, but mutely.

Thank you for the explanation, wofa - I freely admit that I was thinking of the ilEum, which I knew to be part of the small intestine ( although I couldn't remeber which bit!) I had never come across the ilIum - level 8 biology wasn't very thorough!

Originally Posted By: Tromboniator

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

Rhub and Tromb
seem to have disappeared

It's theater season here, and I'm now in rehearsal for production number three, not to mention practicing and rehearsing for 1812 Overture and New World Symphony in August, and babysitting grandson no. 1. And graphics galore. I'm looking in from time to time, but mutely.

Glad to hear you are gainfully employed, not just hanging around the streets, propositioning polar bears.

Originally Posted By: Tromboniator

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

Rhub and Tromb
seem to have disappeared

It's theater season here, and I'm now in rehearsal for production number three, not to mention practicing and rehearsing for 1812 Overture and New World Symphony in August, and babysitting grandson no. 1. And graphics galore. I'm looking in from time to time, but mutely.

I knew you and Rhuby were around, as I've seen you listed in the
"Who's Online" from time to time. Glad to hear from you.
Thanks too for the explanation Wofa. I guess our assumptions
it was anatomical were on the right track. Not too 'gore'-y
either.

Glad to hear you are gainfully employed, not just hanging around the streets, propositioning polar bears.

Sure glad you are keeping track of him.

Guess someone has to ........

I am afraid of polar bears, so I am glad to leave the job to you.

ILEOTOMY
and then
ILEOSTOMY

ILEOSTOMY

- Y

TOILSOME

TOILSOME

S-->D

DOLOMITE

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

Glad to hear you are gainfully employed

Primarily in a non-fiscal way. I am, for the most part, rewarded in (for want of a better term) spiritual wealth.

D'ye mean they're paying you in whiskey? Man, that's cool!

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

TOILSOME

S-->D

DOLOMITE

Well done, Luke, for neatly geting us out of a potential cul-de-sac!

DOLOMITE

Can't resist L >> S

SODOMITE

(I don't have your willpower, wofa!)

SODOMITE

[Sidestepping the -IST transition] I'll be

O-->C

DOMESTIC

Well done yourselves, you guys, I thought we were going to
really be stuck in the anatomical abyss.

D > C

COSMETIC

M --> H

Thy CHOICESTgifts in store,
On her be pleased to pour,
Long May she reign.

(Part of third verse of Brit National Anthem.
OK, you can all sit down, now)

Long may she reign! Quite appropriate.

H > K

COCKIEST

chirp...chirp...chirp...

COCKIEST

chirp...chirp...chirp...

O-->R

CRICKETS

chirp...chirp...chirp...

(According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, just count chirps for 14 seconds and add 40 to get the temperature F. Other formulae abound; your actual temperature may vary.)

chirp...chirp...chirp...

-C

STICKER

Heard the first cicada's here two nights ago: only six weeks
early. One going loudly on my patio somewhere right now.

STICKER

RICKETS

K > A

RACIEST

RACIEST

C --> D

TIRADES

-T

RAISED

+ B

BRAISED

"She just needs someone to change her, and she'll be sweet as can be," if you recall...

BRAISED

B-->P

DIAPERS

I cannot help it remember the braised sheriff from the "other
county' in Fried Green Tomatoes.

E > I

DIAPIRS

(a dome, or pillar, e.g.salt, rising as pressure below pushes
it upward: most famously the salt pillars by the Dead Sea).

DIAPIRS

I ---> E

ASPIRED

-A

SPIDER

- S

PRIDE

+C

PRICED

Tho' I have no idea what I've voiced.

C ---> p

RIPPED

+ G (just for a little more difficulty)

GRIPPED

DIAPERS

add another A (not to mention a loaf and a jug and thou)

PARADISE

Pardon,Wofu, but have you missed the last 9 postings?
Diapers was at the top of the page??

I guess I did. And it's even worse - the last post I saw was not even DIAPERS but ASPIRED. So I can't even claim that at least you knew where I was coming from...

Ah well. Back to business, big or little.

GRIPPED

drop the G

DIPPER

Done it a number of times myself, as you well know.
Added letters, e.g.

D > K

KIPPER

P --> N

PINKER

(Don't worry, wofa - you were able to made ref. to one of my favourite poets: anyway, you were merely conspiring with Fate to0 change the sorry scheme of things closer to your own desire!) [ed1, Q89; or ed5 Q200]

P>T

TINKER

+ T

TRINKET

TRINKET

drop the R

KITTEN

+ D

KNITTED

I >> O

KNOTTED

-K

NOTATED

+ E

DETONATE

T > C

ANECDOTE

ANECDOTE

N-->R

DECORATE

D > L

RELOCATE

RELOCATE

add R

CORRELATE

R > L

ELECTORAL

ELECTORAL

A-->C

RECOLLECT

R > D

COLLECTED

Well, maybe not quite everything...

COLLECTED

C-->E

Dang special characters. Just use your imagination.
DE'COLLETE'
No, no, you silly, for the missing accents aigus...

At the present time I cannot do anything with
Decollete,

but , Doc, are you familiar with this site?
You have to use the numbers on the right hand side of
your keyboard, not those at the top of Qwerty.
Hope this helps somewhat.

(using other resources. At work I have little. At home I have a list of all the alternative representations, the "&#xyz" table, the implementation of them, the whole thing. Here's a sample:

À � Capital A, grave accent
Á � Capital A, acute accent
Â � Capital A, circumflex accent
Ã � Capital A, tilde
Ä � Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Å � Capital A, ring
Æ � Capital AE diphthong (ligature)

Ç � Capital C, cedilla

È � Capital E, grave accent
É � Capital E, acute accent
Ê � Capital E, circumflex accent
Ë � Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark

Ì � Capital I, grave accent
Í � Capital I, acute accent
Î � Capital I, circumflex accent
Ï � Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark

Ð �� Capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ � Capital N, tilde

Ò � Capital O, grave accent
Ó � Capital O, acute accent
Ô � Capital O, circumflex accent
Õ � Capital O, tilde
Ö � Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark

etc. (It might not look the same on a PC)

So, as long as I'm at my Mac, I can simply cut and paste, and (as the saying goes) Bob's yer Uncle.

Comme �a:

D�COLLET�

But then where would my suggestive innuendoes go?

Glad that you have some way of achieving the desired
effect.

Still working on decollete, not much time today.

And as for suggestive innuendoes: keep 'em coming!
'

L-->R

ELECTRODE

-O

RE-ELECTED

E > F

REFLECTED

On Mac, an acute accent can be achieved by holding down the option key and pressing the E, then the letter that gets the accent. The grave accent is achieved by holding the option key, pressing the grave accent/tilde key (these are US layout), then the letter that receives the accent. There are similar schemes for other accents that should be described by the help files on your operating system.

That's one of the tricks that I know is there, learned ten times, and forgot eleven. Cutting and pasting is crude but effective.

REFLECTED

drop L

REFECTED
("Websters 1913-inferrable," as they say)

- F

ERECTED

R > J

EJECTED

+ D

DEJECTED

I was going with "rejected'
but decided to get rid of the 'j' as it will cause
trouble.(Unless someone wants to keep it: be my guest.)
so

J > F

DEFECTED

C > A

... will never be

DEFEATED

DEFEATED

D-->R

FEDERATE

F > H

REHEATED

E >> D

THREADED

H > C

REDACTED

+ T

DETRACTED

D >> S

SCATTERED

C >> H

SHATTERED

H > P

SPATTERED

S >> N

... an efffect that is

PATTERNED

(P.S. Happy Independence Day!)

Thanks for the Greeting.
Are you all ready for the Olympics? Bought your bunting?

-T

PARENTED

PARENTED

came before The Inferno
PRE-DANTE
(that's a re-arrangement, not a transformation by the add/drop/change a letter rule)

Drop N

PRE-DATE

D > L

PRELATE

PRELATE

A-->E

REPLETE

- E

PELTER

PELTER

add I

REPTILE

L >> N

INEPTER

-P

ENTIRE

+ R

RENTIER

+ A

RETAINER

-E

TRAINER

T > I

RAINIER

(either the Prince of Monaco, or the Mountain)

(back atcha!)

RAINIER

I-->T

TERRAIN

TRAINER

(see below!!)

Rhuby: look up four posts.

Oooops - I got into an endless loop! De bugging!

Not a problem: I do it all the time.

TERRAIN

- N

ARTIER

A >> E

TERRINE

We posted at same time:

TERRINE

-I

RENTER

We posted at same time: ... and I had just consumed best part of a bottle of wine. If you, also, had been drinking, then would this have been the clash of the Tight 'uns?

R >> I

ENTIRE

ENTIRE

E-->O

ORIENT

N >> C

EROTIC

We posted at same time: ... and I had just consumed best part of a bottle of wine. If you, also, had been drinking, then would this have been the clash of the Tight 'uns?

I had my fair share of the "beverage" years ago and today,
because of too many titanic clashes, don't imbibe in anything
stronger than tea. But my position on this site is far from
titanic. Just a humble ex-teacher who likes words, never getting
into any more 'clashes' with the mensa folk here.

+ A

EROTICA

EROTICA

drop E

AORTIC

O > C

ARCTIC

ARCTIC

A-->I

CITRIC

+S

CRITICS

CRITICS

I-->O

CROSTIC

I'm brilliant today:

+A

ACROSTIC

ACROSTIC

C-->A

CASTORIA

-C

ASTORIA

established by John Jacob Astor

...especially if you're a GI

A-->N

RATIONS

R >> T

STATION

- O

TAINTS!

an envirronmental
-T

SAINT

S -> P

PAINT

HI BEXTER, LONG TIME NO SEE!

REARRANGE:

INAPT

if you color yourself in Green, please leave Smaug alone

P >> S

SATIN

+C

ANTICS

- I

SCANT

good to be back Luke, I'm currently staying in Sweden "working" and have found myself with a lot of free times what with no animals about to look after! So I have the time to contribute again! YAY!!!

...send in the ...

C >> K

TANKS

Originally Posted By: bexter

- I

SCANT

good to be back Luke, I'm currently staying in Sweden "working" and have found myself with a lot of free times what with no animals about to look after! So I have the time to contribute again! YAY!!!

You'll have to tell us about the animals. Had no idea.

+H

THANKS

- H

STANK

haha well Luke...2 horses, 3 cats, numerous chickens, and we've just hatched some chicks so it's all very hectic at home...one of the cats has been very ill repeatedly over the last few months because he keeps eating far too much and then getting a sort of cat version of gastroenteritis we think...one of the horses has sweet itch, so he's allergic to fly bites and gets very itchy and sore, so he's in a brand new electric fence field with a clever Boett rug on to stop him getting bitten, but it needs sorting out everyday because he rolls and rips it and other infuriating things!...so it's all a bit time consuming in the mornings and evenings, although the chicks are very cute...little Appenzeller Spitzhaubens, Gold Spangled variety... Appenzeller Society crazy little things...but at the moment I am not at home, I am in Sweden, supposedly working, and some relatives are looking after them all, and getting paid in white, brown and green eggs for their trouble!
Wow that went on for a bit! Sorry!

H >> T

... like Mr.
SHANK

Originally Posted By: bexter

- H

STANK

haha well Luke...2 horses, 3 cats, numerous chickens, and we've just hatched some chicks so it's all very hectic at home...one of the cats has been very ill repeatedly over the last few months because he keeps eating far too much and then getting a sort of cat version of gastroenteritis we think...one of the horses has sweet itch, so he's allergic to fly bites and gets very itchy and sore, so he's in a brand new electric fence field with a clever Boett rug on to stop him getting bitten, but it needs sorting out everyday because he rolls and rips it and other infuriating things!...so it's all a bit time consuming in the mornings and evenings, although the chicks are very cute...little Appenzeller Spitzhaubens, Gold Spangled variety... Appenzeller Society crazy little things...but at the moment I am not at home, I am in Sweden, supposedly working, and some relatives are looking after them all, and getting paid in white, brown and green eggs for their trouble!
Wow that went on for a bit! Sorry!

Hey, thanks. I like the mottled chick. I thought dumb blonde
jokes were the only things you accrued.

K > E

ASHEN

ASHEN

add

ATHENS

H > P

PATENS

P >> E

SENATE

SENATE

E-->F

FASTEN

F > H

THANES

A >> O

HONEST

+Y

HONESTY

- T

HONEYS

- Y

SHONE

in the sunlight.

O>A

SHANE

I didn't have the..

H >> M

MEANS

Maybe you should use:

N > T

STEAM

... only with your

MATES

T > L

MALES ? ? ?

MALES

add I

EMAILS

E >> A

SALAMI

I > L

LLAMAS

L >> M

LAMMAS

S > M

MAMMAL

- L

MAMMA

M > B

MAMBA

(We had a guy arrested here yesterday for 13 rattlers and a couple
vipers and black mambas in a home bedroom...said they were pets.)

MAMBA

M-->E

AMEBA

A > Y

MAYBE

Y -> S

BEAMS

B >> R

REAMS

+B

AMBERS

B -> C

SCREAM hehehe

+ A

CAMERAS

Insects: sort of like in Jurassic Park movies, bugs become dinos

E >> A

MASCARA

MASCARA

S-->B

Ay, �CARAMBA!

you said it Wofa

E...A

MACABRE

- A

CAMBER

Great to see you back, Candy!

- B

CREAM

+A

CAMERA

+I

AMERICA

+ N

AMERICAN

AMERICAN

C-->D

MARINADE

m > c

RADIANCE

RADIANCE

E-->H

Wilbur had radiance, but Charlotte was

ARACHNID

D > C

ANARCHIC

- -thinking of Bastille Day earlier this week.

ANARCHIC

C-->M

CHAIRMAN

C > A

MAHARANI

MAHARANI

I-->T

AMARANTH

A > O

MARATHON

MARATHON

O-->E

EARTHMAN

A > C

MERCHANT

MERCHANT

C-->I

THERAMIN

- H

MINARET

MINARET

add T

MARTINET

MINARET

S'pose I take out your T --

RAIMENT

... and if I change the I into an N, you can get your
RAIMENT
from the

REMNANT

shop

-T

MANNER

MANNER

N-->I

MARINE

M > D

RAINED

+ D

DRAINED

in no time

R > B

BANDIED

BANDIED

E-->A

BAND-AID

A > S

DISBAND

DISBAND

- D

SINBAD

B>>>A

NAIADS

N > G

STADIA

STADIA

T-->D

ADIDAS

Welcome back, Candy, nice to see water-nymhs in the (northern hemisphere, anyway) summertime! !

ADIDAS

I >> M

SADDAM

+ I

DADAISM

DADAISM

A-->E

DIADEMS

D...>R

SEDARIM

Thanks Doc...:)

SEDARIM

E-->Y

MYRIADS

-Y

DISARM

... of a vegetable fashion
must excite your languid spleen:

DISARM

M-->H

RADISH

I > C

CHARDS

C-->E

SHARED

+ C

CRASHED

H...>P

SCRAPED

+ P

SCRAPPED

drop the P

SCARPED

SCARPED

add O

PESCADOR

rearranged

SCOREPAD

pescador....great word, Wofa

SCOREPAD

E-->I

SPORADIC

(Watch out, Dante, you're next!)

P > L

CORDIALS

CORDIALS

S-->T

CROTALID (rattle, rattle...)

+ N

DOCTRINAL

DOCTRINAL

L-->I

INDICATOR

And speaking of Bible studies: PARADISO (from SPORADIC, above) is a transposal of DIASPORA. An "antigram," if you will, describing not itself, like a true anagram, but rather its opposite. FWIW.

A > E

DIRECTION

- O

INDIRECT

good observation Wofa

INDIRECT

C-->P

INTREPID

(You could make it into INTERDICT also, but that's prohibited)

- N

RIPTIDE

RIPTIDE

I >> P

TRIPPED

P> L

TRIPLED

TRIPLED

R >> A

PLAITED

I > N

PLANTED

-L

If I'd done that diggin, I'd have

PANTED

"...Genius of Bismarck about to TREPAN" ( from Patience)

AFK for the week, Ladeez and Gents. You're on your own !

+S

ENTRAPS

don't speak textese, wofa, sorry: AFK?

ENTRAPS

E >> A

SPARTAN

AFK has me foxed, too - Away From ...? Away For ...?

FYI - Just found out that AFK is Away From Keyboard.

rearranged

TARPANS

Yes....you are right Ruby, Wofa has used AFK before.

TARPANS

R >> C

CATNAPS

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

FYI - Just found out that AFK is Away From Keyboard.

Thanks, that helps, probably won't remember it, but thanks anyway.

S>>>I

CAPTAIN

I >> S

CAPSTAN

P--> I

SATANIC

new word for me Rhuby, though I do recognise a capstan, now I see the picture.

A >> U

ANICUTS

ANICUTS - wasn't he Luke's father ?

Add R

CURTAINS

edit out.... U

NARCIST

NARCIST

- C

STRAIN

-R

STAIN

T >> L

MAILS

I > T

MALTS

T >> P

PALMS

A > U

PLUMS

which is why, I guess, we usually refrain from words
5 letters or less

+ A

AMPULS

- -if you don't like ampuls, feel free to build on plums in
any way you like.

we like..ampuls.

+ N

SUNLAMP

M >> C

UNCLASP

a...>i

UNCLIPS

UNCLIPS

U-->E

PENCILS

P >> T

STENCIL

-S

CLIENT

N >> K

TICKLE

foregoing Pickle

+A

CATLIKE

K >> T

LATTICE

LATTICE

T-->S

ELASTIC

S.....> T

TACTILE

- I

CATTLE

+ A

LACTATE

A >> R

CLATTER

A > U

CLUTTER

C >> F

FLUTTER

T > S

FLUSTER

FLUSTER

U-->I

TRIFLES

FILTERS

E....> O

FLORIST

+E

TREFOILS

TREFOILS

T-->A

FORESAIL

LOAFERS

Fathers Day here tomorrow...bet more than one dad will get a pair of these.

LOAFERS

S-->T

REFLOAT

Addendum: (We like...boat races, too)

T....>D

ALFREDO

ALFREDO

E-->I

FLORIDA

F-->T

DILATOR

DILATOR

add O

TOROIDAL

I >> C

DOCTORAL

DOCTORAL

D-->N

COLORANT

- A

CONTROL

L > A

CARTOON

T >> C

RACCOON

A > B

CORNCOB

...very close to BROCCOLI but alas, not quite!

-C

BRONCO

BRONCO

B-->A

CORONA

-A

CONDOR

- C

RONDO

R > C

CONDO

C > B

BONDO

O >> U

BOUND

+A

ABOUND

+ S

BAUSOND

BAUSOND

U-->C

ABSCOND

<....D

BACONS

Is this allowable??

Love and war.

BACONS

S--E

BEACON

B >> T

OCTANE

OCTANE

A-->R

CORNET

-C

TENOR

+A

ORNATE

(or whatever)

ORNATE

add S

SENATOR

N >> T

ROTATES

ROTATES

A-->T

STRETTO

0 --> i

Titters

T > B

BITTERS

BITTERS

B-->W

TWISTER�

+ A

WARTIEST

< T

WAITERS

bonjour Gin...nice to see you around

+E

WEARIEST

SWEATIER (Yeah, but same letters)

A--:R

REWRITES

R > D

WEIRDEST

WEIRDEST

W-->B

BESTRIDE

R===>A

DIABETES

B > R

STEADIER

but still astronomical

STEADIER

T-->L

SIDEREAL

D > S

REALISES

REALISES

A-->T

TIRELESS

< S

STERILE

STERILE

E-->L

TRELLIS

T > M

MILLERS

MILLERS

M-->I

SILLIER

< R

LILIES

LILIES

drop one I

LISLE

L > A

AISLE

AISLE

add R

SERIAL

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

LILIES

drop one I

LISLE

I get that lisle is material, wofa but I'm missing the connection to crocodile!

serial rearranged, one to a country, the other a little mermaid.

ISRAEL

ARIEL'S

- I

LASER

L > T

TASER

Originally Posted By: Candy

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

LILIES

drop one I

LISLE

I get that lisle is material, wofa but I'm missing the connection to crocodile!

There's a children's book, name of "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile." Charming but not really that memorable, except perhaps the name.

Lyle,Lyle,Crocodile : Toys & Games -- www.amazon.com
"Lyle is a crocodile who lives on East 88th Street with his family, Mr. and Mrs. Primm and Joshua. It all seems perfectly natural to the Primms and to their friends ..."

TASER

Add S

ASSERT

+B

BASTERS

B --> T

TASTERS

+ C

SCATTERS

SCATTERS
C-->M
MATTRESS

No, I take it back.
SCATTERS
S-->R
RETRACTS

-T

TRACERS

TRACERS
R-->S
ACTRESS

(well, it's better than add T CASTRATE...)

+ K

RESTACKS

(Candy - go up 9 posts)

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

(Candy - go up 9 posts)

Thanks wofa. Its not the case here.....I read all the posts from my last one

No...dont remember that story but the rhyme does sound familiar. I'm glad I asked.

from RESTACKS

K--> O

SOCRATES

(Insert high-class restaurant of choice, with a dress code)

SOCRATES

R-->L

COATLESS

- S

LACTOSE

Cooler...

LACTOSE

A-->O

COOLEST !

- S

OCELOT

L--->Y

COYOTE

E --> B

BOYCOT

BOYCOT

B-->N

TYCOON

- spinning a yarn.

Y ---> T

COTTON

COTTON

O-->A

OCTANT
(pictured here)

That was tougher than I expected.

T--->U

TOUCAN

U ---> N

CANTON

Congrats, wofa, for breaking the log jam - I was puzzled by it meownse'f

I'm with you Rhub - congrats wofa. I was really stuck as well.

+ I

CONTAIN

-N

ACTION

+B

BOTANIC

BOTANIC

O-->E

CABINET

T ---> R

CARBINE

I > K

BRACKEN

B ---> K

KNACKER

What the heck?

A > O

KNOCKER

It's 11.15 here - I'm off to bed, but first will take off my

O ---. I

KNICKER

You in knicker???????

K > S

SNICKER

SNICKER

drop C

SERKIN

S > J

JERKIN

+S

JINKERS

I ---> A

JANKERS

J---> W

WANKERS

ANSWER

N ---. T

WATERS

W > T

TATERS

T -> K

STREAK

Alex! Good to see you!

STREAK

K-->C

REACTS

T > B

BRACES

BRACES

E ---> A

SCARAB

A > O

COBRAS

S --> H

BROACH

BROACH

B-->N

ANCHOR

+ M

MONARCH

+ S

MARCHONS � libert�

"MARCHONS? Wouldn't think of it!" he said cavalierly.

C-->E

HORSEMAN

R ---> U

HOUSEMAN

HOUSEMAN

U-->D

HANDSOME

< H

DAEMONS

DAEMONS

E-->L

ALMONDS

ALMONDS

- D

SALMON

A > E

SOLEMN

SOLEMN

LEMONS

S > Y

LEMONY

L--->E

YEOMEN

YEOMAN

- E

MONEY

MONEY

add P

EPONYM

E ---> H

NYMPHO

NYMPHO

drop M

PHONY

P ---> E

HONEY

+ D

HOYDEN

-Y

HONED

+P

PHONED

...or anyone else, for that matter...

PHONED

D-->L

PHENOL

H --> L

POLLEN

P > R

ENROLL

ENROLL

L --> G

LONGER

+ H

LEGHORN

L ---> U

ROUGHEN

in a hurry sorry,

R > T

TOUGHEN

< H

TONGUE

U -> C

COGENT

COGENT

G-->A

OCTANE

T --> D

CANOED

D > B

BEACON

BEACON

C-->K

BECKON

B > R

Howdy pardner,

do you RECKON it'll rain?

+K

KNOCKER

O > I

KNICKER

-K

KICKER

Pick one:
T,S,P,L,W OR

BICKER

+ L

BRITTLE

0pps...too many moves!
I'll try again

+ L

BRICKLE

(this time toffee)

B ---> T

TRICKLE

TRICKLE

L-->C

CRICKET

I ---> O

CROCKET

C > S

ROCKETS

or

T > D

CROCKED

ROCKETS

drop the K

COSTER

(he loves to lie a-basking in the sun)

+ K

RESTOCK

RESTOCK

-K

CORSET

(I'm afraid that "K" is going to make things really difficult down the line if we don't jettison it while we have the chance...)

Rearrange to

SCOTER

STERCO

C-->E

STEREO

S > H

HETERO

E → C

HECTOR

-C
OTHER
Edit: you win, darlin! I could never compete with such supremacy. *withdraws from game *

+ Z

ZEROTH

let's get rid of the Z

THRONE

H -> T

ROTTEN (in Denmark perhaps)

Edit: you win, darlin! I could never compete with such supremacy. *withdraws from game *

Avy - who you competin' with? This isn't a zero-sum game !

R > G

GOTTEN

T ---> U

TONGUE

U > C

COGENT

C ---> O

GENTOO

N-->S

STOOGE

,,, short, and not too big around

O ---> I

STOGIE

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

...short, and not too big around

"STOGIE"? It could equally apply to the gentoo penguin just invoked!

Add a T = EGOTIST
or O-->A = AGEIST
but I like big cats, so I'll change O-->R
TIGERS

+A

GAITERS

GAITERS

I-->N

That's STRANGE

+ L

STRANGLE

S > I

TRIANGLE

L -> D

TREADING

T > B

BREADING

B > D

DREADING

DREADING

D-->A

GARDENIA

+R

ARRAIGNED

- R

DRAINAGE

R ---> B

BADINAGE

DRAINAGE

add B

GABARDINE

GABARDINE

- A

BEARDING

(In the interests of perfect continuity, wofa, I am assuming that you meant "BADINAGE - R = GABARDINE. However, it all comes to the same in the end, so wothehell, archie - toujours gaie)

BEARDING

Drop N

ABRIDGE

You're right, of course. BADINAGE + R. That's exactly what I meant, exactly. Yes. Of course. No, no watches.

ABRIDGE

- I

BADGER

+ c

BIRDCAGE

Ha! Simultaneous postings, Candy! I suggest that players may take whichever of our two offerings you prefer, rather than have one of us claim precedence over the other.

I saw that too...but my computer is slower!

+ G (gee wizz )

BRAGGED

What's the chances of thatb happening, I wonder? It would have been even funnier if you and I had both grabbed the same word, but.

That would have been phenomenal. Its amazing enough to be here same time as someone else.

I guess it's because I mostly come here in thee mornings and you at night - it's our US friends that we don't get to coincide with very often!

True....its only 6 AM In USA ...and Good Morning to Luke

BRAGGED

B --> L

GARGLED

(...and how do you start your morning Body Ritual ? )

Originally Posted By: Candy

True....its only 6 AM In USA ...and Good Morning to Luke

Wow you all have been busy.
And now that I'm retired 6 AM is the middle of the night,
still dark and no way I see the sunrise very often any more.

- R

LAGGED

L > T

TAGGED

G > S

STAGED

T > A

ADAGES

D --> V

SAVAGE

V > P

AGAPES

A ---> R

GRAPES

GRAPES

A-->U

SPURGE

+L

SPLURGE

G-->E

REPULSE

U --- A

REPEALS

+ S

RELAPSES

-R

... he just does as he

PLEASES

- P

EASELS

re-arrange

LEASES

(Re: That Luke! Loves to paint.....

in watercolo(u)rs? or in

PLEASES

E ---> T )

PASTELS

LEASES

add G

AGELESS

A ---> L

LEGLESS

L-->D

SLEDGES

-S

LEDGES

SLEDGE

E-->U

DELUGE

Edit: Oops - make that S-->U

U--> P

PLEDGE

unlike you to make errors, wofa, maybe you need a holiday

PLEDGE

E - U (for the Nobel Peace Prize winners)

GULPED

- P

GLUED

+B

BULGED

BULGED

D-->R

BUGLER

(...And then I'll get the other pup --
The guy who wakes the bugler up --
And spend the rest of my life in bed!)

B > I

UGLIER

U--->D

GLIDER

+ U

GUILDER

G > B

BUILDER

U ---> B

DRIBBLE

DRIBBLE

B-->N

BRINDLE

I need new glasses....

BLINDER

-L

INBRED

B--->N

DINNER

+G

RENDING

R > W

WENDING

WENDING

E-->O

10 DOWNING Street, of course

Where David Cameron is
+R
DROWNING
in problems!

to say nothing of Scotland

-W

DRONING

DRONING

Add U

INGROUND

+G

GROUNDING

stuck, so

-G

ROUNDING

R ---> H

HOUNDING

honking your horn, I'd imagine.....

H > S

SOUNDING

SOUNDING

I-->E

DUNGEONS

U-> I

UNSIGNED

UNSIGNED

D-->I

INGENIUS

- I

ENSUING

- U

ENSIGN

+ G

GINSENG

GINSENG

G-->E

ENGINES

- N

SEEING

-s

GENIE

GENIE

E-->B

BEING

(couldn't resist it!)

BEGIN

BEGIN

add N

BENIGN

-G

BENIN

B ---> L

LENIN

LENIN plus O

ONLINE, of course !

L-->A

EONIAN

+ T

ETONIAN

+S

ESTONIAN

ESTONIAN

-E

NATIONS

(also makes ANISTON, if you should be so inclined)

N ---> T

The inventive porter who lived in the flat above the booking-hall, had ideas above his

STATION

<---O

TITANS

T ---> Y

SANITY

Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando

T ---> Y

SANITY

+L

NASTILY

N > D

STAIDLY

(as opposed to "nearby")

STAIDLY

drop Y

DISTAL

D > H

LATISH

I ---> E

LATHES

L > R

HATERS

H ---> K

SKATING

er...

Originally Posted By: Alex Williams

L > R

HATERS

H>C

CATERS

Originally Posted By: Alex Williams

er...

was Rhuby skating on thin ice?

(from caters)

+ N
TRANCES

TRANCES

drop the S

NECTAR

N ---> D

TRACED

For A.W. ("Rev Robert Walker skating on Duddin Loch" by Sir Henry Raeburn. Famous painting hanging in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh)

T > B

BRACED

D > M

CAMBER

R > E

BECAME

E > L

BECALM

+I

ALEMBIC

ALEMBIC

I --> R

CLAMBER

Cross threading to Sparteye's Game - in the scramble to re-arrange these letters, the word "umbilical" came to mind - now doesn't that sound like the final word in a limerick?!

A > I

CLIMBER

-C

LIMBER

M > O

BOILER

I > O

BOLERO

BOLERO

Add M

BLOOMER

L---> D

BEDROOM

B > G

GROOMED

GROOMED

D-->A

MOORAGE

G--> W

WOOMERA

woomera: interesting. Among North American tribes/nations
it was an atlatl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlatl

W > T

TEAROOM

TEAROOM

O-->B

BROMATE

M ---> D

ABORTED

crossthreading to A Word A Day:

A --> U

REDOUBT

+ L

TROUBLED

re Atlati..thats interesting, Luke. So similar to the woomera the Aboriginal use and cultures apart.

D > S

TROUBLES

- T

ROUBLES

O > B

RUBBLES

R ---> T

STUBBLE

STUBBLE

B-->R

BLUSTER

Lost power from 7:15 to 10:30 last evening, only. Not out of the woods yet, though, I foresee...

Hang tight with the weather. This is monstrous and we all
feel for you Easterners.

B > F

FLUSTER

That's right - allhuddle together for warmth in a ...

F ---> C

CLUSTER

-C

LUSTER

+ H

HUSTLER

Wofa...keep safe, we would miss you here!

H ---> R

RUSTLER

U > A

RELATERS

L--->V

TRAVERSE

TRAVERSE

T-->L

REVERSAL

- R

SEVERAL

R ---> D

SLAVERED

S-->N

LAVENDER

- L

RAVENED

RAVENED

E-->A

VERANDA

Its becoming more usual to see veranda with out the 'h' now.

N---> C

CADAVER

-A

CARVED

CARVED

R-->I

ADVICE

...adviced and use this

A ---> E

DEVICE

-V

DEICE

... what? I have to

+ D

DECIDE

DECIDE

C-->N

INDEED

- E

DINED

D>P

PINED

PINED

D-->T

INEPT

+ S

INSTEP

an organ with just the thumbs:

Rearrange:

SPINET

with E-->O

PITONS

+ K

INKSPOT

-K

PINTOS

PINTOS

add P

TOPSPIN

(Serves you right!)

+ G

TOPPINGS

T> M

MOPPINGS

MOPPINGS, eh?

G-->P gives M. POPPINS, who as nannies go was quite

P-->I ...IMPOSING

G > R

IMPRISON

+ G

PROMISING

-R

IMPOSING

...because it's related to "yellow journalism"

IMPOSING

P --> J

JINGOISM

JINGOISM

M > N

JOININGS

N > T

JINGOIST

I > T

JOTTINGS

so the poor old "J" does not feel to abused or forgotten, one more:

-S

JOTTING

JOTTING

drop J

TOTING

+P

POTTING

...but we chose not to

-T

OPTING

+ U

POUTING

POUTING

add M

GUMPTION

I know

O---->R

TRUMPING

T > L

RUMPLING

when he ran over a loaf of bread!

+ C

CRUMBLING

-C

after he ran over the bread, and he realized how
hungry he was as he stomach kept...

RUMBLING

Sorry...I see I made two moves with my CRUMBLING
P-->B +C

But Luke has made it right again ...so to carry on under that shadow

L--->E

UMBERING

UMBERING

B-->E

MERUNGUE
MERINGUE

Originally Posted By: Candy

Sorry...I see I made two moves with my CRUMBLING
P-->B +C

But Luke has made it right again ...so to carry on under that shadow

L--->E

UMBERING

Not consciously, I assure you, I messed up too.

MERINGUE

G-->T

MUTINEER

Uh-oh. Page eleven already? Time to restart.

Anagrams VIII , here we come!

who's left/behind?

-M

-M

RETINUE

Sorry if I did this incorrectly ... it's my first 'go' at this ( and if I'm way out of line, may be my last! )

RETINUE

+ I

... someone who really knows those natives up North ...

INUITEER

(Emboldened by the absence of boos and/or other harsh criticism, I'm trying again)

RETINUE

drop the U

You're ENTIREly correct, and you have the spirit as well as the letter of the game fully.

The reason the thread has been so quiet lately is that it was continued to "Anagrams VIII" under the (perhaps mistaken) impression that too-long threads are unwieldy and take too long to load, and so I made it a habit to restart it after every thousand entries or so. You'll find the current iteration here.

Edit: Oops - didn't see your latest post before writing mine. Not quite as bad as "simulposting," but almost. My bad.

Oh. And welcome, of course! I shouldn't be taking new voices for granted!

thanks for the encouraging words ... next time i'll look (at the date/time at top of latest entry) before i leap ... this is fun!

This page took me a while to figure out, sorry wofa, I'm
slow: senior moments. But I see now that I reach the
bottom, it's an old anagrams.

WELCOME endymion6 so glad to have new blood.