ANAGRAMS XII - Wordsmith.org

ANAGRAMS XII (continuing from here )
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TALISMAN

L ---> S

MANTISSA

MANTISSA

M --> T

SATANIST

(For a dissenting view, read Robert Heinlein's JOB: A Comedy of Justice.)

--s

ATTAINS

ATTAINS

T ---- > G

..but the sounds of SINATRA I could never be

AGAINST

AGAINST

A --> G

and he never needed much

STAGING, either, unlike many modern shows (can you spell "SuperBowl Halftime"?)

STAGING

- G

GIANTS

GIANTS

+ L

..I used to be Gulliverible; when it comes time to pick next year's NFL winners, the GIANTS won't be in the

SLATING..and in MLB, can the SF GIANTS win in an odd-#'d year?

SLATING

L --> E

He's

TEASING us again !

TEASING

G ---- > D

..was reserved, we decided to go to a more casual place

INSTEAD

INSTEAD

E --> T

DISTANT

-D

TAINTS/TITANS

TITANS

+ N

..right this

INSTANT..but, please, without side-effects

INSTANT

T ---> C

not quite Satanic, but

STANNIC

STANNIC

T --> B

CANNABIS

S > L

CANNIBAL

CANNIBAL

add H

BALANCHIN - Russian born dancer/choreographer, died 1989 of Jakob-Kreutzfeldt disease

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

STANNIC

T --> B

CANNABIS

You have added an extra A, but never mind...

BALANCHIN

A ---> G

BLANCHING

BLANCHING

H ---- > A

..as in white Russian; actually, I believe he had the # of A's right, just lacked an E at the end ..no harm, no foul..getting the spelling of foreign proper names is a bit of a

BALANCING act ...said one of the Wallendas,from the end of his hookah ..sorry, I missed that you meant 'pot' and not ballet

-B

ANGLICAN

ANGLICAN

drop A

LANCING

L > D

DANCING

DANCING

D ---> N

...former British Prime Minister (1827)

CANNING

CANNING

N ---- > R

..with one's neck can be risky

CRANING

C > I

RAINING

RAINING

+ E

NIGERIAN

NIGERIAN

- I

..& closin' in on it here, Boss...

NEARING

NEARING

A --> D

GRINNED

GRINNED

- G

..of voice or pen, are these three words: What's for

DINNER ..Thanks for hooking up the logarithm ..good job!

DINNER

N --> E

NEREID

Per Wikipedia -
Nereids are particularly associated with the Aegean Sea, where they dwelt with their father in the depths within a silvery cave. The most notable of them are Thetis, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles; Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon; and Galatea, lover of the Cyclops Polyphemus.

NEREID

R ---> D

INDEED

INDEED

add F

DEFINED

D > R

REFINED

REFINED

+ G

..is "INDEED" DENIED ..anyway, to get an answer to your ?, get a confession outa da bum dey

FINGERED ..who's about as REFINED as I (obviously, youse should agree) am

F > L

LINGERED

LINGERED

D ---- > I

..to think about who may have invented

LINGERIE

-I

LEERING

LEERING

E ---> M

GREMLIN

G > A

MINERAL

MINERAL

N --> A

LARAMIE, Wyoming, that is

LARAMIE

+ T

MATERIAL

M > R

ARTERIAL

ARTERIAL

and I demand a

RETRIAL

No way! I mean, no A !

RETRIAL

L ---> B

will need a new

ARBITER

ARBITER

- I

..and on a diet so he RAREly takes a BITe..let's make a trade

BARTER

B > C

CARTER

It's called

Carter Beats the Devil (see here ) by Glen David Gold

And it's a fun read. CARTER is a magician. (Eventually.)

And I won't take that back.

add T

RETRACT

RETRACT

T ---> I

ERRATIC

ERRATIC

R ---- > L

..no, I'm sure it was 'the;' definitely

ARTICLE

ARTICLE

add V

VERTICAL

VERTICAL

T ---> L

CAVILLER

CAVILLER

V ---- > C

..but not too much; he is, after all, a man of the collar

CLERICAL

CLERICAL

but he holds the key:

R --> V

CLAVICLE

C > D

CAVILLED

CAVILLED

C ---- > N

..off the old (iron ) block

ANVILLED

ANVILLED

+ E

DEANVILLE

DEANVILLE

N ---- > U

..maybe; but, it ain't exactly Finisterre or Dieppe, either

DEAUVILLE

but the show must go on!

DEAUVILLE (and my brain wants somehow to follow that with "Trouville")

add V

VAUDEVILLE

VAUDEVILLE

D ---- > N

..and you may well run into it in Avignon; mais, avant notre parti de la belle France ... est-ce que je peux recommender une visite a

VILLENEUVE ... C'est situee' en bel France! Merci .. PS:We sent our daughters to Villanova; maybe I can get a rebate???

VAUDEVILLE

D--->N (+ A--->E)

VILLENEUVE

Ah, vous avez chang� deux lettres! Mais je crois qu'il n'y avait pas d'alternative. Moi, je vais faire de m�me:

VILLENEUVE

L--->B + V--->R

UNBELIEVER

V > B

UNBELIEBER

UNBELIEBER - "not a fan of J" - ooh, that's deep !

drop an E (and imagine a few spaces)

BLEU'N'BRIE

BLEU'N'BRIE

E ---> G

LUBBERING

+B

BLUBBERING

BLUBBERING

remove B

UBER-BLING - the ultimate in ostentatious jewelry

UBER-BLING

+ A

BAUBLE-RING

BAUBLE-RING

U --> O

BELABORING

BELABORING

O ---- > B

..because it doesn't help us, but all I can come up with

BLABBERING

BLABBERING

B --> LA

BALLBEARING

BALLBEARING

B ---- > I

..Ready to receive a safety-guard layer ..or the kind of person who can fly off a handle

RAILING-ABLE ??????

I personally think we've reached a point of no return.

RAILING-ABLE

let the GI go

BALLERINA

I agree, Luke .. I was obviously grasping at straws with that last, desperate attempt ... and not happy at slinging it out there

I'll withdraw from political and social involvement, and patiently await the appropriate historical moment. (That's a paraphrase of something I read years ago & haven't been able to recall its source long since.) In other words, what's next? Thank you!

not a problem, Endy, we've run into that situation many times, but
Doc seems to always be able to bring us out of it, as above...

R > E

ALIENABLE

ALIENABLE

E ---- > H

..and a limited time only..insulin in a form that's

INHALABLE ... thanks, Luke..you're a gentleman

(plus a few dead ends along the way)

And did I goof somewhere in the process?

INHALABLE
to
CHAINABLE --> BALANCHINE
to
BRANCHIAL --> BRACHIAL --> BIRACIAL
to
BRONCHIAL
to
CHLORANIL
to
CARILLON
to
CLARION
and onward?

We all goof along the way, but you've lost me with this list.
It's easy for me to get lost.
Which word is the one you are presenting for us?

INHALABLE

L-> C
CHAINABLE

E-> R
BRANCHIAL

A-> O
BRONCHIAL

B-> L
CHLORANIL

drop H
CARILLON

drop L
CLARION

and on from here, if you're willing to jump this far this fast.

I'm willing, but I don't know if I'm able. It does get us out
of that hole we were in swirling and swirling down the tubes.

L > R

CARRION

from CARILLON to CLARION to

(drop L)

OCARINA

OCARINA

+ M

MACARONI

MACARONI

I ---- > O

MACAROON

A > E

CAMEROON

CAMEROON

drop the O

ROMANCE

ROMANCE

C ---- > H

..of long, long ago

MENORAH

-H

ENAMOR

made from

ENAMOR

add I

ROMAINE

ROMAINE

- A

..or baa, baa, baa ?

MERINO

E > A

MARINO

Early Christian Saint, and tiny country in NorthEastern Italy

MARINO (and don't forget Dan)

O --> T

MARTIN

MARTIN

T ---- > E

..to a

MARINE

M > D

RAINED

RAINED

I ---- > E

ENDEAR

E > U

UNREAD

UNREAD

U --> G

DANGER

G > C

DANCER

DANCER

add P

PRANCED

P > H

RANCHED

RANCHED

N --> A

CHARADE

C > I

AIRHEAD

AIRHEAD

A ---- > W

...head 'em up, move 'em out

RAWHIDE ..but, you Rowdy, don't tread anywhere near my grave

signed ..Ben Bulben

RAWHIDE

W --> R

HARDIER

(and some winter plants)

-H

RAIDER

RAIDER

D ---- > P

..had more heart than that, said one who lost his ark at a matchup in SFO

PAIRER

One clover, and a bee.
And revery.

To make a

PAIRER
add another I

PRAIRIE

The revery alone will do
If bees are few.

(That's Emily Dickinson. )

PRAIRIE

I ---- > S

..I commend; I'd say that makes me a

PRAISER .. I shout to you, tho' all by myself in a bee-loud glade on Innisfree in Lough Gill

PRAISER

I ---> K

SPARKER

SPARKER

P ---- > T

..and maybe unclothed (if 'plural')?

STARKER

-K

ARREST

ARREST

+ T

RESTART

-R

TASTER

TASTER

T ---> X

EXTRAS

-X

STARE

STARE

T ---- > P

..What's the future perfect of that verb?

PARSE

We're covering more and more territory here, aren't we

PARSE

add D

SPREAD

-R

SPADE

SPADE

+ R

..Sierra Madres and RBI & ERA are big with the SD
PADRES

...all debts are

PADRES

S --> I

REPAID

P > L

RELAID

RELAID

R ---- > T

..opened my eyes to a lot of things

DILATE

D > P

PILATE

PILATE

L ---- > R

..hi-yo Silver

PIRATE

PIRATE

E -->M

IMPART

(sprites like to draw, too, y'know)

P > N

MARTIN

MARTIN

T ---> G

MARGIN

+F

FARMING

FARMING

F ---- > H

..ARMING don't seem to consider those they might be

HARMING

+C

CHARMING

CHARMING

R ---> I

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN

+ N

MACHINING

-M

CHAINING

CHAININBG

drop A

INCHING

WINCHING

WINCHING

I ---- > E

..in wooing, in watching & pursuing the light that lies in women's eyes Has been my heart's undoing

WENCHING .. said a wise someone years ago (Now I remember; it was Thomas Moore, who said it was time lost --temps perdu? Jamais, if you ask me!-- who also wrote Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, etc etc )

W > B

BENCHING

BENCHING

N ---- > L

..this would probably be called an eructation; I guess it is an expression of sorts

BELCHING

B > A

LEACHING

LEACHING

N ---> T

LICHGATE

LEACHING

E ---- > T

..water's way of leaving the local landfill (if it is 'water');H2O also flows thru Windsor Locks, where they may or may not do

LATCHING

the LEACHING of LATCHING ???

N ---- > E

I tried to delete my one-minute-later post; was too late; then tried to erase all the letters; sys wouldn't let me do that, either so I'll try this

LICHGATE ..in the nick of time ..

LICHGATE

C ---- > D

..that my previous entry could be settling in a delicate manner; so I may indeed have

ALIGHTED ..now I'm going to get lit

?The system deleted mine as well.

-A

DELIGHT

DELIGHT

L ---- > B

..was Gaily

BEDIGHT...maybe because of the way his raiment was LIGHTED?

B > L

LIGHTED

LIGHTED

D ---- > N

..please my burdens

LIGHTEN

DELIGHT

D --> S

SLEIGHT

SLEIGHT

G ---- > T

..and that'll be

THISTLE

T > W

WHISTLE

WHISTLE

+ R

..come home to Mother

WHISTLER

WHISTLER

+ E

ERSTWHILE

ERSTWHILE

L --> O

OTHERWISE

-w

THEORIES

THEORIES

E --> C

RHEOCIST

(Yes, I just made up the word. It means "one who goes with the flow.")

RHEOCIST

- T

..I might have been less inclined to indulge in

HEROICS

I'll skip the breakfast cereal and simply be a greeter

HEROICS

S --> E

CHEERIO !

CHEERIO

- I

..I will be a good imitator; even when I'm echoing the sounds of silence

ECHOER

+D

COHERED

COHERED

H ---- > V

.. treated each story as a tasty dish to be

COVERED

C > H

HOVERED

HOVERED

H ---- > K

..when my subscription to Life was

REVOKED

REVOKED

K ---- > M

..hit man who had a lot of cousins once

REMOVED

REMOVED

V --> F

FREEDOM

F > L

REMODEL

REMODEL

M ---- > W

..have been

LOWERED

L > C

COWERED

COWERED

W ---- > D

..cryptic message again

RECODED .. or had a second attack of the heart variety

You'll be able to read my encrypted message if you have your WinkyDink DECODER ring handy

RECODED

E --> W

CROWDED

-C

WORDED

WORDED

+ N

sorrows need to be disposed of;..so I thought I'd practice on some to see how they might best be

DROWNED .. film at 11 (and what's counted is still an open question!)

DROWNED

N ---> O

REDWOOD

REDWOOD

W ---- > B

..over this, Milord (Tennis, anyone?) mused and

BROODED

-B

ODORED

ODORED

R ---> M

DOOMED

DOOMED

D ---- > R

..boats are

MOORED

D > R

ROOMER

ROOMER

O ---- > T

..there's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on

TREMOR

TREMOR

E --> A

MORTAR

(At least I didn't make a pestle of myself)

M > C

CARROT

CARROT

+ T

TRACTOR

TRACTOR

T ---- > E

..who wants to go Nu-cu-lar

REACTOR

A > E

ERECTOR

ERECTOR

E ---- > C

..of course..Didn't everyone?whether or not it was politically

CORRECT

-C

RECTOR

RECTOR

+ A

..one who's closely allied with the

CREATOR

CREATOR

C ---- > N

..used to be florid&high-flown; then it got even

ORNATER

Sorry; I realized too late i'd gone back to REACTOR inadvertently.Thought i should do a change ..

N > A

AERATOR

several mistakes, in fact

AERATOR

drop O

ERRATA

ERRATA

+ N

NARRATE

NARRATE

R --> S

ANTARES (in Scorpio)

ANTARES

E ---- > I

..of his old 45's: Goody,Goody;The Moon was Yellow;Emily

SINATRA

S > Z

CZARINA

CZARINA

C --> O

ARIZONA

z > C

OCARINA

OCARINA

O ---- > M

..Burana? O fortuna?

CARMINA

-C

MARINA

MARINA - Ti voglio al piu presto sposar

add I

MARIANA (islands near the Trench)

MARIANA

A ---- > T

..has anything to do with wanting to marry 'subito,' ..basta con questo .. io sono

MARTIAN .. As in the Ray Peterson song, Tell Marina I love her (and/or Grok her)

which was "Pi day," (March 14, 2015, or rather 3 1415...)

MARTIAN

A --> I

MARTINI

How I want a drink
alcoholic, of course,
after the heavy chapters involving
quantum mechanics

-I

MARTIN

MARTIN

T ---- > L

..in a big pond

MARLIN

MARLIN

That could go to R->A ANIMAL, but R->Y MAINLY I prefer

add Y

MARILYN

Y > A

LAMINAR

LAMINAR

add G

MARGINAL

A > E

GERMINAL

GERMINAL

L ---> A

GERMANIA

GERMANIA

- I

..in tres partes, said I guy I knew once, quite the military

MANAGER

M > T

TANAGER

TANAGER

+ I

..those little holes in the golf course green

AERATING ..watch how that first word is pronounced

AERATING

+ O

ARAGONITE

Each of many shades of gray is a

ARAGONITE
E --> D
GRADATION

G > I

RADIATION

RADIATION

I ---- > O

..the shades have been lifted from my eyes, I can clearly offer

ADORATION

ADORATION

O ---> L

TRAINLOAD

-D

RATIONAL

RATIONAL

R ---- > N

..may someday be this kind of hero

NATIONAL

N > B

ABLATION

ABLATION

A ---- > U

..before we pray

ABLUTION ..Does Tide market a 'cleansing' version?

ABLUTION

O ---> E

UNITABLE

UNITABLE

N --> J

JUBILATE

JUBILATE

E ---- > N

..was Jubilation T Cornpone

JUBILANT ..jubilate igitur...Jubilate Agno..Dio mio (Deo meo?)

J > R

TRIBUNAL

Deo meo

TRIBUNAL

+ C

..I'll go with STP rather than some others that come to mind

LUBRICANT

LUBRICANT

- C

..in the shape of a cone resting on its apex

TURBINAL ..Learn somethin' new every day ..Jenny, Jen, Spinny spin ..

have at it a third time, Endy, I can't do anything with this.

If I may, I'd like to propose something .. can we go back to

JUBILATE

whence we seem to have gone off the deep end .. a J ---- > S

would allow something

SUITABLE .. with your indulgence.. Thank you! joe

fine by me

S > D

DUTIABLE

DUTIABLE

+ B

DUBITABLE

DUBITABLE

B ---- > S

..but not much else

STUDIABLE

STUDIABLE

D ---- > N

UNBESTIAL

UNBESTIAL

N ---> M

SUBLIMATE

S > M

IMMUTABLE

IMMUTABLE

B ---- > N

ALIMENTUM

M > C

CULMINATE

CULMINATE

C ---- > F

..I can't reduce long words by a letter enroute to a change

FULMINATE ..that'd usually give us more alternatives

FULMINATE

F ---> A

ALUMINATE

-A (here goes ones)

LUMINATE

LUMINATE

..there are MINUTIAE that we can get INTIMATE with, in order to

MITIGATE the impact of eight-letter words, lest we earlier plights

IMITATE ..and I sincerely hope I'm not doing just that

IMITATE I-->E

and it's

TEATIME

T > D

MEDIATE

whatever you said, I agree. I'm not a friend of those 50 cent words

MEDIATE

I ---- > S

..or got to come clean

[B]STEAMED[/B ..Could've fooled me; I've long been impressed with the arcane & esoteric terms you nail, sending me scrambling to my heavy Amer. Heritage Dictionary ...chemical compounds, etc.

Sorry don't mean to take you unarmed, but it'S sort of like
being on a diet, I may be on a diet, but I can still look at
the menu. I don't like playing with them, just because they are
out there or in your Heritage Dict. HEH,HEH

-T

EDEMAS

EDEMAS

A ---> I

DEMISE

D > R

REMISE

REMISE (not to be confused with MISERE, in which you strive to lose everything always)

add C

MERCIES, tender or otherwise

C > A

SEAMIER

SEAMIER

E ---- > R

..shall become as one

MARRIES ..that was a Bishop Sheen line years ago, about his looking at a pretty woman now & again

MARRIES

add O

ARMORIES

ARMORIES

R ---- > T

..the costs of the stuff in my ARMOIRE were so high, I had to

AMORTISE

-A

MORTISE

MORTISE

R ---> U

TIMEOUS

(that's a Scottish word meaning 'timely'. It's pronounced 'time-ous', not 'tim-e-ous'.)

TIMEOUS

O ---- > P

..that heaven to gaudy day

IMPUTES .. thanks for the timeous pronunciation tip (nae, it's no' pronounced type!)

IMPUTES

Atral or ventrcular -->

SEPTUM

SEPTUM

+ P

..especially if you're deviated

MUPPETS

M > P

PUPPETS

UPPSET - Swedish university student didn't like his grades ?

UPPSET

T ---- > L

..container: I get a kick outa you

SUPPLE

SUPPLE

S --> R

PURPLE

P > A

PLEURA

PLEURA

E ---- > L

..I can't see the forest for the trees? I see PINES & I see APPLES

PLURAL

P > E

LAUREL

LAUREL

L ---- > N

..and probably a good place to rest on. Kids now find lots

UNREAL

UNREAL

U ---> Y

NEARLY

-N

EARLY

EARLY

+ P

..or an important set of gates

PEARLY

PEARLY

or PLAYER, or REPLAY...

Are you sure that's what you meant?

REALLY ?

REALLY

L ---- > S

..to that question, the answers are arranged in

LAYERS .. one of them is KILLING me

R > D

SLAYED

DELAYS

Interest rates are giving CDs historically low

A-->I

YIELDS

YIELDS

I ---> O

YODELS

Y> M

MODELS

MODELS

D -->N

SOLEMN

SOLEMN

N ---- > T

..and there were a SLEW of them, but the last thing one'd do would be to

MOLEST

L > D

MODEST

March went out like a lion

MODEST

add R

STORMED

-M

STORED

STORED

add Y

DESTROY

(aside: We've been doing this for ten years. If we limit ourselves to six-letter combinations we're going to run out of words!)

I remember when you said this about five letter words.
Is this progress????

Y > A

ROASTED

ROASTED

+ I

ASTEROID

-A

EDITORS

I remember when you said this about five letter words.
Is this progress????

Inflation.? :-)
_____________________

EDITORS

E-->O

DORITOS

DORITOS

O ---- > E

...over generations, maybe

STORIED ..or able to leap tall buildings???

-I

SORTED

SORTED

+ N

..one of my less savory reactions; they love to talk about how I just

SNORTED

-S

RODENT

RODENT

D ---> T

ROTTEN

ROTTEN

add R

TORRENT

TORRENT

R ---- > M

..no...Why? ..'Cause it's killing me

TORMENT

TORMENT

R --> I

...have you heard Amahl ?

MENOTTI

Actually, I think I saw it first in the 50's.
And I have the disc, only an hour long, nice at Christmas.

T > E

ONETIME

ONETIME

E ---- > N

..no less than honorable

MENTION

MENTION

N --> O

EMOTION

EMOTION

+ C

EMOTICON

EMOTICON

O --> D

CONDIMENT

Nice try, but no cigar. It would have to be O --> DN

T --> C

ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC

- I

COMECON

E > I

COMICON

COMICON

C ---> R

OMICRON

-C

MORONI

and the angel who spake to Joseph Smith (LDS)

OMICRON

M --> O

ORINOCO

and a song sung by Libera, for one.

http://www.libera.org.uk/

I got nuthin'.

ORINOCO

O -->H

CHORION

(For a picture, see here.)

(A pregnancy test measures "chorionic gonadotropin" in the urine

CHORION

- O

..Centaur

CHIRON

I > A

CHARON drives the boat over the River Styx

or ANCHOR

CHARON

N ---- > L

...and let's hear that song again; everybody sing

CHORAL

CHORAL

Drop O

the LARCH

A > U

LURCH

CHURL

H --> Y

CURLY

(and Larry, and Moe, oh my!)

C > B

BURLY

BURLY

Let's get the L out of here

..France's flag has some red in it; and the Larch was a Monty Python skit

RUBY

BURY

drop R

BUY

(P.S. up a few panels, "The flag of France is blue, white, and red" was so titled because the letter change involved was "Drop O" and suggested a phrase from French I (many, many years ago) which went "Le drapeau francais est bleu, blanc, et rouge" - translated above.)

+O

BUOY

BUOY

- U

Years ago in Milano, I tried to ask a waiter, in Italian, if my breakfast tin of marmalade was a fem. noun..His reply .. Oh, no, Signore, a tin of jelly is a BOY forever (I swear that's true!)

BOY ...Btw, that Fr. phrase might have rhymed better if 'le drapeau ... sont rouge, blanc, et bleu' ..non?

B > T

TOY

TOY

+ E

EYOT

EYOT

O --> I

YETI

-I

YET

YETI

I ---- > R

.. with a crowd, the card to play is a

TREY

...said the attorney,

TREY

add R

RETRY

and maybe you'll get a conviction this time

T > B

BERRY

BERRY

R --> L

BERYL

B > A

EARLY

EARLY

add R

RARELY

Y > B

BARREL

BARREL

R --> A

ARABLE

ARABLE

A ---> Y

BARLEY

Y > B

RABBLE

RABBLE

L ---> R

BARBER

A > E

BERBER

BERBER

B --> W

BREWER (joey is BEER)

W > A

BEARER

BEARER

E ---- > t

.. for a cold beer (Noah Beery, Wallace's boy, played Jim Rockford's father)

BARTER

B > Y

ARTERY

ARTERY

- A

..you don't succeed..

RETRY

(he said with conviction)

RETRY

E --> A

TARRY

T > B

BARRY

BARRY

R --> A

ARABY

A > S

BRAYS

BRAYS

R --> S

ABYSS

ABYSS

+ R

BRASSY

BRASSY

R --> P

BYPASS

S > T

BYPAST

BYPAST

B ---- > R

..bring on the dessert

PASTRY

-P

SATYR

SATYR

R ---- > H

..and make my pudding

HASTY

H > E

YEAST

YEAST

add F

SAFETY

SAFETY

Y ---> R

FASTER

FASTER

F --> E

EASTER

EASTER

E ---- > P

..a real feast

REPAST

REPAST

add U

PASTURE

PASTURE

P ---- > T

..so we can admire them, if from a distance

STATURE

-R

STATUE

STATUE

- U

..the best are those done in good

TASTE ...De gustibus, and so on ..But, if not kept up, they can get into a STATE..

+E

ESTATE

Just noticed, maybe it has been awhile and I did not see it, but
congrats on your pooh-bah status.

ESTATE

add L

SEATTLE

+C

TELECAST

TELECAST

L ---- > S

..still plays them

CASSETTE

C > G

GESTATES

GESTATES

E ---> I

STAGIEST

STAGIEST

S --> A

AGITATES

AGITATES

E ---- > M

.. had, and was preserved after death retaining them, I believe

STIGMATA ..Hey, Luke, thanks for noticing & commenting on that; I'd missed the change myself, as with a few of the earlier ones, as usual ..I appreciate your note! joe

-G

TATAMIS

ne rien, da nada, Joe

TATAMIS

M ---- > E

..and not the Stones '..fill me up' ..never liked the stones anyway...

SATIATE ..I was tempted to suggest that 'the study of saying goodbye, as in TATA-ISM was a variant..Where do you get words like TATAMIS??!!? wow ...

SATIATE

+ N

ASTATINE

ASTATINE

S --> M

ANTIETAM

ANTIETAM

A ---- > R

..now that we think about it

MARTINET

MARTINET

drop M

TERTIAN

TERTIAN

T ---> C

CERTAIN

CERTAIN

Add T

INTERACT

INTERACT

+ Y

..that by adding T and then Y to CERTAIN, we can be sure of one thing, Hastings

CERTAINTY

CERTAINTY

+ L

CENTRALITY

-t

CERTAINLY

CERTINLY

C --> I

LINEARITY

-Y

INERTIAL

INERTIAL

I ---- > G

..when they asked me what part of synecdoche i didn't understand...

INTEGRAL

INTEGRAL = ALTERING

I'm just not sure I see the

G --> O

RELATION

-O

RETINAL

RETINAL

+ C

CLARINET

CLARINET

T ---- > G

..just up ahead, there's a

CLEARING

CLEARING

+ L

..when Peggy Wood played Mama

RECALLING

C > V

RAVELLING

RAVELLING

L ---- > T

..played at St Michael's School for Boys in PA, he was never called for

TRAVELING ..tho' he took significant steps later (E.G.,coaching b-ball at USC)

-G

INTERVAL

INTERVAL

A --> U

VIRULENT

VIRULENT

T ---- > I

..when unmanned

UNVIRILE

UNVIRILE

I --> E

UNILEVER

UNILEVER

...in spelling this word with one L

REVELING

to contrive

REVELING

R --> I

INVEIGLE

INVEIGLE

- E

VEILING

VEILING

V ---> D

ELIDING

ELIDING

D. ---- >. C

CEILING

C > V

VEILING

sorry - I see veiling was done above.....
so

CEILING
I > A

ANGELIC

ANGELIC

G. ---- > P

...can do it, surely

PELICAN

PELICAN

- C

ALPINE

ALPINE

drop E

PLAIN

I > E

PLANES

(got crossed up on the page turn - last entry was PLAIN)

PLANES

A-->I

SPLINE

SPLINE

P ---> A

SALINE

SALINE

+. T

...but if you're crackers, you're nuts

SALTINE...the eyes have an ivy solution for it

-S

ENTAIL

ENTAIL

add M

ALIMENT

ALIMENTARY

+. S

...wrongly that a person with multiple AILMENTS...would benefit from

TALISMEN...turns out it's incorrect but an accepted use...

MANLIEST

MANLIEST

have another T

MENTALIST

Amateurs. All y'are are a bunch of amateurs. How much money you make rearranging words...? I'll tell-ya...Squadooch! Zip! Zero! Nada!

Lookie here...I changed Bruce Jenner into a woman and got paid six-figures! How ya like them marbles... Gotum. And bids are pouring in like crazy!

Told that wacked-out family of his a version of the "On Top of Spaghetti" song. They are so stupid. All it took was to make it rhyme. The meatballs fell onto the floor...rolled out the door...and under a bush...then turned into mush.

What a bunch of morons, like taking candy from a baby.

Your point being?

MENTALIST

T --> S

SALTMINES

SALTMINES

S ---> R

TRAMLINES

+E

STREAMLINE

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

Your point being?

MENTALIST

T --> S

SALTMINES

S/he's all over the site -raging ego-maniac.

STREAMLINE

T ---> G

GENERALISM

+O

GENERALISMO

Sorry, I think it would also need an "I". Go back to
Generalism

GENERALISM

+ R

..chimed in at an appropriate time

MALINGERERS ..I think the senior HIspanic officer might have needed an 'S' too..

Originally Posted By: endymion6

I think the senior HIspanic officer might have needed an 'S' too..

There is only one S in the Spanish spelling: GENERAL�SIMO.

but

GENERALISM

L-->E would have made

MENAGERIES (I knew this place was going to the dogs)

MALINGERERS

- L

GERMANISER

you cut it by one letter - good going

[GERMANISER / R->E / MENAGERIES, only in Dusseldorf they call it TIERGARTEN]

GERMANISER

drip I

MERGANSER
(sometimes known as a "fish duck")

MERGANSER

G --> D

REMANDER - which returns the case to a lower court for further consideration

-R

MEANDER

MEANDER

add O

ENAMORED

ENAMORED

- A

MODERNE

MODERNE

E --> O

DOORMEN

D > H

HORMONE

HORMONE

M --> D

HONORED

-O

HORNED

HORNED

D --> T

THRONE

(or, if you prefer, King of Bees HORNET)

-H

TENOR/TONER

TENOR/TONER

O ---> I

TRINE

T > B

BRINE

BRINE

E --> O

ROBIN

ROBIN

O ---- > A

..that hood, ROBIN?

BRAIN

+G

BARING

BARING

B ---> Y

GRAINY

G > B

BINARY

BINARY

add G

...by BRAYING

B > F

FRAYING

FRAYING

F ---- > P

..do enough

PRAYING ...man, 'tis true

A > E

PREYING

PREYING

- E

..and that nosy neighbor do best

PRYING

P > F/C

choice

FRYING/CRYING

FRYING

G --> E

FINERY

-Y

INFER

INFER

+ E

..or to go back & financially penalize yet again?

REFINE

I > C

FENCER

FENCER

C ---- > D

.. I see on your

FENDER .. Johnny Guitar?

F > B

BENDER

BENDER

- N

..to Churchill Downs, there's thoroughly an emphasis on

BREED

D > S

BEERS

BEERS

E ---- > A

..into our BIERS, it might be because we each didn't effectively use our

SABER ou notres SABRES ..un crie de coeur (ou pour un' encore)?

Garcon, je voudrais une Kronenbourg, s'il vous plait

+C

BRACES

BRACES

C ---- > I

..got all its enthusiasm, 'til I found out the poor thing had

RABIES

+B

BARBIES

BARBIES

E ---- > T

..and other bunnies

RABBITS

R > E

TABBIES

TABBIES

+ G

..are at the top of this category on the Pet Activities list

GABBIEST

GABBIEST

E ---- > N

..even the slightest pain feels like it's

STABBING

all I can come up with is

G > P

BIBPANTS

Used to wear 'em.

or A > U

STUBBING

as in 'toe' ouch.

STUBBING

B ---- > R

..out all over

BURSTING ..as they might say in Deutschland, where it's Fruehlingszeit
I'd thought STABBING would lead to BASTING ..sorry for posting another lame one ...glad you got STUBBING; don't know where BIBPANTS would lead ..thanks!

don't have my head in it this week, sorry.

-B

RUSTING

RUSTING

+ C

..around my synapses, shaping my personality as I age

CRUSTING ..I like the coloring..(oxidation at work)

C > T

TRUSTING

TRUSTING

U ---- > Y

..is running 'Love in the PM' with Coop & A Hepburn; don't think any of this actually happens in that, tho'

TRYSTING ...Also hope that this isn't another dead-end word from me

Don't feel bad, I almost used it on you.

-T

STRINGY

STRINGY

Y ---- > E

..yellowjackets intent on a nest under my deck is equipped with a

STINGER ... thank you!

R > T

TESTING

TESTING

_ T

..was ravenous, wow, could I

INGEST..now my appearance at a hot-dog-eating contest would be a joke

N > D

DIGEST

DIGEST

E ---- > I

..involves skillful manipulation of one's

DIGITS ...that's key to piling up contest-winning numbers

D > N

SITING

SITING

T ---- > D

..larger mistakes was pulling its railroads off into a permanent

SIDING ..they could have hauled a lot of aluminum to put on the exterior walls of houses

+ H

SHINDIG (or DISHING OR HIDINGS)

SHINDIG

D --> T

INSIGHT !

(as Martin Gardner liked to say)

INSIGHT

H ---- . d

..that I bring you these of great joy

TIDINGS .. by becoming a grandfather two weeks and 41.2 hours ago,and I walk on the proverbial air,as it's not ere happened... a moi, that is

CONGRATULATIONS

to you and your family on this super cool occasion !!

+ E

DINGIEST

DINGIEST

- S

..have by your banner response been

IGNITED

+B

DEBITING

one may soon become

DEBITING

B --> N

INDIGENT

INDIGENT

- I

..one can become INDIGNANT, and turn to an attentive person at a bar, and

TENDING

T > L

LENDING

LENDING

N ---- > A

..if you're careful about the market in which you're

DEALING

DEALING (depending on how you're ALIGNED)

with I --> N

ENGLAND

ENGLAND

N ---- > S

..was playing DangerMan over there, a bloke'd occasionally say the bleedin' plot sometime

DANGLES..not to worry;it was before he was taken 'Prisoner'

(Best line:(Var. #'2): I am the new No.2..(McG aka #6): Who is #1? (Leo McKern, et al. #'2): You are..#6 )

-N

GLADES

GLADES

G ---- > T

SLATED..unless you're a Progressive Dem..then you're left on the ballot

S > P

PLATED

PLATED

T ---- > S

..that I'll always need, my new bike has nifty

PEDALS

D > T

PETALS

PETALS

add R

PSALTER

PSALTER

- S

..I'd rather focus on the meal; and, if not seasoned to your taste, you can always RESALT

REPAST

REPAST

E --> A

SATRAP

SATRAP

+ N

..carry a big sword, and don't get too fancy

SPARTAN

A > E

ENTRAPS

ENTRAPS

N ---- > I

..liked on tiptoe through tulips to

TRAIPSE

-A

ESPRIT

ESPRIT

T ---- > A

..or Ad astra per aspera, I think, he said breathily

ASPIRE

P > B

BRAISE

BRAISE

I ---- > T

Will we need someone to act as the

BASTER ..Paint on that gooey stuff with a brush

B > R

RAREST

RAREST

R ---- > D

..that rare beauty, I did the only thing I could .. I

STARED

STARED

+ E

DEAREST

D > N

EASTERN

EASTERN

E --> G

STRANGE

STRANGE

+ L

..were really serious, despite how convincing, when they spoke of my making them want to

STRANGLE ..this took forever thanks to my verizon modem; must be a busy day out in the clouds???

S > I

TRIANGLE

...but one of the roving kind

TRIANGLE

and her hair hung down in a

drop A

RINGLET

-R

TINGLE

TINGLE

add S

GLISTEN

+A

GELATINS

GELATINS

- S

..that I already told you about, its being 'a boy forever,'is still

ELATING

+B

TANGIBLE

TANGIBLE

T ---- > N

..and Oscar Wilde found it

ENABLING

ENABLING

drop one N

BENGALI

-B

GENIAL

GENIAL

E ---- > C

..for sure; and anyone annoying them is in for a sound

LACING

LACING

...but certainly not

add E

ANGELIC

C > E

LINEAGE

LINEAGE

he could be quite

drop E

GENIAL (Does that mean "like a genie" ?)

GENIAL

- G

..I avoided isolation; but now it's time to break away

ALIEN

Sorry, Luke, I missed your Prior Usage of GENIAL.

ALIEN

Have some more T.

ENTAIL

ENTAIL

+ S

..are game-winners; others less

SALIENT

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

Sorry, Luke, I missed your Prior Usage of GENIAL.

ALIEN

Have some more T.

ENTAIL

Forty lashes with a wet noodle.

-A

INLETS

INLETS

E --> U

INSULT

T > G

SLUING

SLUING

U ---- > O

..to remain SILENT when approaching INLETS, we've been

LOSING

L > P

POSING

POSING

O ---- > Y

..he was also

SPYING

+A

SPAYING

SPAYING

+. R

..prevents some things, but not, I think

SPRAYING

-S

PRAYING

PRAYING

R ---- > L

..at the movie house? Who's on first?

PLAYING

-A

PLYING

PLYING

P ---- > A

.. epitomize this; I've tended toward the un- version

GAINLY

L > S

SAYING

SAYING

A ---- > T

..still, I'm so cheap with my time to go look up if

STINGY were recently used

S > L

TINGLY

TINGLY

L ---> P

TYPING

T > H

HYPING

HYPING

Y ---- > O

..first he's dreamin', then he's

HOPING

P > M

HOMING

...on the other side of the fence...

HOMING
H --> W

...but at least I don't have to do the

MOWING

M > B

BOWING

BOWING

drop W

BINGO !

B>R

RINGO Starr

RINGO

add E

IGNORE

IGNORE

E ---> G

GRINGO

G > B

BORING

BORING

I --> A

BROGAN

BROGAN

O ---- > I

..a glimpse of stocking was considered

BARING

Originally Posted By: endymion6

...a glimpse of stocking was considered
BARING

Did you mean BARING

or perhaps B --> D

DARING ?

D > C

CARING

CARING

N --> L

GARLIC

G > A

RACIAL

RACIAL

R ---- > F

..when I found men also get the treatment called a

FACIAL

except letters

RACIAL

L --> F

AFRICA

F > N

CRANIA

CRANIA

I ---- > E

..absent the 'l,' would be two or more of the head; call this

ARCANE ..I'd like my maxillofacial now, please, Doctor

ARCANE

A ---> T

RECANT

-R

ENACT

ENACT

N ---- > R

..if only I knew how to

REACT

+D

TRACED

TRACED

+ T

..did this to originality:

DETRACT

DETRACT

D --> S

SCATTER

SCATTER

T ---- > S

..they kept me from getting into the act

CASTERS

+O

COASTERS

COASTERS

C ---- > T

..for those back at the oven

TOASTERS

TOASTERS

S --> P

PROSTATE

+R

PROSTRATE

with Mikado and others

PROSTRATE

R --> E

OPERETTAS

OPERETTAS

- T

..showed the group the um-brel-lya, and how it

OPERATES ..before they got to Duke Wayne's sleeping bag

SPECTATOR

add N

ESPERANTO

ESPERANTO

P ---- > D

..that immediately clicked with me; it truly

RESONATED

RESONATED

Drop D

SENATOR

(like STENTOR, almost...)

-S

ORNATE

SENATOR

- S

..you hid another E (like a budget-rider?); maybe the influence of state-ly surroundings...that tend to be overly

ORNATE

ORNATE

- A

Sorry, Luke ..you beat me to the punch

TENOR

ORNATE

- A

..than with a talented

TENOR .. hope that clears up any confusion; response is to Luke's timely one

TENOR

add T

ROTTEN

ROTTEN

+ I

TRITONE

TRITONE

- E

..and Amphitrite, I think I'd settle for Ma&Pa; it'd be easier,no?

TRITON

TRITON

T --> E

ORIENT

+N

INTONER

INTONER

T --> F

INFERNO

INFERNO

O ---> U

FUNNIER

FUNNIER

F ---- > O

..in another,say, five or ten years

REUNION..we'll look even FUNNIER then

U > B

BONNIER

BONNIER

- N

..the one named Maroney is

BONIER

R > N

BONNIE

BONNIE

E ---- > R

..how did you acquire all those skills? are they

INBORN ? - Either an eight or a nine, says he

INBORN

add

RIBBONS

(Speaking of adornments - if you wear a "furabove" instead, do you look less frilly?)

RIBBONS

..couldn't be had from INBORN without adding/changing two..so, assuming you meant RIBBON ..

I'll deduct a B

ROBIN ..now I'm blue

+B

RIBBON

RIBBON

B ---- > G

..most women say, will make any outfit less

BORING

O > A

BARING

BARING

add A

BARGAIN

(" ...The shares are a penny, and ever so many
are taken by Rothchild and Baring..."}

BARGAIN

R ---> T

and the nightmare is

ABATING

B > s

AGAINST

AGAINST

A ---- > R

..riveting glance can often be by others considered rude

STARING

R > K

STAKING

STAKING

K ---- > C

..role vis-a-vis the wind

CASTING

CASTING

N --> R

GASTRIC

GASTRIC

S ---- > N

..what's with you & those lost persons you're always

TRACING ..or are you just CARTING them around?

+ K

TRACKING

TRACKING

R ---- > L

..have not been able to do very well for too many years

TACKLING

T > C

CACKLING

double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and caudron bubble

CACKLING

+ R

..at Fenway, we sing along to Neil D's

CRACKLING (- the G) Rosie ..or, maybe on 2d thought, it was Sweet Caroline .. my memory's not what it was

CRACKLING

- L

..Rodney Dangerfield, while you were doing what you do to jokes, I was doing to the case

CRACKING

C > F

FRACKING

FRACKING

K-->E

This old building needs REFACING.

REFACING

F ---> M

GERMANIC

GERMANIC

G --> A

AMERICAN

AMERICAN

- A

..been thinking along those same lines

CRIMEAN

-A

MINCER

MINCER

C --> E

ERMINE

I > A

RENAME

RENAME

R ---- > C

..for Dennis, whose own rhymed with

MENACE

+V

CAVEMEN

CAVEMEN

M ---- > L

..Buick, with all these flashy cars almost totally surrounding me

ENCLAVE

ENCLAVE

drop N

CLEAVE

CLEAVE

A ---- > R

..about what Wally had just done for the Beav' .. now, that was

CLEVER

CLEVER

C --> A

REVEAL

REVEAL

A ---- > I

..and I'd hate that

REVILE

REVILE

+ S

SERVILE

SERVILE

L ---- > C

..while on KP are told they're performing valuable

SERVICE

SERVICE

S ---- > E

..in tennis you either serve or

RECEIVE

c > l

RELIEVE

RELIEVE

E --> D

DELIVER

DELIVER

V ---> S

RESILED

S > T

RETILED

RETILED

L ---- > R

..If at first they don't succeed in convicting you, you'll be

RETRIED ..again and again

RETILED

E --> I

...before I get any

DIRTIER

DIRTIER

I ---> F

DRIFTER

D > L

TRIFLER

TRIFLER

R ---- > T

..and would not stay long with any one lady, preferring to

FLITTER ..from one to the next

I > A

FLATTER

FLATTER

- L

..was never a hunk, but now am more of a lunk, having become

FATTER

FLATTER

from the

T --> R

RAFTER

RAFTER

+ H

..and if ye seek for the source of the current flatulence, look no

FARTHER

-F

RATHER

RATHER

R ---- > D

.. cut from the same

THREAD ...and as it's a boring subject, there's a DEARTH of attention being paid it

- H

TREAD

TREAD

D ---> P

TAPER

TAPER

+ I

..with Gladys Knight down to One Pip, The One,Maybe Two Lads, etc., it's likely that we'd have Terry & The

PIRATE

PIRATE

A --> Y

PYRITE

PYRITE

E ---- > A

..all men are created equal? The NFL?

PARITY

...the dame in The Merchant of Venice

PARITY

Y --> O

PORTIA

PORTIA

I ---> P

APPORT

+R

RAPPORT

RAPPORT

- P

PARROT

PARROT

P ---> Y

ROTARY

ROTARY

+ O

..and round, but never quite getting, nor getting to, the point is a specialty (and/or speciality, AC) of our Congresspeople

ORATORY PS: I spun out in a rotary back in 1970; first time driving a Mini-Minor shifting with left hand and driving, to me, on the 'wrong side' of the Bath Road, near Hounslow...ah, such 'fond' memories of the 'roundabout'

ORATORY

Y ---- > T

..said he'd respond to the guff the way he used to if it weren't for his

ROTATOR

oops, oratory became rotator, delete, new word.

O > C

TRACTOR

TRACTOR

T --> E

CREATOR

-A

RECTOR

RECTOR

+ C

..The RECTOR says if you're a positive REACTOR to the Word you'll always be

CORRECT ...You were a quick REACTOR just above, Luke..nice

C > E

ERECTOR

ERECTOR

+ P

RECEPTOR

+P

PRECEPTOR

PRECEPTOR

P ---- > N

PRECENTOR

PRECENTOR

O --> A

CARPENTER

CARPENTER

- P

..next to this word in the dictionary, and he ain't one of the 16 popes

RECREANT

R > D

CANTERED

CANTERED

D --> N

ENTRANCE

ENTRANCE

+ H

..it seemed all doors were opened to him; he became an

ENCHANTER .. and then he made those eyes

ENCHANTER

- R

ENCHANT�

ENCHANT�

� --> P

PENCHANT

PENCHANT

- P

I was so mesmerized, didn't realize this could so

ENCHANT

ENCHANT

N ---- > S

..at the risk of being scolded, I'll just quickly change this & scoot

CHASTEN

CHASTEN

T ---> G

CHANGES

CHANGES

G ---- > C

I'll take my

CHANCES, Johnny Mathis

C > E

ACHENES

ACHENES

A ---> I

CHINESE

Not very.

CHINESE

drop E

INCHES

INCHES

+ P

..does with pennies

PINCHES

- P

NICHES

or else giving us all a black eye

NICHES

C --> R

SHINER

S > A

HERNIA

HERNIA

H ---> Z

ZANIER

good one

Z > F

FAINER

FAINER

Add another R.

REFRAIN

REFRAIN

N ---> R

FERRARI

FERRARI

add S

FARRIERS

(yes, I know it should be "shod," but it doesn't rhyme that way)

F > B

BARRIERS

BARRIERS

B ---> V

ARRIVERS

ARRIVERS

V ---- > T

..but surely not only lately, have we loved thee

TARRIERS

TARRIERS

(Drill ye, drill!)

R --> E

ARTERIES

ARTERIES

E ---- > F

..like those Teen Titans, especially that little Tamaran seed herself

STARFIRE

- I

RAFTERS

RAFTERS

R ---- > H

..will have his day; so, too, we

FATHERS ...coming soon, and will be gone even FASTER

+E

FEATHERS

FEATHERS

F --> I

Avast, me HEARTIES !

HEARTIES

T ---> P

PHARISEE

PHARISEE

drop one E

HARPIES

HARPIES

- I

...coveted her, my dear Annabel, and me

SERAPH

SERAPH

add S

with dulcet PHRASES

PHRASES

P ---- > R

..Why, I'll go, naturally, with

RASHERS

RASHERS

A ---> U

RUSHERS

R > B

BRUSHES

BRUSHES

- E

Do I? There were some strange ones...I think some of those guys were not above hiding in the

SHRUBS

Originally Posted By: endymion6

I think some of those guys were not above hiding in the

SHRUBS

R ---> E

or the

BUSHES

BUSHES

...after committing any of several

H --> A

ABUSES

ABUSES

U ---- > I

..and if they cut the garment just this way, it will cover all but that they wish to reveal

BIASES

BIASES

S ---> L

ABSEIL

A > B

BIBLES

BIBLES

B ---- > L

..are not immune to those representing the likes of me so damagingly ..

LIBELS

LIBELS

drop B

LISLE

LISLE

L ---> X

LEXIS

L>N

NIXES

NIXES

N --> V

VIXEN

VIXEN

+ G

VEXING

VEXING

- X

GIVEN

-G

VEIN

VEIN

I ---- > Y

ENVY

N > B

BEVY

BEVY

B ---- > L

..never saw a tax they didn't like

LEVY

Y > I

LEVI

LEVI

L ---- > N

..became in any way VILE or EVIL, it was usually because of too much fruit of the

VINE

VINE

add A

NAIVE

NAIVE

+ T

..and he's a Hardy one at that

NATIVE

I thought "returnin'" meant "go to bed again"

NATIVE

+ C

VENATIC

B > B

CABINET

CABINET (Remember the antiseptic "Bactine"?)

N --> R

CERTAIN

I sure do remember.

-A

CRETIN

CRETIN

T ---> D

CINDER

CINDER

I --> A

DANCER

DANCER

C ---- > G

..Pat McGoohan played this British Man, always in

DANGER ..in the latter role, he had to take a GANDER at the new #2

G > W

WANDER

WANDER

...you sure you didn't mean WARDEN ?

D --> S

(You don't have to ANSWER that)

- A

WRENS

WRENS

R ---> Y

NEWSY

WRENS

R --> Y

NEWSY

NEWSY

Y ---- > I

..does that mean you have a tendon-cy?

SINEW

SINEW

W ---> V

NEVIS

NEVIS

+ E

.. but ... you envy, and he or she

ENVIES

-I

SEVEN

SEVEN

+ R

SEVERN

-S

NERVE

NERVE

N ---- > S

..in a villanelle; and I think more than one

VERSE ...and just when I thought things couldn't be

+S

SEVERS

SEVERS

S --> T

EVERTS

EVERTS

S ---- > R

...back to the thrills of my life of crime

REVERT

REVERT

R ---> X

VERTEX

VERTEX

V --> P

EXPERT

EXPERT

X ---- > A

REPEAT

REPEAT

A ---> W

PEWTER

PEWTER

W ---- > M

..as their favorite way for display of

TEMPER

E > A

TAMPER

TAMPER

M ---- > S

REPAST

P > C

RECAST

RECAST

E ---- > O

..when you were told to take this oil for your illness

CASTOR

CASTOR

T --> S

ACROSS

+L

LACROSS

LACROSS

S ---> U

CAROLUS

-S

OCULAR

OCULAR

U --> E

ORACLE

ORACLE

E ---> H

CHORAL

CHORAL

+ E

..but you there, in the Bach, you all don't sing; just hum along

CHORALE

CHORALE

- E

..go ahead & sing; see if I care

CHORAL

CHORAL

L ---- > N

..floats your boat ..or if it doesn't, that'll be news

ANCHOR ...film at 11

+M

MONARCH

MONARCH

H ---- > E

..French or Italian

ROMANCE

ROMANCE

C ---> G

MARENGO

or GERMAN, or ROMAINE, or...

MARENGO

O --> A

Quick! Somebody call the

MANAGER

MANAGER

A ---- > E

... Roan? where are these people when it's relevant to our discussion?

GERMANE ..probably out looking for those beautiful red birds i first saw 60+ years ago in NEPA near Lake WALLENPAUPACK hued scarlet ... those TANAGERs, not the Lake, of course

GERMANE

M ---> L

GENERAL

G > C

CLEANER

CLEANER

E ---- > U

..night, without the K, 'cuz ya couldn't pronounce it ..It's always been UNCLEAR why you said nu-Q-lar

NUCLEAR

-U

LANCER

LANCER

L ---- > D

..The Destinies of Darcy

DANCER ...Gentleman

+ h

RANCHED

RANCHED

N ---- > P

..with drought problems are mostly this

PARCHED

PARCHED

neatly PHRASED

-R

PHASED

PHASED

D ---- > R

..because of the way it was SHAPED; but the only one who could have got in here was one of those winged things Eddie Poe went on about when talking about him & that Annabel

SERAPH ..that we just saw about a week ago, alas ..I don't want to say this was a rape of the lock, but I don't want to get the pope involved either ..just sayin'

SERAPH

H ---> C

SCRAPE

SCRAPE

add T

CARPETS

CARPETS

T ---- > S

..we got in our share of

SCRAPES

SCRAPES

S --> K

PACKERS

PACKERS

- K

..'this just in,' the late-night news is all

RECAPS ..plus the PaCERS score, as the NBA now runs about 11 months

RECAPS

P ---> U

SAUCER

SAUCER

A ---- > P

..especially if you're a blue

SPRUCE

U > A

CAPERS

CAPERS

C ---- > S

SPARSE

-S

PARSE

PARSE

R ---- > T

..right off the top(s) of my head, i'll have a

SPATE ..of enthusiasm; good thing it's infrequent

SPATE

Something like a star

P --> R

ASTER

ASTER

R ---> S

ASSET

ASSET

add N

ASSENT

Yes!

T > D

SEDANS

SEDANS

+ S

SADNESS

SADNESS

S ---> C

ASCENDS

ASCENDS

S -->T

DESCANT

DESCANT

D ---- > R

..then take it back

RECANTS

-C

ASTERN

ASTERN

N ---- > M

There's a STREAM out there,

MASTER

T > G

GAMERS

GAMERS

A ---- > E

..two lanes of traffic into one ..or a Giant & a Food Lion

MERGES

MERGES

M --> N

and I don't mean money

GREENS

(or salad, either)

GREENS

S ---- > Y

..but never envious of me, 'cause when I finally get near one I run out of

ENERGY

-Y

GENRE

GENRE

E ---- > I

NIGER

G > V

RIVEN

RIVEN

+ T

..knocked me over with that one

INVERT

INVERT

N ---- > T

..If that pot's too hot to trot, set it here on the

TRIVET

-T

RIVET

RIVET

add U

VIRTUE

VIRTUE

U ---- > D

..would not know how to

DIVERT

DIVERT

T --> A

VARIED

VARIED

I ---> B

ADVERB

B > C

CRAVED

CRAVED

D ---- > N

..and then there are images

CRAVEN

-C

RAVEN

said Pearl

RAVEN

V --> C

NACRE

NACRE

+ T

..our people lived a long time on that island; there's no I in this version of

CRETAN ..proving that we're no dopes ..and that's no bull

C > B

BANTER

...I take it back.

CRETAN

add S

RECANTS

(it still spins)

RECANTS

- S

CANTER

or alternatively...

BANTER

B ---> C

CANTER

(simulposting! You got there first, Luke)

CANTER

add S

...as one sometimes is in

TRANCES

TRANCES

T ---- > F

..named Storm (as in My Little Margie?) You'd think Arlene might've spelled her surname this/thus:

FRANCES ...but she didn't ..if she had a sister, she could've been Frances Francis

F > P

PRANCES

PRANCES

P ---- > H

..is home, home on the range

RANCHES

lest you get an

RANCHES

drop N

ESCHAR before it heals

S > D

ARCHED

ARCHED

R --> T

DETACH

DETACH

D ---> C

CACHET

+R

CATCHER

CATCHER

C ---- > E

..the CATCHER has a

TEACHER

-A

ETCHER

ETCHER

T ---- > L

LECHER

LECHER

drop H

(= LEER plus C)

CREEL

CREEL

L ---> M

CREME

M > D

CREED

CREED

+ U

REDUCE

No foolin'.

REDUCE

D --> H

EUCHRE

EUCHRE

E ---- > B

..and best if approached with an angelic face

CHERUB ..but take care lest it be hacked up by one with a big knife

CHERUB

+ T

..alluded to obliquely but certainly not seriously in the previous scenario

BUTCHER

B > O

RETOUCH

RETOUCH

U ---- > O

..cigar, I much prefer a Churchill to a

CHEROOT

T > M

MOOCHER

MOOCHER

- O

..to Larry (or vice versa), I resemble that remark

CHROME

CHROME

drop C

HOMER, that is...

+B

HOMBRE

HOMBRE

O ---> A

HEMBRA

HEMBRA

- H

..sprinkle me with amber dust, sprinkle me with lime; bury me beneath the buttercups, after all the pantomime

AMBER .. I think Paul Newman's best role was Hombre ..he had a lotta hard bark on him, per Richard Boone

AMBER

Add L and get Anu's Word-a-Day for yesterday

RAMBLE

RAMBLE

M ---> R

BARREL

BARREL

L ---- > T

..a BARREL of MARBLE, I'd be willing to

BARTER

B > C

CARTER

CARTER

+ E

..to be From

TERRACE

T > B

REBRACE

REBRACE

add L

CEREBRAL

CEREBRAL

- B

..and maybe a tennis racquet restringer, is a

RELACER

RELACER

I can see clearer now.

L --> T

TERRACE

TERRACE is six posts up. I run around in circles too.

-T

CAREER

CAREER

R ---- > N

..RETREAT From the TERRACE, but you beat me to it, so now I can only

CAREEN ..feeling like I'm in a RET RACE (ouch!)

-C

RANEE

RANEE

add R

EARNER

E > G

GARNER

GARNER

R ---- > T

dream stone? (Rockford's firebird was gold-ish)

GARNET

N > T

TARGET

TARGET

T ---- > S
..were so GREAT, I almost fell through..really got on my nerves!

GRATES ...think I'll shred some cheese on my soup to relax

G > P

PRATES

PRATES

P ---- > F

..but be sure to go FASTER than you are now, so we don't get hit

STRAFE

STRAFE

A ---> E

FESTER

F - P

Pester

PESTER

T ---> N

PREENS

PREENS

P ---- > T

..when they didn't get my submission; said it would have to be sent again

RESENT

+P

PRESENT

PRESENT

E ---> U

...such as those who play the Mensopause game

PUNSTER

PUNSTER

P ---- > M

..take it on the chin; it'll be much better

STERNUM

MUNSTER
oops, STERNUM

N --> M

STRUMMER

(we're only a few steps removed from MYSTERY}

STRUMMER

M ---- > E

..last roundup; maybe in Alice Springs

MUSTERER

-M

URETERS

URETERS

E ---- > P

..for the spout

SPURTER

SPURTER

S ---- > A

..not knowing whether I was going into RAPTURE, or being put out to PASTURE...I thought L PASTEUR would approve of the former

RAPTURE

RAPTURE

add E

APERTURE

APERTURE

P ---- > C

..thru that tiny hole I perceive? Is it Hyde? Frankenstein?

CREATURE

CREATURE

C --> S

TREASURE

[add "CH" and turn green ? ]

TREASURE

U ---> D

SERRATED

SERRATED

S --> C

RETRACED

+ T

RETRACTED

RETRACTED

R ---- > D

..each time it's retold it loses some of its oompfh

DETRACTED

DETRACTED

- T

..got a million-word report to fit into effectively one paragraph, it was so heavily

REDACTED

R > H

DETACHED

DETACHED

- D

D�TACH�

DETACHE

- A (and the accent marks)

..were hammered into my brain at an early age

ETCHED

E > I

ITCHED

ITCHED

H ---- > R

..where & when it's due, even if it's to the devil

CREDIT

+E

RECITED

RECITED

+ P

DECREPIT

DECREPIT

R ---- > D

..1,000 words if what you're telling me could be

DEPICTED

DEPICTED

P ---- > A

..who wanted their song to

DEDICATE ? I can't remember...

D > L

DELICATE

DELICATE

+ U

..the rain is gone ('til this PM, at least)

ELUCIDATE

ELUCIDATE

E ---> P

DUPLICATE

DUPLICATE

- U

..doesn't mean wanting to be folded up like one

PLICATED

I > A

PLACATED

PLACATED

P ---- > T

..is to put it through the (w)ringer

LACTATED

LACTATED

L ---> U

ACTUATED

ACTUATED

A ---- > P

..was coming apart; I fixed it with

DUCT TAPE

two words back to one

C > I

APTITUDE

APTITUDE

P ---- > L

..are always given a wide berth

LATITUDE

L > T

ATTITUDE

ATTITUDE

T ---- > S

..your 20?

SITUATED

SITUATED

A ---- > R

DETRITUS ...sorry, couldn't resist

DETRITUS

D ---> Q

QUITTERS

T > L

QUILTERS

QUILTERS

L ---- > N

..as I did, especially in bright light; I've become a

SQUINTER

SQUINTER

Q --> E

RETINUES

RETINUES

U ---- > T

..but also his or her entourage that gets the press'

INTEREST

-t

TRENISE Gone this way before

TRENISE

R ---- > C

Your call

ENTICES

ENTICES

S ---> R

ENTERIC

ENTERIC

E ---- > I

INCITER

INCITER

I --> A

CERTAIN

CERTAIN

C ---- > I

Oh, I don't know; can't think, don't want to move

INERTIA

I would make INERTIA - I = RETINA but I think we did that one before, also...

Let's not get into an every-three-day cycle:
I --> T
TERTIAN

(like malaria. P. vivax strikes again!)

TERTIAN

T ---- > R

..that I didn't want to RETAIN my retinae either; we seem to go too frequently over the same

TERRAIN ..but we'll need a TRAINER before going too far

R > D

DETRAIN

DETRAIN

D ---- > G

..especially one for whom the train made a special stop

INGRATE

if you take INGRATE and replace I with S and stir things up?

My, that's STRANGE !

STRANGE

S ---> M

GARMENT

GARMENT

G ---- > I

..as is

RAIMENT

RAIMENT

M ---- > P

..I could have started an ARGUMENT instead...anyway, I'd thought about being a PAINTER, but would hate the eventual need to

REPAINT

REPAINT

+ R

TERRAPIN

-A

REPRINT

REPRINT

I -->A

because we're in this together, right, PARTNER ?

PARTNER

- R

..another way of getting people together

ENTRAP

ENTRAP

T ---> Z

PANZER

PANZER

A --> I

PRINZE

too obvious

Z > C

PRINCE

PRINCE

P ---- > G

..told his troops he'd lead them in a PINCER movement, they began to

CRINGE

CRINGE

add A

GRECIAN

Poetic justice. That's how they urn their keep, and pay what's ode.

GRECIAN ......that was good!

C ---- > N

..appears to be

NEARING

NEARING

R --> T

GENTIAN

(Btw it's not true that it's NG for TINEA. On the contrary.)

GENTIAN

+ O

NEGATION

N > L

LEGATION

LEGATION

E --> I

INTAGLIO

INTAGLIO

I ---- > G

If it were, esp. after those last 2, you'd be

GLOATING

I just saw - go back three spaces - LEGATION G-->H gives IOLANTHE.

Who'd'a thunk it?!

GLOATING

I --> A

TAGALONG

TAGALONG

- N

TAGALOG

G > C

CATALOG

CATALOG

C --> I

OTALGIA

OTALGIA

O ---> W

WAGTAIL

WAGTAIL

W ---- > N

..pole tag insignia to utility poles

TAGNAIL

A > E

GELATIN

GELATIN

T --> C

ANGELIC

ANGELIC

+ V

..not always above, nor the kindest

CLEAVING

CLEAVING

add I

VIGILANCE

V > S

ANGLICISE

ANGLICISE

drop the A

CEILINGS

G > N

INCLINES

INCLINES

+ G

..crossed the Alps didn't see any lambs who needed

SILENCING

SILENCING

C ---> T

...maybe that's because he wasn't

LISTENING

LISTENING

+ G

..from elephants' ears was

GLISTENING

G > C

STENCILING

STENCILING

L ---- > P

..I couldn't help but notice as I went about my duties

INSPECTING

INSPECTING

- S

INCEPTING

INCEPTING

G ---- > O

INCEPTION

INCEPTION

I ---- > R

..was hauled over from Penn to

PRINCETON

P > A

CONTAINER

CONTAINER

E ---- > S

CONSTRAIN

+T

CONSTRAINT

CONSTRAINT

N ---- > A

..a ball, really, until that bilateral orchiectomy

CASTRATION

CASTRATION

+ B

ABSTRACTION

ABSTRACTION

B ---- > T

..reveals its many (let's be kind, they're not DIS-, but)

ATTRACTIONS

T > N

TRANSACTION

TRANSACTION

N ---- > U

ASTRONAUTIC

TRANSACTION

delete T

CARNATIONS

CARNATIONS

A ---> T

CONSTRAINT

N > A

CASTRATION

CASTRATION

C ---> V

STARVATION

STARVATION

T ---- > I

..is my fave among various Paganini-theme

VARIATIONS

VARIATIONS

A ---> B

VIBRATIONS

VIBRATIONS

B ---- > P

..then i get slammed by a billionaire, just'cuz Idon't know how many houses i own..sheesh

PRIVATIONS ...Good thing I wuz a off'cer, Sarah..maybe he'll buy 1???

PRIVATIONS

V ---- > T

..it's one thing to say a house has x rooms; quite another if the # results from use of

PARTITIONS

-P

STRIATION

...and a long drawn-out one at that

STRIATION

S --> T

ATTRITION

ATTRITION

O ---- > G

..that statement volumetrically

TITRATING ..and that's the long and the short of it,is all 'i' can say

A > E

TITTERING

TITTERING

T ---- > L

..asking to call him a cab could be a form of

RETITLING

R > N

ENTITLING

ENTITLING

T ---- > A

..had all its letters made him happy

ENTAILING..Maybe not as a clam..but maybe as a dog? a cat?

ENTAILING

N ---- V

..what could ever have possessed me

GENITIVAL

GENITIVAL

- E

VIGILANT

T > A

AVAILING

AVAILING

- I

..with Synecdoche

VAGINAL

VAGINAL

V ---> P

PAGINAL

At 1000 entries it's time to turn the page. Continued here .

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

At 1000 entries it's time to turn the page.

Well, not quite 1000, but near enough...

Are you sure? I had just begun my 11th page, and I thought I had set each page at 100 posts. Alhough with our occasional side remarks, maybe it isn't quite 100 words per page...

I have 99 pages each containing 10 posts, plus (now) 5 posts on page 100. That makes 995 posts in all. This matches the indicated 'Replies' count (which excludes the OP) of 994.