...continued from Anagrams XII, as you might imagine.
PAGINAL
A --> Y
PLAYING
PLAYING
L ---- > R
..told me,well, maybe not 'told,' y'know, that I should do more
PRAYING
PREYING
P ---- > S
.. trying to PUMP me for information
SYRINGE
SYRINGE
Y --> T
STINGER
Hornets, bees, and wasps better scurry...
(If they could only work together we'd have I-->Y SYNERGY)
INTEGERS
R ---- > G
..i quickly became a super-INGESTER; now, I'm big-time
EGESTING
EGESTING
E ---- > A
..Maggie Jiggs was the comics'
NAGGIEST
BAGGIEST
Well, of course - they're the
(drop A)
BIGGEST, aren't they?
BIGGEST
G ---- > B
..or worldwide - ..and other infamous places to meet one's maker
GIBBETS
BESTING
B ---- > N
..it was obviously a four-minute or so one for you; sorry. i must have been
NESTING
LINNETS
+ G
...Big Bird was ever a
NESTLING
TINGLES
G ---- > C
..while the icicles GLISTEN, I'll try to
STENCIL
STENCIL
T --> E
Do you have a LICENSE ?
...I don't C it !
_________________________
It was Yogi Berra, I think: "If you come to a fork in the road, take it!"
SILENT
drop L
TINES
Either
LENTIL
L ---> S
TINSEL
or
TINES
+ L
TINSEL
INLET
L ---- > S
..my skin's developing these days and added it to my computer desk as a 'mouse'
INSET..if i had your fork, i'd'a,maybe, used its TINES
INSET
add C
Now isn't that just the NICEST thing !
SCENIC
C ---- > S
..of the harbor at Nice; let me get a picture of you & your
NIECES
ENTICE
E ---- > S
..and INCENT myself for the professor's course, but he was as much an
INSECT ..as any of the subject matter
COUSIN
U ---- > S
..derided by some as a bunch of hot dogs
SONICS
ICONS
C ---- > B
..family is now playing AAA minor-league ball as a Buffalo
BISON
IONS
+ E
..What would they call the study of
NOISE
NOISE
if they used EOSIN they might be better able to identify that
add L
LESION
LESION
I ---- > S
..caused by my shoe's INSOLE turned out to be a real
LESSON
MORASS
S ---- > L
..dontcha hate the term? ..from stories
MORALS ..as if they were fish-'n-chips
MORALS ..as if they were fish-'n-chips
...they are like
R ---> N
SALMON
SALMON
+ D
..somethin's fishy here ..or am I nuts?
ALMONDS
ALMONDS
L --> Y
MONDAYS
(= DYNAMOS. Maybe next time.)
DYNAMO
O ---- > U
..others were weeks with nothing but 'ate' days...one week a year had a
MAUNDY Thursday
-U
MANDY you came and you gave without asking/taking
MANDY
M ---- > D
..was a bit of one, in Aspic, to boot
DANDY
DANDY
D ---- > S
..I'd rather be on the beach, than in Philadelphia
SANDY
SYNTAX
- X
..I do funny things; people say I talk with a funny AX-SYNT..
me, I think I'm just
ANTSY..sorry, just realized we're back at NASTY; let's do
PANSY ..T ---- > P
EASY for you to say...
AYES
add T
YEAST
YEAST
E ---- > R
..under Ben Bulben, in Sligo, I was wary too close to
STRAY ..cognizant that i might tread upon his dreams..in the light & the half-light
YARDS
D ---- > P
..recently have made my voice
RASPY
BRASSY
+ I
.. a Taranto???
SYBARIS
DISBARS
- S
..i'd consider
BRAIDS
RABID
+ A
..are the racoons seen in my yard before night; what of the echoes in South Bend?
ABRAID
GARLIC
L ---- > N
Congrats on the anniversary tomorrow; you've been at this awhile, i see..
CARING
DARING
+ T
..flitting quickly here & there..
DARTING
FARTHING
F ---- > S
..spoken by players in the NBA
TRASHING
THRASHING
H --> T
NIGHTSTAR
NIGHTSTAR
N ---- > L
..a small town in PA featured in a Catherine Bell movie
STARLIGHT
STARLIGHT
Noel, no L
STRAIGHT
...what one doeth when one seeth something one admireth
HARPIST
add E
PRAISETH
Off to the beach for a few days, to enjoy the
SHIPPER
H --> L
RIPPLES
PEPSI
S ---- > D
..the woodwinds esp. Uilleans play, you can have the canned version
PIPED in
KEPI
P ---- > D
..where 2 troopers were ambushed, the manhunt became effectively a land-version of a
DIKE ..sealing things off as it did
LIKE
+ N
..or to a fungus in a symbiotic relationship?
LIKEN
NICKLE
K ---- > H
..like it was yesterday ..when I was down in the dumps, or was it the swamps..where you'd get a penny for your thoughts, as long as they were about fungi in symbiotic relationships
LICHEN
PENCIL
N ---- > O
..but for catching the bad ones, it's the
POLICE
DOCILE
C ---- > S
..because, i think, he was COILED; when abruptly he unCOILED, i saw he was
SOILED ..and dangerous
ELIDE
E ---- > S
..would be a DELITE, as they say in the ad game, if I weren't in a
SLIDE
SOLID
S ---- > Y
..and I'm happy that I saw a much more innocent one, just in time
DOILY ..Sorry for almost severely lowering the tone
it still came thru to my computer, shame on you. (heh)
+B
BODILY
BODILY
I ---- > L
..I was a-feared o' that; thanks for commenting ..I did so
BOLDLY ..then backed off
JOLLY
J ---- > A
..of sorts
ALLOY
TALLY
L ---- > I
..at all the way I thought it might; so let's go to
ITALY
Y ---> N
and read some inscriptions in
LATIN
LATIN
+ A
..et exeunt.. as they headed for Costa Rica, where he knew the cutest little
LATINA
where he knew the cutest little
LATINA
- L
by the name of
ANITA
VATIC
+ E
..about his Latina was easy, cuz she was so
ACTIVE .. radio-so
VACATE
E ---- > R
..CAVEAT for his perky little Latina: Don't mess with my necktie
CRAVAT
VICTOR
V ---- > P
..of the Torrid Zone gets a lot of latitude
TROPIC
OPERATIC
O ---- > C
..to Carnegie Hall?
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
I ---- > O
..I get it
ACCEPTOR
CACHEPOT
P ---- > L
..they're important 'cuz they've 2 benzene rings ..sheesh!
CATECHOL ..almost had us up the river with that one, Luke!
And Catechol makes it better?????
I was just happy to get something that fit that I gave zero thought to a next step ..
but, I do see one word that's both universal and parochial simultaneously that'd work, after seeing your note ..I'm chanting an I for an E
CHLORATE (and no rags, bones, bottles, either)
Calloo! Calldy! (That reads "change A to D")
He CHORTLED in his joy.
CHORTLED
- R
..I wasn't sure if my gym shorts equated to wrapped in righteousness, but at least I was
CLOTHED
... 17th Century or so, anyway
BLOATED
A --> U
DOUBLET
DOUBLET
L ---- > D
..i read that right
DOUBTED
UNBOLDED
B ---- > F
..after everything's been opened up
UNFOLDED .. clever graphic, AC!
UNFOLDED
D ---- > R
..line to Rocket J Squirrel: Fan mail from some
FLOUNDER
REBOUND
B ---- > G
nasty list, the BOUNDER, after what he caused her to
UNDERGO
BRUITED
T ---- > S
..nor is this a pretty sight or a pleasant feeling
BRUISED
BRUISED
No U, anyway
All that's left is the DEBRIS
TEARS
+ D
..and steps lightly in so doing
TREADS
TREADS
No, actually, to both sides
add I
ASTRIDE
ASTRIDE
T ---- > P
..perhaps the affliction of the,how you say, desperado?
DESPAIR
DESPAIR
No, no, it's
PARADISE
PARODIES
A ---- > M
..what we were expecting; not what was
PROMISED
PROMISED
M ---- > V
..i think we should look beyond, to what the future
PROVIDES .. said the reverend
DISAPROVE
D ---- > N
..when a word doesn't have all it's meant to,when it's lacking syllabic
PERVASION .. per se'..we have to mind our q's as well as our p
PERVASION
Don't know the word, but who am I to cast
V --> S
ASPERSIONs...
ASPERSION
+ U
..was Friendly
PERSUASION .. as is mine (BTW:pervasion, AmerHerDict3dEd,p.1353)
PERSUASION
A ---> C
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
S ---- > L
..would be a band big on PERCUSSION,we changed our rules asap for noise
PRECLUSION
INCLOSURE
I ---- > E
..of Cole's Don't Fence Me In was the best
ENCLOSURE ..sorry this is so prosaic, but others seem to be double-switches; so, best I can do
LARCENOUS
- L
..I'm iridescent
NACREOUS
CAROUSE
+ L
..and around and around ..
CAROUSEL
CAROUSE
U --> H
CHORALE
or have we been here before? It sounds sorta familiar...
CHORALE
O ---- > S
..Maybe you were thinking CHOLERA? Don't know how either CAROUSE or the more recent CAROUSEL became CHORALE, but ..no harm, no foul, right..'cuz you're in charge, right,
CHARLES???
CHARLIE
- H
..Ive rarely been able to pass up
ECLAIR
ECLAIR
+ U
...lend me your ear.
Hey, Tony, whatta you mean? Don't PINNA me down
AURICLE
AURICLE
U --> T
ARTICLE
(don't know where that Chorale came from . Bach to basics, I guess. Singin' in the Brain, or something)
ARTICLE
I ---- > A
..answer this, as that's how it got its start
TREACLE
...or not
CEREAL
A --> Y
CELERY
CELERY
E ---- > G
..to lead another kind of service
CLERGY
ARGYLE
+ L
..were not inclined to do it up
REGALLY
LEGALLY
L ---- > R
..for the most part
LARGELY
LARGELY
..that I'd hit a triple: with ALLERGY & GALLERY
..so, I'm sorry, -G
REALLY ..that on my way home from the gallery I was affected by my allergy, and will be largely out of action for now
ALLEY
+ T
..this question still comes up: What've you done for me
LATELY
LATELY
L ---- > R
..and get into another line
REALTY
LATELY
E --> T
"Selling bakery goods now, are we?" said the trollop tartly.
TELLY
L --> R
TYLER
Tippecanoe, too.
TYLER
+ A
..again, as my earlier attempt apparently wasn't recognized
REALTY ,, or, maybe it was and I missed it 'cuz it was tartly (i.e., all l.c., and referred to LATELY??? Sorry if I'm confused, but I just went back & see what must have 'appened, guv
TYLER
Y ---- > E
..and, continuing the property theme, let's get the L into a new flat
RELET
My bad. Twice times in one post. I never highighted, and thus never actually sumbitted, the TARTLY that was supposed to continue the chain after REALTY. And then invoked LATELY instead of REALTY.
I think that's all the mistakes I made.
Meantime - let's go boating, and do it swiftly -
RELET
R --> F
FLEET
FLEET
E ---- > I
..and if we're swift enough afoot, we can catch a fish; I'd like, also well-done, my
FILET
FILET
add R
and FILTER for the after-dinner cigarette.
FILTER
I ---- > A
..and filter the guest-list; that cherry trifle will insure they don't, on the way home,
FALTER..best trifle I ever had was at Excelsior Hotel/Heathrow
HALTER (that means "more lame." Among other things.)
T --> E
HEALTH (but could have gone to LETHAL, instead...optimists of the world, arise!)
HEALTH
L ---- > S
..what's in that sword-case, anyway?
SHEATH
HEALTH
L ---- > S
..what's in that sword-case, anyway?
SHEATH
Colada? (Cuban coffee) Tizona! Lol..(echo)
Heart
Which fish, Torbay? Left, right, left.
RATHER
R ---- > H
Dan would Rather be next to a warm fire, at home
HEARTH ..He said that fire's blazing like a California leaping frog
HEARTH
H --> T
Is that a THREAT - or a promise ?
THREAT
H ---- > S
..is a Trick if no
TREATS
TETRA
+ G
..about hackers aiming at chain stores?
TARGET
GARNET
R ---- > M
..metals, if not stones
MAGNET
MEANT
T ---- > D
..I should have changed my ways long ago
AMEND
AMEND
..that a D be added
DEMAND
...can be MADDENing
Time to make a hegira to
D --> E
MEDINA
MEDINA
I ---- > D
..if I do, and if I don't,
DAMNED
SADDEN
S ---- > E
..to lessen the impact, won't you, please?
DEADEN
ENDED
D ---- > K
..of bending over quickly,because of where and how he was struck
KNEED
KNEEL
E ---- > L
..he didn't answer the bell
KNELL
KNELT
T ---- > I
..he feared his liege would it to obeisance
LIKEN
SILKEN
+ D
..copy of a book, is it equivalent to 'burning' it?
KINDLES
SLINKED
K ---- > P (headin' for the mess hall?)
..put on the turntable
SPINDLE
DENIALS
N ---- > L
..but the one who idles away his time
DALLIES
TALLIES
I ---- > T
..because he was the
TALLEST ..but couldn't see the forest for the trees
BALLETS
L ---- > T
.and call me in the morning
TABLETS
BOTTLES
S ---- > R
..after only those coupl'a beers, I was BLOTTO
and later wound up in the clink, on the police
BLOTTER
LOTTERY
L ---- > P
..refers to the flying plates
POTTERY
POTTERS
T ---- > R
..a group of guys over there who'll carry our bags
PORTERS ..while we go in here and have a coupl'a dark beers
ROSTER
R ---- > P
..I became an instant blog-POSTER..It was like magic
PRESTO
ROPES
R ---- > T
..even if I have to go to court to do so
ESTOP ..it's been so all-consuming, I can feel it in my PORES
POSTER
E ---- > A
..and put your hands on the radio, said the cleric of the airwaves
PASTOR
COSTAR
R ---- > C
..sometimes pester a celeb too much, going over the line
ACCOST
COAST
A ---- > K
..we had to make sure we had all the ingredients in
STOCK
STOKE
E ---- > R
..a Big Bird nonetheless
STORK
K > E
STORE
fun morning Endy, we must have covered 3 pages, don't know how many
posts. Have to volunteer at local hospital see you later.
STORE
T ---- > P
..but 'smore better if you stays a
SPORE ..
a noble calling, Luke, and admirable ..yeah, that was fun (but I'm heading for Duck,NC --booked earlier--manana, and dreading the forecast you alluded to above..say a prayer for us, please
SYNOD
D ---- > L
..and let's have it in France, but I'd be LYIN' if I said my fave cite' is
LYONS ..on the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia, to quote myfave actor
ONLY
Y ---- > I
..here, just pride
LION
ZION
O ---- > C
..easily SPELTER this incorrectly
ZINC ..and then I'd be out of sync
INCH
+ C
..but only by the hair on my chinny-chin CHIN
CINCH
WINCH
I ---- > E
Tanzlokalmaedchen?
WENCH
WRENCH
W ---- > F
,..for 'city' is 'la ville' in
FRENCH..and I'd rather be in Paris than Philadelphia, regardless of what was recently stated
SPREAD
+ T
..or he's going to break us into little pieces
DEPARTS
STRAPPED
D --> A
PARAPETS
(No, no W. That's the fault.)
And Welcome, again, FLC!
PARASITE
I ---- > E
..wheat from the chaff, the men from the boys
SEPARATE
ASPERATE
- A
.. on your digestive system: eat cucumber, that, like history,
REPEATS
REPEALS
E. ---- >. M
..assortment has always been a PLEASER
SAMPLER
PRIMAL
R ---- > E
..before you go, what would you have us do with these louts?
IMPALE
IMPEL [not to be confused with I. M. Pei, the architect]
add T
LIMPET
BILLET ---- > A
I ---- > A
..tall chief pranced around
BALLET
when I press reply I get tallow, but on the email I get
candle. Something wrong with the site????
OK cleaned itself up
T > f
FALLOW
FALLOW
F. ---- > W
..as I fear it might be too big a mouthful, if we're to
WALLOW
PILLOW
P. ---- > W
..to a tree that would, ostensibly, 'weep for me'
WILLOW..or the other song to 'bury me beneath ..the willow, the weep in' '
BELLOW
L. ---- >. B
...after a night on the town post book-signing
WOBBLE
BEAUTY
U. ---- >. S
... But a little rough-edged boys in our neighborhood recently
BEASTY
TABLE
E ---- > S
The sound the paschal lamb makes is a BLEAT; the boom that TNT makes is a
BLAST
OBLAST
B ---- > M
..but no cigar
ALMOST...and nothing epitomizes closeness more than STOMAL therapy, where it's 'bowels out,' so to speak
ALMOST
A --> E
MOLEST - does that mean "most like a mole" ?
MOLEST
M ---- > N
Yes, if this means wearing a fur wrapped around one's neck
STOLEN
HONEST
+ R
..just one big game
THRONES
just one big game...
THRONES
E --> G
...attended by THRONGS
STRONG
G ---- > E
..on drugs
STONER Some say that NESTOR the Argonaut was a STONER, but I don't believe it
BONER
R ---- > S
..Her show comes to mind; her father was a cinematographer extraordinaire
BONES
OREOS
O ---- > U
..may have lots of cookies, but he also has lots of these in STORE
EUROS
RUSSET
+ D
... made fast ...fastened? fasting?
TRUSSED
TRUSSED
U --> E and read it backwards
DESSERT
DESSERT
T ---- > R
..of drawers..or the role Tom Courtenay played to Albert Finney's 'Lear'
DRESSER
ERASERS
S ---- > U
..the better to make an
ERASURE
RESCUER
E ---- > O
..and/or the one who applies it ..or one who stops at nothing in his search for truth, justice, & the American way
SCOURER
COURSER
+ E
..conceived without sin, let my cry come unto Thee
RECOURSE...which may qualify you as an unnatural RESOURCE
RESOURCES
drop O (that's "flag" in French - drapeau)
RESCUERS
RESCUERS
C ---- > A
One of us was saved a few iterations ago, let me
REASSURE ..by one RESCUER
PRESSURE
- U
..self-issued PRESSER, the alleged star cannot
REPRESS his massive ego
ERASERS
S --> P
SPEARER
(provided you have plenty of company along to help you, of course)
SPEARER
R ---- > L
..before it catches you?
RELAPSE ..the Red Sox finally have some outfielders about whom it won't be said that they can't catch a cold out there
RELAPSE
E --> Y
PARSLEY
(edible garnish)
RELAYS
L ---- > P
..always meets his debts, whether with LAYERS of pelt or coin of the realm, as he's the Dear SLAYER
REPAYS ..named Natty (as in Nattily attired? That is a cute little coonskin cap, just sayin') Bumppo
PRAYERS
Y ---- > I
..Swordsmanship lists the merits of epees in
PARRIES
(even though he never said that)
PARRIES
A --> E
REPRISE
PRESIDED
- P
..who didn't like to work, maybe? And merely
RESIDED in the WH ( a couple names come to mind)
RESIDED
S ---- > C
..but you know I couldn't resist
DECIDER
CROWDED
C ---- > N
..where sorrow is often
DROWNED
DOWNED
- D
..I've bought since 1977...previously
OWNED
NOOSE
S ---- > Z
..between taking a nap, or adding not just a Z but another layer, so I took the latter
OZONE
FROZE
Z ---- > T
..was written in PROZE; didn't he turn out to be a kinda GOFER?
I dunno, cuz Lit was never my
FORTE
OFTEN
+ S
..when I play hard (and loud) on the piano; they tell me I need to
SOFTEN
FIGURE
- U
..can be -- esp. if it's a hefty one for speeding -- a source of
GRIEF
FINGER
- F
..actually started it on a simple note; they just wanted to get out of the
REIGN
REIGN
If they flee, they can get out of the
add O
REGION, too
REGION
R ---- > L
..and join the Foreign
LEGION ..in that uniform with all its charms
LEGIRON
L ---- > D
..where I wouldn't mind being kept in LEGIRONS for a few years, if it meant being able to enjoy St Emilion, Bordeaux, et al.
GIRONDE
BOARDING
O ---- > A
..like all schools to most students,occasionally
ABRADING...sorry, typo that I just noticed..oops
GABARDINE
- A
..toeing the line, I'll be
BEARDING ..the lion
ABRIDGED
drop the D
BRIGADE
BIGHEAD
B ---- > N
..thinks the ship's going
HEADING
HANDIER
H ---- > D
..as usual
DRAINED
TRAINED
T ---- > B
..he was hit over the head; & not like Moe,Larry&Curly, either
BRAINED
RAINED
A ---- > B
..is apparently
INBRED
REWIND
W ---- > T
under the kindling? or just bluster in their blabber?
TINDER
RETINA
+ G
..that we're going down this aisle yet again so soon provokes in my eye a
TEARING .. can a starling's cries be not anon? Doctor, my eyes
TSARINA
- A
..toting all those jewels around was such a
STRAIN .. a real pain in the neck
STRAIN
N ---> A
...she wore some in
TIARAS
TIARAS
A ---- > E
..some of which were not precious metal ...they were 'ironic'
SATIRE
ATTIRE
T ---- > L
is cheaper if you can get it wholesale, rather than
RETAIL
RECITAL
T ---- > P
..makes perfect; let's measure
CALIPER
MELANIC
- L
..your name was Hickey? Or is it Mr Hickman? I'm Harry Hope
ICEMAN
MANIAC
I ---- > Y
..used to say (well, wrote) to me, No Man is an Island
CAYMAN
ANIMAL
A ---- > E
..taken to task, it'll be better if it's
MENIAL
DENIAL
I ---- > T
to deal adequately with the pain of a toothache
DENTAL
TANGLED
T ---- > D
..whether or not there's wind
DANGLED
GLADDENS
E ---- > I
..then put the blanket over his horse before
SADDLING ..the beast, ready for the ride into the sunset
ADDLING
+ W
..you might still be surprised; some people thought to be WADDLING
are actually merely
DAWDLING
DRAWLING
G ---- > y
..not for conclusions; ...my fave pastime since I was about 2 has been DRAWING .. but ( how 'but that?) I must look
INWARDLY .. and I'm no angel (to be sure, tho" 've been close to those halo'd halls of the Nav'l acad.) pun int'n'd'd
INWARDLY
W ---> G
...a village in Sussex, England, with a well-known school
ARDINGLY
(pronounced Arding-lye)
ADRINGLY
- D
..where no one reacts
ANGRILY ..and I hear the fields there lie low
ARGUING
+ D
.. for centuries; but sometimes they ARGUE about it
GUARDING
VANGUARD
V ---- > T
Eyes right! Or, maybe left ..but certainly not out
GUARDANT
GUARDANT
G ---- > Q
..like you're going around in circles?
QUADRANT
QUADRANT
- D
QUARTAN
Every third day. Like Vivax Malaria; hits you on Day 1, and Day 4, and so on.
QUARTAN
Q ---- > L
..my family had an early relationship with Jimmy Piersall#37, who'll always be, for me, the
NATURAL
LATERAN
N ---- > L
..even the Pope couldn't help the Jets v. Eagles Sun. The NY player who tried this type of pass said LATER it was stupid
LATERAL
TALLER
L ---- > T
..roll ...not necessarily in that order
RATTLE
TATTLE
T ---- > C
..for the LOW-down out on the range
CATTLE
CHEATS
+ L
..carries his crib sheets (PAIGE by page?)in a
SATCHEL
PATCHES
T ---- > E
..where things grow on trees
PEACHES
PREACHES
E ---- > O
..about how good eggs can be at the Communion breakfast
POACHERS
CHOREAS
S ---> L
CHORALE (a CHORAL tune with CHORDAL harmony)
Your 'bachelor' was a better response than my chorea.
CALORIE
E ---- > C
..as the effect of sunlight bringing heat (obviously not going to a knife fight); unfortunately, my only such effect is around my waistline
CALORIC
CORDIAL
+ N
..esp. when you've got this kind of alibi
IRONCLAD ..always worked well with the hall-MONITORs
INGROWN
N ---- > K
... too much
WORKING
CORKING
K ---- > N
..as with making the bottles & other glass
CORNING ..these folks are experts
CORNING
+ O
..was good, but Don Ho was no Der Bingle
CROONING
HONORING
N ---- > P
..Luke, you came up with a 'toughie;' here's all I can see
HOOP RING
wasn't intentional, but I do see it is rough.
so HOOP RING it is
H > D
DROOPING
PROOFING
- P
..you nailed it
ROOFING
-- "Kripke" catches my attention because I went to school with a young man by that name. What connection did you have in mind?
-- ROOFING has a pretty segue into FOREIGN
--
WOOFING
I -->E
FORGONE (as in "did without")
-- "Kripke" catches my attention because I went to school with a young man by that name. What connection did you have in mind?
-- ROOFING has a pretty segue into FOREIGN
--
I'm sorry to mess up the segue into foreign.
Initially, Barry Kripke from TBBT. However, Saul Kripke fits nicely as well.
WOOFING
I -->E
FORGONE (as in "did without")
SPOONER
P ---- > U
..that we didn't evolve (a few ago, when we were WOOFING and sniffing between OREGON and where the corn is as high as an elephant's eye, to a veritable midpoint) to Lake WOBEGON, where all is diurnally
ONEROUS .. by definition, and subject to verification, at Ralph's pretty good grocery, among other institutions
ENORMOUS
N ---- > D
..in fact, pretty much un-ENORMOUS
DORMOUSE ..Alice, you're goin' to da moon!
MONSTER
T ---- > G
..her mither & father before; the Malones of Dublin were
MONGERS
Oh My!
MONGERS
O --> A
GERMANS
GERMANS
S ---> E
of World War II fame...
REMAGEN
REMAGEN
M ---- > G
..would have had everyone in their path living in MANGERS, if at all
ENGAGER
ENGAGER
G ---- > T
..admitted to the compound, he had a reaction; they sent him for analysis, and he became an analyst..but not a double-agent
REAGENT
REGENT
GREEN (It's OK to drop the tea - better for your Coumadin, too.)
GREEN
E ---- > A
..in management courses
ANGER .. attracting more 'students' than Peter Drucker
GENERA
A ---- > E
...and you can't go back on that
RENEGE
Preens
(To smooth or clean feathers...)
PREENS
S ---- > T
..enough time left to
REPENT
ENTERS
E ---- > Y
..if the guard lets you, that is
SENTRY
TENSOR
N ---- > A
..gives a speech, she
ORATES
ORATES
T ---> N
SEÑORA (you can ignore the tilde)
ARSENIO
I ---- > T
..there's a lot of potential for this in those Hall-ways
TREASON
TREASON (= SENATOR, he said Lokishly))
A --> T (sounds like a DNA mutation)
STENTOR (he said resoundingly)
STENTOR
S ---- > N
..FROM THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL
TRENTON
ROTTEN
N ---- > T
..inebriation -- walking wobbly
TOTTER
TORTE
+ R
..my quick answer is 'yes,please'
RETORT
RETRO
R --> T
I haven't decided yet whether or not I
OTTER
HOTTER
If you give her ermine you might
add a B
BETROTH 'er
BLOTTER
B ---- > P
..behind the scenes, when no one's looking
PLOTTER .. or with a compass & a map
or just rely on blind chance:
PLOTTER
P --> Y
LOTTERY
LOTTERY
O ---- > U
..absolutely!
UTTERLY
POTTER
R --> A
TEAPOT
_______________________
Oops. Back up, there - we should be continuing from UTTERLY ((probably below your screen when you went PLOTTER to POTTER,Luke)
UTTERLY
Hear through the land: Y not
TURTLE
T > C
TOECAP
Okey dokey. Teapot became toecap, probably for same reason.
So TURTLE it is
S > C
CURABLE
(Good one AC)
CURABLE
C ---> L
...for example
RUBELLA
RUBELLA
L ---- > R
..but hopefully not long-lasting
DURABLE
BLURRED
B ---- > E
..the die was cast, but then had to be cast again, so to speak..it wouldn't play by its initial rules? Some things don't fit the mold
RERULED ..and the emperor rethought his earlier pronouncement ..and ordered everyone to drive a FIAT 550
DUELER
- E
..Charybdis & Scylla had a certain attraction, but Ligeia & Leucopia were more compelling
LURED
BURLED
+ T
..caused me to shout in surprise and a bit of fright
BLURTED
...A.K.A. I'm not sure I believe you, and again I'm not sure I believe you
BOULDER
L --> T
REDOUBT
OBTRUDED
D ---- > A
..and insistent on remaining so
OBDURATE
OBDURATE
U ---- > P
..and went to court
PROBATED ..for a while I feared I'd put us in a verbal cul-de-sac, then saw this way out
...can't hear OBDURATE without thinking of Koko and Tit-Willow :-)
___________________
PREDATOR
D --> O
OPERATOR
Just forget about this call
You can keep the dime.
(Same song in its own way, come to think of it...)
OPERATOR
O ---- > E
..to public speaking, let me conclude
PERORATE
OVERRATE
O ---- > S
..lies across; I'd call it a bridge, but that might be OVERSTATING it
TRAVERSE
EVEREST
- E
..then turn it upside down; at this time of year, an apple cart is something one readily
EVERTS
BREVETS
T ---- > O
..the words, Mr Browning
VERBOSE
OBSERVED
B ---- > L
..then OBSERVED that OBVERSE and VERBOSE have same letters; be it
RESOLVED .. that I can be called an OBSERVER ..whereas in tennis I'm at best a LOB SERVER (to say nothing about being EVER a SLOB)
DESOLVED
V ---- > R
..and fastened together again
SOLDERED
ORDERED
O ---- > I
..I'd point out that you dealt not with the L, Luke..but I don't want to be a
DERIDER ..I thought you'd have gone for SOLDIERED but you fooled me ..Let's roll on
Sorry. Take it back where it should be should you desire.
Another 'senior' moment.
I volunteer at a hospital on Sat afternoons. See you later
I've commended your effort there before..good work!
No, let's SOLDIER ON! Have a good day! ... joe
DERIDER
E ---- > L
..foe of Bruce Wayne and his ward
RIDDLER
R > P Piddler
...the dogs get excited.
PIDDLER
P ---- > F
..you've got to pay the
FIDDLER
FIDDLER
D --> E
Cecil was a pretty good-hitting
FIELDER
FIELDER
- E
..is a Prince of a guy; I've seen some of the line-drives he's
RIFLED ..to the out-field
RIFLED
put the E back
...occasionally he just Pops out
FIEDLER
PILFERED
E ---- > O
..for years on Criminal Minds..and on a private jet, yet
PROFILED ..her side-view was an attraction
IMPLORE = the literature of the Little People
IMPLORED
L --> S
PROMISED
PROMISED
S ---- > V
..their new building lot, they said, Such a deal! It's new and
IMPROVED
OVERPAID
A ---- > S
DISPROVE
PERIDOTS
P ---- > S
STEROIDS
That could be one of Anu's words this week...
STEROIDS
add A
ASTEROIDS
STEWARDS
S ---- > W
..took the wagons ...
WESTWARD ...ho! Well done, A C !
EASTWARD
- A
..and, since I put us in these misdirections, let's get a
STEWARD
rewards
d ---- > n
..or down a rabbit hole
WARRENS
- to remove a flower from a Fall bouquet
EARNS
+ V
..quotable birds..'til the contradictory word was 'cawed'
RAVENS
VERONA
V ---- > L
..and I'll need another G from the bank
RELOAN
LONGER
O ---- > I
..she didn't want to
LINGER
ANGLER
add G
Just ask Francois Millet, he'll show you
GLEANER
Doc
I just wondered if you saw "gnarled", or is it my
confused mind?
LJ
GLEANER
R ---- > D
..he said he feared his demise ere his pen his teeming brain would have
GLEANED
I just saw your question, Luke ..
but it wasn't there when I replied to GLEANER ...???? Now it is; and I'm a few hours after your and the others' earlier entries... ???
Also, I noticed that he'd still get GLEANER out of GNARLED, but you're right ..looks as if there were 6 minutes between ..A puzzlement.
If you need my GLEANED yanked out of there, yank away!
No, I didn't see it at all; it may have been posted during the time I was composing and researching GLEANER. A delayed-action "not-quite-simulposting," as it were. But it does come from GNARLED too, via D->E, as posted above...
GLEANED
- G
..and heavy stuff having transpired
LEADEN ..I gleaned a lot from this, esp. the Millet painting; at noon, I'm going to say the Angelus, thanks to '..doc'(and there's a millet grain of truth to that)
(Afterthought: Do you suppose the grain is called "millet" because that's what you do?)
_________________________
LEADEN
E --> I
LEAD-IN
As in
A Limerick based upon Sweden:
I want to put "-ist" after "hedon-".
And you'll like the effects
(Though I don't mention "sex")
Only first it should have a good lead-in.
SAILED
A ---- > E
..the paragraphs, but not the parentheses (yesterday was e e cummings' b-day)
ELIDES
SLIDES
E ---- > O
..there are liquids, rarely gases, and always
SOLIDS
TOILED
L ---- > R
..for a newspaper or magazine
EDITOR
POTTIER
T ---- > S
..said Eppie
RIPOSTE
R > D
TOPSIDE,DEPOSIT,POSITED
POSITED
P ---- > R
..as they are all somewhat legendary; indeed, they are
STORIED
SORTED
+ A
... Club members did to one another, the chickens
ROASTED
FEDORAS
O ---- > T
.. targeted by low-flying attack planes
STRAFED
SIFTER
I ---- > E
.. a wound that won't heal tends to
FESTER
PESTER
P ---- > D
..if they'd all go away, I might have time to get
RESTED
ATYS
+ S
..not so palatable; fresher is better
TASTY ..Who the heck was Atys?
SHAN'T
+ K
THANKS ..or should it be ' --- > K ???? just sayin'
THANES
E ---- > Y
..the boss of Cawdor'd be found in
SHANTY
SMARTEN
N ---- > S
..they thought of his painting; they said, OK, but no cigar...ooh, those Dutch
MASTERS
MASTERS
...if you don't drive and you're
add L
TRAMLESS
TRAMLESS
S ---- > P
..when someone runs over you
TRAMPLES
SAMPLER
P ---- > B
..as in cat's-eye?
MARBLES
RAMBLE
R ---- > M
..out on the lone prairie
EMBALM
EMBLEM
E ---- > U
..me to tremble, tremble ..or
MUMBLE
LUMBER
U ---- > I
..but agile
LIMBER
MILLER
M ---- > T
..of an old man in the tail of a boat, operating the
TILLER
THRILL
T ---- > S
..but if the sound is harsh, it'll be too
SHRILL
HILLS
H ---- > T
..but the local men all loved her
STILL
STILE
T ---- > M
..that frown into a
SMILE ..but be careful about doing so on the subway
SIMILE
+ S
..makes it look a lot like, indeed very similar to, a
MISSILE..I don't know what else to compare it to
MISSEL
M ---- > A
..trans-gender dog
LASSIE ..I think it was actually a MISSAL, Luke, but the collie named Lassie was I've read more often a male dog with an uncanny bark that was 'I think she's trying to tell us something.."
AIMLESS
A ---- > S
..I'm sorry to hear that
MALAISE
MALAISE
I hope you didn't get it from eating
drop E
SALAMI
ASSAIL
A ---- > N
..plateful of escargot
SNAILS
SLAIN + D
...in addition, Noman is an
ISLAND
(per John Donne)
ISLAND
D ---- > V
..and he's that island's Everyman's farrier ..hammering away at his
ANVILS
SYLVAN
S --> I
(and proud of it, no less)
VAINLY
VENIAL
drop E
ALVIN
Who else?
INVADE
- E
..not me; I'll just stretch out here
DIVAN
DIVAN
V ---- > A
..want to take a dip in the stream?
NAIAD
BANK
+ L
..usually draw .. a
BLANK
BANK
+ L
What I usually draw .. a
BLANK
If you're playing Scrabble(R) that may not be such a bad thing!
B --> E
ANKLE
KNELL
L ---- > E
..genua
KNEEL
KEEN
N ---- > L
..a traditional Welsh symbol
LEEK ..as I was told by Mr Keen, Finder of Lost Persons
SLEEK
K ---- > P
..and to keep things on an even KEEL, I'll put on an old record with Howard Keel singing,and I'm off to
SLEEP
PLEASE
E ---- > P
..so it'd be down the stairs? Pears and
APPLES
APPLES
...everything 'appens to 'im.
Now 'e's lost all the little programs on 'is iPhone... 'e's truly
APPLESS
APPLESS
P ---- > H
..or Roy Clark or another of the sages on Hee-Haw, if it weren't for bad luck, I'd've none at all
HAPLESS ..and, a SAMPLING of the posting times revealed that APPLESS beat SAMPLE by a few minuti, so I chose to go APPLESS
ESPECIAL
- A
..was that last
ECLIPSE ..for sure
SICKLE
K ---- > H
..bum a smoke? or a dollar? Or cheat you out of something?
CHISEL
CHISEL
S --> E
LICHEE
(but you might be hungry again twenty minutes later)
LICHEE
E ---- > N
..incorrectly LIKENED this to a plant
LICHEN
LICHEN
L ---- > S
..behind by feet, maybe yards, in baseball, a game of
INCHES
SCENTS
add A
CATNESS
(not to be ocnfused with that girl archer from The Hunger Games)
N > L
CATLESS
Not a fan of kids killing kids
CATLESS
+ T
..they 'way too
TACTLESS
FACTLESS
T ---- > E
...movie character
FACELESS
CELESTAS
C ---- > D
..dancer started out
TASSELED
T > H
HEADLESS
horseman: HAPPY HALLOWE'EN
HEADLESS
- S
..it'll be okay if the horse's
LEASHED
EYELASH
E ---- > P
.to an hourglass? Thou art more
SHAPELY
SHAPELY
Y ---- > S
..I seem to have been unlucky for quite some time
HAPLESS
(Psst...look above, 10/28/15 at 10:58)
HAPLESS
H --> E
Speak roughly to your little boy, and beat him when you PLEASES
He only does it to annoy because he knows it teases
I did and don't see anything.What am I missing with
SPLASHES? on previous page?
PLEASES
L > P
Perhaps everyone will feel better if this
APPEASES
APPEASES
S ---- > R
..thanks for coming to my aid, for using HAPLESS twice in a few days; I'm grateful for your being an
APPEASER ..and I'll go to the woodshed after apprehension for LASHES or whatever other punishment deemed appropriate for my heinous act ...mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ..after which, hopefully, I may be able to be seen again
APPRAISE
- A
..for you, Jeanne D'Arc, it'd be these: HEADS UP
APPRISE
APPRISE
P --> D
PREPAID
Luke - sorry for overlooking your SPLASHES - you posted it while I was researching and writing my PLEASES and it wasn't seen. Regarding HAPLESS: it's a repeat - in both post # 222728 (above SPLASHES) and also a few days earlier at the referenced time (post # 2226879). We all do it occasionally.
Gotcha! No problem, I just have these senior moments and
don't follow.
PREPAID
P ---- > S
..at least some of the time
DIAPERS
APSIDES
A ---- > E
..don't
DESPISE
PRICE
+ E
..can i get your
RECIPE ..Here's mine: The distance around the pumpkin divided by its diameter gives you Pumpkin Pi
Water's World! Party time. Excellent!
Refined
REFINED
R ---- > D
..he called a spade a spade
DEFINED ..and back in the 1880's, gold was de find o' dem all
DEFEND
D ---- > R
..guitar flew out of the convertible, it DENTED the rear
FENDER
F > B
BENDER
sorry about that - it was too hard to ignore
SENDER
+ P
..was DENSER than he thought; she wanted only a big
SPENDER
PREENS
add T
PRESENT - It's a gift to be there now.
RESENT
S ---- > D
..when I first arrived; but, after some cuddling, I was made to feel warm and
TENDER
Diner
...American Graffiti
ORDAIN
- O
..priests sent their Orders down the
DRAIN
RAINED
I ---- > E
..milder weather has its way to
ENDEAR
Saw your entry Rain. Sorry I beat you by 2 mins.
That happens often here, and other times it goes
for a day or two without a reply. Great to have
you on this thread. Welcome again.
It is good to be back.
I've been on this board for over ten years, but not active for the last few.
Thanks!
-A
FETED
You've got me beat. only since 08 for me. But I like it. Cheers.
-D
FEET
It is a LOT less active than it was in years past - or we're just in a slow period? In the last 30 days only you and four others have posted more than 10 times.
+L
FLEET
The site as a whole is very inactive. The top posters above me
(with sometimes exception of tsuwm) have totally disappeared.
Lot of folks online, guests and spiders, all the time, and new
members continue to register. Sometimes someone comes on only to
ask a question, gets it and then disappears. This thread and the
one called "Mensopause III" are the only regularly active threads.
It's a shame too. When I joined there was much discussion, but
it slowly faded out. People watch but seldom comment. But we can
hope. You made it back, perhaps others will see you and return.
+A
LEAFED
I think Facebook is killing these such venues. I know several who were once top posters herein that are currently fairly active on FB but no posts for years here: Faldage, Annastrophic, Buffalo Srdlu, TEd Remington, just to name a few. Too bad, really. This site was a source of many good discussions once.
LEAFED
+ R
..let's make a case of it
FEDERAL
(...but very tasty)
FLIRTED
drop D
TRIFLE
l > s
STRIFE
I've found a couple others on other sites as well. It's hard to
believe that folks who are intelligent and engage in educational
discussion abandon it for gossip and photos of what they had for
dinner. But if it is their preference: "De gustibus....." and all that.
STRIFE
I ---- > E
..can lead to wounds, that if left unattended will continue to
FESTER ..By the by, was Uncle Fester the father of Itt?
RESEAT
T ---- > I
..use a TEASER to say what's coming up; I take the lazy man approach & ignore those, finding the ignorant wait much
EASIER
Sealer
Rehab Addict, Detroit mansion floors
REPEATS and SEALER
T ---- > L or + P
..since I caused SEALER to appear by just missing yours, Luke, I'll try to do something that works with both; hope I'm a
PLEASER
RELAPSED
E --> D
but fortunately
PADDLERS
LADDERS
+ E
..a SADDLER sometimes has to get ready to ride again
RESADDLE
RIDDLES
D ---- > S
..for some, trying to sell small burgers
SLIDERS
SUDSIER
S ---- > E
..is left-overs again?!
RESIDUE
Bit of a cop out, but...
-P
Raises
IRISES
I ---- > T
..said he could do this to everything but temptation..
RESIST ..but he said it better
ST IMIER
+ G
..unkempt
GRIMIEST
I withdraw St. Imier. It's not a new word according to the rules.
MISTIMED
I ---- > O
..yourself on the back, why dontcha
IMMODEST
MOODIEST
S ---- > N
..really took the wind out of my sails
DEMOTION
LOTIONED
T ---- > S
SOLENOID
POOLSIDE
- O
..CONSOLED had we gone another way, but then again Mama & Papa have always said I must be
SPOILED ..spare the rod, er ... switch, etc
SPOILED
...or I'd have made a
L--> T
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT
T ---- > M
..and I was so tempted to barge in, but didn't want it to be said that I
IMPOSED
DIMPLES
I ---- > A
Whitman Chocolate Co., and
SAMPLED
Sampled
M 》I
... arcade, because I was short an e.
Pleiads
DISPEL
I ---- > A
..courthouse
PLEADS
LISPED
I ---- > A
..Catholics to suit the Pope
LAPSED
P > M
MEDALS
Happy Veterans' Day
LOAMY
M ---- > L
..the hodge-podge of student backgrounds form an ALLOY of spirit
LOYAL
FALLOW
F ---- > C
..the words to a song about a guy who was urged to follow
CALLOW
MALLOW
M ---- > W
..in the mud
WALLOW
ALLOW
...or even without it
- L
AWOL
BOWELS
B ---- > V
..more than your P's & Q's
VOWELS ..Vanna
DYE
+ D
..Jeanette MacD and Nelson
EDDY ..brought to you by Whirlpool
EDDY
Y ---- > A
..and like the entrance arch to Yellowstone
DATED
DANTE
A ---- > I
..a fork in the road, take it
TINED ..and I'll owe you one; I'll be in det to youse
DETAIN
D ---- > K
..then cool your jets
INTAKE
INTAKE
T ---> M
...an old variant spelling
KINEMA
KINEMA
E ---- > G
..on words
MAKING
GAWKING
- K
..is something a few countries just might be soon
WAGING
PAGING
P ---- > E
..accounts receivable file? Let's do an
AGEING
AGOING
A ---- > N
..off the old block, the pate, the cranium, the skull, the
NOGGIN
Good one. Usually, I donn't see more than basic transformations.
COINING
I ---- > L
..a Xerox
CLONING
Every so often one of us does something amazing. We are an
astounding bunch really. Thanks.
LONGING
N ---- > U
..on a grand scale
GUIGNOL
GUIGNOL
+ N
..where the actors hang around
LOUNGING
KINEMA
E ---- > G
..on words
MAKING
I didn't know about faire dinkum, but stumbled on this today. Dialect, interesting.
http://languagehat.com/the-story-of-dinkum/Thanks to all
LUNGING
U ---- > A
..the cheer yelled by crafty Miami Marlins fans
ANGLING
As I recall, Robert Heinlein used "fair dinkum" regularly in
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, as part of the polyglot-derived Loonie dialect. (Now I'm going to have to dig it out and read it again...)
GALICIAN
A ---- > O
..somethings just never add up
LOGICIAN
LOGICIAN
C ---> R
...like Frege, Russell or Wittgenstein
ORIGINAL
ORIGINAL
+ S
..pleasure, but a privilege
SIGNORIAL
SIGNORIAL
...and if you win a State title is pretty good. Maybe
you're even on your way to the National Championship!
But in order to get there, you'll have to do pretty well in the
I --> E
REGIONALS
REGIONALS
- A
..to their convention of all the living players of Lear's eldest Daughter, they hoped to attract all of earth's
GONERILS
GYRENES
+ U
..don't have a cow over it
GUERNSEY
GUERNSEY
Y ---- > O
..and just when i feared i'd barked us again up an unruly tree, English showed again it's
GENEROUS
GENEROUS
E ---- > S
..on a Saturday night, turning attention from the game at Fenway, where a participant hopefully won't need attention of
SURGEONS
keeping up with yourself well, Endy.
Sorry, been busy.
-N
GROUSES
COURAGE
C ---- > T
..would be members' reaction if he were allowed entry to the club
OUTRAGE
OUTAGE
E ---- > R
....in a stew
RAGOUT
THOREAU
O ---- > N
..and see what you can turn up
UNEARTH
HAUNTED
H ---- > D
..of some of the entries I've seen here, I'll invoke Doc's earlier theme with Thoreau, and -- keeping it simple -- will not be
DAUNTED
DAUNTED
- T
...you may be HAUNTED (and possibly DAUNTED) by the
UNDEAD
UNDEAD
U ---- > R
..of my socks
DARNED
Try again!
UNCRATE
- N
..at this museum? John Updike?
CURATE
CUTER
C ---- > B
..cop a plea? Turn state's evidence? Into what?
REBUT
BUTTER
T ---- > N
..was a good one; most modern players, not so much
BUNTER
BRUTAL
A ---- > S
..but when he does, he gets it all out
BLURTS
The one was the
ULTRAS
R --> N
SULTAN of the other
___________________________
Alternatively, to turn BABE into SWAT, consider
BABE
BARE
BARD
BAND
BEND
SEND
SENT [iedited in 11/25]
SEAT
SWAT
Is there a shorter path?
SWAT the BABE, and you'll spoil your future (esp. if Children's Svcs gets wind of it)
How about
BABE
BARE
WARE
WART
SWAT ? ..but also BABE, BASE,SWAB,SWAT
..or BABE,BASE,TASE, SWAT or BABE,BASE,STAB,SWAT
SULTAN
A --- > I
..back then, a reduction in pay was for a reason, and never an
INSULT
SUNLITE
- U
..my SSS # was so low, that I would eventually become a VietNam-era veteran, when I started the process by deciding to
ENLIST
SILTED
add A
DETAILS, details, details.
re: BABE to SWAT: if you'll notice, no re-arrangement is involved, only changing a single letter to make a new word. Have another look!
BABE
BARE
BARD
BAND
BEND
SEND
SEAT
SWAT
Is there a shorter path?
You have left out SENT, so the following is shorter:
BABE
BALE
BALL
BELL
BELT
BEAT
SEAT
SWAT
DETAILS
D ---- > N
without compromises
ENTAILS
ENTAILS
+ R
..no glory ..yes gory
ENTRAILS
LISTENER
- I
..me want to cuddle up ..Almost!
NESTLER
REGENT (Did you realize that rearranges to T? (that is to say "GREEN T")
R --> L
GENTLE
1,000 posts on this thread - time to move to a shorter one!
ANAGRAMS XIV
here we come!
Before we leave this thread, can you please explain the relevance of BABE and SWAT? Swat in Pakistan?
Incidentally, did you know that there is a town in Swat called Odigram? Sounds like a kind of word game, or something from the 'Mensopause' thread...
Before we leave this thread, can you please explain the relevance of BABE and SWAT? Swat in Pakistan?
Incidentally, did you know that there is a town in Swat called Odigram? Sounds like a kind of word game, or something from the 'Mensopause' thread...
BABE Ruth was the "Sultan of SWAT."