Continued from
here:
The last three words were
TERMINATE
TERMINATED
DETRIMENTand we continue with
E --> A
MITTERAND
MITTERAND
D --> G
MATTERING
You changed the F of FEALTY to an R... LITERARY
Y > A
ARTERIAL
MY BAD, sorry. Brain skipped a beat.
Do you mean STATELIER?
Oops. And Careless is as careless does. Sorry.
RETITLES
add A
STATELIER
Though if you insist I make up the adverb "STATLY," meaning Stop what you're doing and attend to this, and make STATLIER even sooner than that. Comparatively speaking.
...the certainty of change.
RELATE
add D
ALTERED
AGITATE
G —> P
APATITE
Y’know, the hexagonal-prism crystalline stuff...
...or at least Tom Lehrer said so, after lanthanum and osmium
SATIATE
add N
ASTATINE
FESTINA
add A
FANTASIE
(in C# minor, if you will)
Y'all all do know it's Independence Day, not Thanksgiving
FAINTEST
So why are we
T --> G
FEASTING like this?
(FAIN TEST is what Fauci et al would offer the entire country)
That’s right!
INSECTS
T —> O
COSINES
good one, I was wondering what would happen to that one, don't just like to add s
-S
REPULSE
PETREL
add Z
PRETZEL
(if they're anything like seagulls)
Butter Brickle Ice Cream: Yum
B > T
TRICKLE
(Or is it a diadem?)
TRICKLE
K --> C
CIRCLET
TOLERANCE
N --> P
PERCOLATE
...so I'll make several moves
CLEOPATRA
drop E
PLACATOR
A --> I
TROPICAL
O --> E
PARTICLE
FAIRLY
L --> D
FRIDAY
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
I > E
FRAYED
And I'll piggy back: happy Day all.
BRAYED
add L
BRADLEY
(I have a cousin's son by that name, too. That makes him my first cousin once removed, right?
You are right, first cousin once removed. Your children would be second cousins to Bradley
-Y
BLARED
(or, if you prefer, a place to rejoice)
LEVEE
E --> R
LEVER / REVEL
POTENT
E --> I
TINPOT
Why, that was the Word of the Day just 2 1/2 weeks ago!
just think of that, wow
T > G
OPTING
...said Tom archly.
RATIO
add C
AORTIC
CAROTID
add T
DICTATOR
..and notice what you get if now you drop DI and add UA...
AUTOCRAT
that is most interesting
INTERPOLE
O --> G
REPLETING
LENTICEL (Good one !!)
Add T
INTELLECT
You have also dropped an L.INTERCELL
L > A
INTERLACE
You have also dropped an L.INTERCELL
L > A
INTERLACE Why, so I did.
INTERLACE
E —> Y
CERTAINLY
INCULCATE
C --> O
INOCULATE
CONTINUAL
I --> R
NOCTURNAL
Difficult! The best I can do is:
NOCTURNAL
N > E
CULTERANO
spelling, thanks, my bad.
STREAMING
M --> L
TRIANGLES
+A
TERMINALS
reminds me of my old Latin teacher who used to say, "Nope" you've :" fallen on your
Terminus ad Quem".
INTERVALS
N --> E
VERSATILE
HERBALIST
R --> S
ESTABLISH
FAITHLESS
A --> E
FLESHIEST
TEEPEES
E --> I
EPÉEIST
(I think I missed the point...)
ÉPÉEIST (if I may add an accent)
E > W
PEEWITS
R > D
DESPITE
Good job you two, working with 4 "E"s.
DESPITE
D --> A
PASTIES
They touch the subject without covering it.
(As opposed to a hoop skirt, which covers the subject without touching it.)
PASTIES
T > D
APSIDES (that's 3 syllables)
I think you missed the last two posts!
SUING
+ M
MUSING
I guess I did !
MUTINY
U —> E
ENMITY
pick up your skirts and run.
G > B
BIRDING
PITTA
T --> N
PAINT
(I also toyed briefly with PINTA - a female bean - but decided against it)
(they were the "wind brothers" of Greek mythology)
BROAD
add E
BOREAD
When the thread goes over 500 posts I like to reboot - that’s how we got to Anagrams XVIII.
Continued
here.
When the thread goes over 500 posts I like to reboot - that’s how we got to Anagrams XVIII.
It's usually 1,000 (or more) – e.g. Anagrams XVII.
A day late and 500 posts short.
Oh well. It's done, anyway. Continue
here.