Continued from
here________________
I Can’t See Clearly Any MoreOUTBID
O —> R
TURBID
CORSICAN
N --> T
ACROSTIC
(after Douglas R Hofstadter)
ENTREATER
E --> N
REENTRANT
INTERMENTS
E --> U
INSTRUMENT
MUTTERING
U --> I
REMITTING
TABASCO [Good one !]
A --> B (as Dorothy Parker once said of Katharine Hepburn)
BOBCATS
CANOPY
P --> R
CRAYON
(This looks familiar - am I going in circles?)
-A
CORNY
I seem to feel we go in circles a lot.
But I don't have Alzheimers but am inflicted with part-timers, some-timers, and half-timers frequently.
CANOPY
P --> R
CRAYON
(This looks familiar - am I going in circles?)
Yes, we both are – look at the first week of October 2021.
PHON(E)Y
put a T in there one way or the other
PYTHON
NEEDY
E > S
DYNES
(assuming I did my dimensions correctly)
STRESSED
S --> A
ASSERTS
(I know. I got it backwards)
ARTLESS
S --> E
LAERTES
(You may know the name better as the son of Polonius, who got stabbed in the arras. Sic transit gloria mundi...)
ABORTING
A --> I
ORBITING
(OK, OK, ellipses. Purist!)
...That's where we just came from. Try another! ;-)
ABORTING
A --> I
ORBITING
CRISPNESS
C --> T
SPINSTERS
...that's where it came from
VICEROY
- Y
VOICER
or
DIVORCE
- D
VOICER
OVERACT [Good one!]
A --> S
VECTORS
ELASTIC
you can have everything but Tea there
ALICE'S
LISTEN
add a U
UTENSIL
..."When you see a fork in the road, take it!"
(or was that Kermit the Frog?)
UNSPOILED
P --> G
DELOUSING
Should be spelled SLOGANISED.
(GODLINESS has two S's and no Z.)
[At least, Martin Gardiner reported so 60ish years ago, in a Scientific American Mathematical Games column. I've been able to identify only 8 or so.]
GERAINT
add S
ANGRIEST
[At least, Martin Gardiner reported so 60ish years ago, in a Scientific American Mathematical Games column. I've been able to identify only 8 or so.]
Wiktionary lists 15 one-word anagrams.ANGRIEST
G > R
RESTRAIN
SERRATION
A --> I
INTERIORS
SENIORITY
I --> L
STORYLINE
REGIONALLY
E --> I
ORIGINALLY
ORIGINALLY
L > T
GYRATIONAL
GYRATIONAL
I --> R
ARROGANTLY
ARROGANTLY
drop Y
GRANTORAL ("pertaining to one who makes a gift or establishes a Trust")
TARRAGONA
drop A
ARROGANT
(we used ARROGANTLY above, but not ARROGANT)
EMBITTERS
drop M B
TERMITES
TERMITES
+ X
EXTREMIST
TRIMESTER
R --> D
MIDSTREET
.
(wrong thread - see "Mensopause")
COLONIST (That would be a physician who specializes in diseases of the large intestine?)
I --> R
CONTROLS
EROTICISE
I --> N
SECRETION
REJECTION
J --> P
RECEPTION
(it is Sunday, after all)
PERITONIC
C --> D
PERDITION
It's a pity we can't get from PERDITION to REDEMPTION. So near and yet so far!
PERDITION
O > M
IMPRINTED
Funny, I thought I responded two days ago, and with the same word! Guess I wrote the post and previewed it, but didn't post it. Oh. well.
TAPIR
T --> L
APRIL
SEARCH
add T
ARCHEST
(said Mr Goodwin)
Welcome MiscPractice! (but if you do that too often it'll be very hard to get to Carnegie Hall...)
(I choose to ignore Ogden Nash)
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PANTHER
H --> I
REPAINT
PENULTIMATUM
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-nuhl-tuh-MAY-tuhm)
MEANING: noun: A demand made before an ultimatum.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin paene (almost) + ultimus (last). Earliest documented use: 1791.
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HENULTIMATUM - If my cage isn't bigger by tomorrow you're never going to see another egg...
PENULTIMATIUM - the next-to-the-last element on the periodic table
PENALTIMATUM - one more episode of unsportsmanlike conduct and you're outa the game!
Wrong thread!
That would be a terrible thing to happen.
ASTEROID
O --> S
DISASTER
CATTIEST
T --> N
CASTINET
(or, one way to catch fish)
STINKERS
S --> C
STRICKEN
(Well, it's a better continuation than STRIKES or KEISTERS)
Hi, Alimae, good to hear from you again. It's been a while since we were graced by your keystrokes!
DIPLOMA
A --> E
IMPLODE
OK, I've drawn a blank here. Let's go back:
CHEERFUL
U > T
FLETCHER
...and Three Laws, too
BISECTOR
E --> O
ROBOTICS
STATIONER
I --> Y
ATTORNEYS
STOREMAN
T --> C
ROMANCES
(...lost track of this thread completely!)
...sang Dr Seuss
NEGATE
E --> I
("I could eat a peck of Poobers," he added)
EATING
TURNING
Anu's most recent Word for the Day was INDEFATIGABLE, wasn't it.
add I
UNTIRING
I thought I had sent that one in arleady, but I guess I just wrote it and neglected to hit SEND.
Sobeit. There are enough words to go around.
RUINATION
U --> G
RATIONING
(Could we say the counterpart of the LITERATI is the INGORATI ?)
RIGATONI
R --> L
LIGATION
MEDICINE
drop one I
DICEMEN - professional Craps shooters
Does a degree from Business School teach you…
CHETNIK
add O
C.E.O.-THINK ?
C.E.O.-THINK
K > P
PHONETIC
TROPICS
add another O
PORTICOS
(acknowledgement to RAH)
POINT
N --> A
PATIO
(I can dream, can't I?)
ZAPATO
+ S
ZAPATOS
(sorry, I couldn't think of anything better)
Must be another one of those I composed, edited, proofread, and then never sent. Oh well, try again.
"I suppose I could fabricate another word, like
OSTPLAZA - the Austrian church square on the side toward the rising sun, or
ZOÖPASTA - spaghetti modified to be nutritious animal food,
but I think I'll just go with the mundane:
ZAPATOS
A --> E
TOPAZES
or maybe even two...
EPISCOPE
E --> L
POPSICLE
COPPICES
- C
COPPIES
(Northern England dialect, apparently)
COPPIES
delete S
ICEPOP
(New York City dialect, anyway)
KARSTS
S --> I
TARSKI
His first name was Alfred, born Warsaw, Poland, January 14, 1901; died: October 26, 1983.
Here's the joke: What is a good anagram of "BANACH-TARSKI PARADOX"?
Answer: BANACH-TARSKI PARADOX BANACH-TARSKI PARADOX
THROAT
O--> E
"...but at present I'm afraid I am as mad as any
HATTER..."
(but getting close)
HEARTH
add E and find the nearest hill
HEATHER