New Word Game--See post #1 for rules and please follow them

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Going to try a new, more challenging word game which is alittle more challenging and does have "winner" at the end of each cycle.

This game has a few rules which must be followed in order for it to be flow and be played easily. Please pay attention to the following simple rules and look at the sample I have provided. Any questions, please ask.

RULES:

-- Change one and only one letter
-- You can drop the first letter and add to the end or visa versa
-- Word must be in dictionary.com but, no proper names (starts with caps), acronyms (all caps), abbreviations (ends with a ".") or "Chaucer" words.
-- You can't post two words in a row
-- Re-use of previously played words is prohibited and you will be mocked incessantly if you do
-- Failure to keep the used word board current is also subject to mocking
-- This is supposed to be a fun game period -- no bitching and moaning


Sample of how a game would play out if started with the word LOSER:
loser, lower, cower, cover, overt, avert, alert, blert, blurt, blunt, brunt, runts, punts, pants, rants, antsy, wants, wanes, wines, winds, wands, bands, binds, birds, bards, cards, cares, bares, bared, bored, booed, boned, boxed, boxer, bower, boner, loner, toner, atone, baton, baron, bacon, racon, recon, rewon, rewin, sewin, sewen, sewer, sewed, sawed, cawed, pawed, pared, spare, snare, snore, shore, share, shard, shark, stark, stalk, stall, still, stilt, tilts, tints, stint, stink, sting, tinge, hinge, singe, binge, bingo, ingot, lingo, lings, bling, sling, cling, fling, flint, faint, saint, paint, point, joint, joins, coins, coons, moons, moans, moats, goats, boats, coats, coals, foals, fools, foods, fords, forts, forks, dorks, corks, corky, dorky, darky, darby, derby, derry, berry, burry, burro

Goal is to post a word which cant be used to form another word, thereby ending the game. Poster who used "BURRO" was the winner in this example.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Going to start with a word to see if we can get this running smoothly.

Breaking my own rules as I will make 2 consecutive posts to show how to keep the posts consistent by updating the used word list each time.

starting word: train

[mrhotpicks2]

did lady don already try this one?

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

train

brain

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

keeping the used words list up to date makes the game easier to follow and saves us all time.

train, brain

rains



Feel free to join in from here. Add rains to the used word list and then post your new word.

[sportsreport]

Braun

Originally Posted by Randle Pat McMurphy

brain

[sportsreport]

Reins

Originally Posted by Randle Pat McMurphy

keeping the used words list up to date makes the game easier to follow and saves us all time.




rains



Feel free to join in from here.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Originally Posted by mrhotpicks2

did lady don already try this one?

Dont think so. This one is 1 word at a time based on the previous poster's word.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

train, brain, rains, reins

wrens

[KidKnowsPicks]

Originally Posted by Randle Pat McMurphy

train, brain, rains, reins, wrens

whens

[cornbread]

Originally Posted by KidKnowsPicks

whens

hense

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Originally Posted by KidKnowsPicks

whens

whens is a contraction and cant be used as correct spelling is when's--all words or possible words can be checked at dictionary.com if not sure.


Will move back to this point:

train, brain, rains, reins, wrens

[KidKnowsPicks]

Originally Posted by Randle Pat McMurphy

whens is a contraction and cant be used as correct spelling is when's--all words or possible words can be checked at dictionary.com if not sure.


Will move back to this point:

Dictionary.com



whens
[hwenz, wenz]   Origin

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when's
   [hwenz, wenz] Show IPA


1.
contraction of when is: When's the show over?

2.
contraction of when does: When's the next train leave?

3.
contraction of when has: When's he ever been an authority?


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Usage note
See contraction.





:07



Whens is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:


a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.


a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.


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Dictionary.com Unabridged

when
   [hwen, wen; unstressed hwuhn, wuhn] Show IPA

adverb
1.
at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: When are they to arrive? When did the Roman Empire exist?

2.
under what circumstances? upon what occasion?: When is a letter of condolence in order? When did you ever see such a crowd?

conjunction
3.
at what time: to know when to be silent.

4.
at the time or in the event that: when we were young; when the noise stops.

5.
at any time; whenever: He is impatient when he is kept waiting.

6.
upon or after which; and then: We had just fallen asleep when the bell rang.

7.
while on the contrary; considering that; whereas: Why are you here when you should be in school?

pronoun
8.
what time: Till when is the store open?

9.
which time: They left on Monday, since when we have heard nothing.

noun
10.
the time of anything: the when and the where of an act.


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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English when ( ne ), Old English hwenne; cognate with German wann when, wenn if, when (compare Gothic hwan when, how); akin to who, what


Can be confused:  1. when, whence; 2. wen, when .

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Word Origin & History

when

O.E. hwænne, hwenne, hwonne, from Gmc. pronomial stem *khwa- (cf. O.S. hwan, O.Fris. hwenne, M.Du. wan, O.H.G. hwanne, Ger. wann "when"), from PIE interrogative base *qwo- (see who).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Originally Posted by KidKnowsPicks

Dictionary.com

whens
[hwenz, wenz]   Origin this shows pronunciation of the word

when's This show correct spelling of the word
   

These show usage examples (none of the examples will show the spelling whens)
1. contraction of when is: When's the show over?

2. contraction of when does: When's the next train leave?

3. contraction of when has: When's he ever been an authority?


when
   [hwen, wen; unstressed hwuhn, wuhn] Show IPA

adverb
1.
at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: When are they to arrive? When did the Roman Empire exist?

2. under what circumstances? upon what occasion?: When is a letter of condolence in order? When did you ever see such a crowd?

conjunction
3. at what time: to know when to be silent.

4. at the time or in the event that: when we were young; when the noise stops.

5. at any time; whenever: He is impatient when he is kept waiting.

Good that this came up now so we can all learn from the example--bit of a small learning curve to get used to. Not trying to be nitpicky, Kid.

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

train, brain, rains, reins, wrens

Can pick it up from wrens to minimize confusion.