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Aquamarinejewel
13th May 2006, 21:37
In this game we pick a word and from within that word we make up as many words with the letters used in that word.
For example; the word is reappear
pear
reap
peer
peep
appear
and so on, we continue to stick to that same word until there are no more words to make from the chosen word.
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The word to kick the game off is.....
DELIVERANCE
Aquamarinejewel
13th May 2006, 21:39
Just a couple of words to start it off....
devil
veer
read
care
OldSchool
14th May 2006, 09:09
Liver
Eade ( does that count? :))
Ace
River
End
Dry Rot
14th May 2006, 20:01
rancid
dance
near
ever
Aquamarinejewel
14th May 2006, 20:18
cane
caned
ravine
rail
valid
Aquamarinejewel
14th May 2006, 20:23
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 23 words ....how many more can we get?
Words already used: appear, peep, peer, reap, pear, care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, (EADE, I will accept that one OS because he is our coach :thumbsu: ), liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane and caned.....
Scroater
15th May 2006, 19:49
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 23 words ....how many more can we get?
Words already used: appear, peep, peer, reap, pear, care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, (EADE, I will accept that one OS because he is our coach :thumbsu: ), liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane and caned.....
Delve, live, evil, veil, cave.
DEL'RE - Good goal kicker from any angle
RANCE - Good POINT kicker from any angle.:mad:
Bulldog1954
16th May 2006, 15:36
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 23 words ....how many more can we get?
Words already used: appear, peep, peer, reap, pear, care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, (EADE, I will accept that one OS because he is our coach :thumbsu: ), liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane and caned.....
can
real
crane
vile
live
rain
Aquamarinejewel
16th May 2006, 21:25
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 40 words so far....how many more can we get?
Words already used: appear, peep, peer, reap, pear, care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, EADE, liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane, caned, delve, live, evil, veil, cave, DEL'RE, RANCE, can, real, crane, vile, rain, cared, derail, lane, cereal and veal......
Scroater
17th May 2006, 13:50
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 40 words so far....how many more can we get?
Words already used: appear, peep, peer, reap, pear, care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, EADE, liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane, caned, delve, live, evil, veil, cave, DEL'RE, RANCE, can, real, crane, vile, rain, cared, derail, lane, cereal and veal......
deal, rind, rile, riled, diver, lance, clear, near, nail, cleared, *raises bat that's 50*:p vine, dine, elan, eland, crave, craved, liar, lair, lied, dial, vial,
I count 61 although why have we counted the first five that came from the example?
lifelike_
19th May 2006, 13:01
vein, vain, prance, dare, dear, rained, derive, race, raced...
Should be interesting to see how many everyone comes up with
Aquamarinejewel
19th May 2006, 19:44
I count 61 although why have we counted the first five that came from the example?
Good pickup Scroater...I accidently counted the example ones...fixing it up now. :thumbsu:
Scroater
19th May 2006, 19:52
never,
after the fix up that should be 66.
diva =67.
I think we may struggle for 100. As long as we get past 89.:p
Aquamarinejewel
19th May 2006, 19:55
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 78 words so far....how many more can we get?
Words already used: care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, EADE, liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane, caned, delve, live, evil, veil, cave, DEL'RE, RANCE, can, real, crane, vile, rain, cared, derail, lane, cereal, veal, cared, deal, rind, riled, diver, lance, clear, nail, cleared, vine, dine, elan, eland, craved, liar, lied, dial, vial, vein, vane, prance, dare, dear, rained, derive, race, raced, raven, evidence, lavender, enclave, cradle, driven, needle, niece, niave, need, reel, leaner, invade, die, never and diva.....
Aquamarinejewel
19th May 2006, 20:00
I think we may struggle for 100. As long as we get past 89.:p
We will get the 100 if not more...I have a few more on the way. There was one double up ...the word near was used twice.
Aquamarinejewel
19th May 2006, 20:13
lever, dealer, valid, diner, nerve, candle, acre
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 85 words so far....how many more can we get?
Words already used: care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, EADE, liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane, caned, delve, live, evil, veil, cave, DEL'RE, RANCE, can, real, crane, vile, rain, cared, derail, lane, cereal, veal, cared, deal, rind, riled, diver, lance, clear, nail, cleared, vine, dine, elan, eland, craved, liar, lied, dial, vial, vein, vane, prance, dare, dear, rained, derive, race, raced, raven, evidence, lavender, enclave, cradle, driven, needle, niece, niave, need, reel, leaner, invade, die, never and diva, lever, dealer, valid, diner, nerve, candle and acre....
Scroater
25th May 2006, 10:38
lever, dealer, valid, diner, nerve, candle, acre
So far from the word DELIVERANCE we have 85 words so far....how many more can we get?
Words already used: care, read, veer, devil, end, river, ace, EADE, liver, ever, near, dance, rancid, valid, rail, ravine, cane, caned, delve, live, evil, veil, cave, DEL'RE, RANCE, can, real, crane, vile, rain, cared, derail, lane, cereal, veal, cared, deal, rind, riled, diver, lance, clear, nail, cleared, vine, dine, elan, eland, craved, liar, lied, dial, vial, vein, vane, prance, dare, dear, rained, derive, race, raced, raven, evidence, lavender, enclave, cradle, driven, needle, niece, niave, need, reel, leaner, invade, die, never and diva, lever, dealer, valid, diner, nerve, candle and acre....
85, no, no ,no, that wont do, 3rd and a 10 point loss in PF.
dancer, nice,vice, carve, carved, reeled, neared, clean, cleaned, cleaner,
That makes 95 -2 for river(top row) and prance (5th row) = 93
7 more let's go.
lifelike_
30th May 2006, 22:35
reveal, revealed
firstdogonthemoon
31st May 2006, 13:57
Devein, divan, varied, vale, cred (as in street), anil, lain
Aquamarinejewel
19th July 2006, 20:49
A total of 102 words make from one word...DELIVERANCE :thumbsu:
Aquamarinejewel
19th July 2006, 20:53
CONTAMINATION is the next word, let's see how many words we can make from this word...
main, nation, tin, antic, manic, attic, moon, onto, nana, toot, anti, maintain, tomato.....13 so far....
lifelike_
23rd July 2006, 21:45
animation, contain, ant, mint
Aquamarinejewel
31st July 2006, 22:41
cotton, cannot, maniac, omit, tact, motto, motion, cannon, aim, ant.
So far from the word CONTAMINATION we have 27 words...how many more can we get?
Words already used....
main, nation, tin, antic, manic, attic, moon, onto, nana, toot, anti, maintain, tomato, animation, contain, ant, mint, cotton, cannot, maniac, omit, tact, motto, motion, cannon, aim, act.........
Scroater
2nd August 2006, 10:18
cotton, cannot, maniac, omit, tact, motto, motion, cannon, aim, ant.
So far from the word CONTAMINATION we have 27 words...how many more can we get?
Words already used....
main, nation, tin, antic, manic, attic, moon, onto, nana, toot, anti, maintain, tomato, animation, contain, ant, mint, cotton, cannot, maniac, omit, tact, motto, motion, cannon, aim, act.........
into, COON, taint, conman, coma, MINTON(connell), atom, ***(bird), mini,
(36)
Aquamarinejewel
12th August 2006, 15:51
mono, cain, cant, coat, moot, con, taco.....
So far from the word CONTAMINATION we have 42 words...how many more can we get?
Words already used....
main, nation, tin, antic, manic, attic, moon, onto, nana, toot, anti, maintain, tomato, animation, contain, ant, mint, cotton, cannot, maniac, omit, tact, motto, motion, cannon, aim, act, into, COON, taint, conman, coma, MINTON(connell), atom, mini, mono, cain, cant, coat, moot, con, taco......