Four Letter Word Game - Page 9

Malc 44 · 21 Jul 2009, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberSmurf

I see what you're saying, I had to think about the link myself, but there is a precedent.

Your game. So if you want to restrict the game to no inserting letters, then good with me.
Just dropping a letter, and adding one to either end still good?

Exactly what I had in mind for rule 3, I will go and clarify the rule now.

...on with the game

SAIL

What we do in a boat

**CyberSmurf** · 22 Jul 2009, 09:59 AM

PAIL

(a bucket)

n5bb · 22 Jul 2009, 01:49 PM

FAIL

to fall short
Thanks for the rule 3 clarification. The original rule didn't say that the three unchanged letters had to be contiguous. It didn't mention inserting or deleting letters, just changing a single letter -- but the first post deleted a letter and added a letter at another location, and there was no rule stating where you could add a letter after you removed one.

So the way I understand your rule 3 now has no reason for the "remain in the same order" phrase. It could be replaced by:
"You must delete any of the four letters, then insert a replacement letter at one of three locations: the original deleted letter location, before the first letter, or after the final letter."

**CyberSmurf** · 22 Jul 2009, 02:53 PM

BAIL

Use a pail to bail when sailing in a gale.

n5bb · 22 Jul 2009, 03:19 PM

MAIL

We received mail describing a tale about how not to fail when using a pail to bail when attempting to sail during the tail end of a gale

Malc 44 · 22 Jul 2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n5bb

So the way I understand your rule 3 now has no reason for the "remain in the same order" phrase. It could be replaced by:
"You must delete any of the four letters, then insert a replacement letter at one of three locations: the original deleted letter location, before the first letter, or after the final letter."

You are clearly better with words than me, so I have replaced my wording of the rule with your much better explanation.

MAID

A man needs one of these, according to Neil Young on his 'Harvest' album

**CyberSmurf** · 22 Jul 2009, 08:43 PM

MADE

The maid made my bed.

Malc 44 · 22 Jul 2009, 09:25 PM

MAZE

Puzzle, I'm stuck in the middle, can't find the way out

n5bb · 23 Jul 2009, 12:21 AM

FAZE

Don't let the puzzle faze you!

Chipper · 23 Jul 2009, 01:46 AM

GAZE

into the horizon

n5bb · 23 Jul 2009, 02:53 AM

HAZE

what many saw when trying to gaze at the solar eclipse this week

Malc 44 · 23 Jul 2009, 05:49 AM

LAZE

in the maze, fazed, as I gaze into the haze, and still can't find my way out

n5bb · 23 Jul 2009, 08:52 AM

LANE

My house is on Lane Street

Boom · 23 Jul 2009, 04:23 PM

LAND

a fright, the space between the rifling grooves in a gun, in a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits, a conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires, to acquire, to secure, to deliver, to alight, to descend from a vehicle, to come into rest, a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected,...

**CyberSmurf** · 23 Jul 2009, 05:54 PM

HAND

The thing on my computer mouse.

22 Jul 2009, 09:59 AM	#122
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22 Jul 2009, 01:49 PM	#123
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	FAIL to fall short Thanks for the rule 3 clarification. The original rule didn't say that the three unchanged letters had to be contiguous. It didn't mention inserting or deleting letters, just changing a single letter -- but the first post deleted a letter and added a letter at another location, and there was no rule stating where you could add a letter after you removed one. So the way I understand your rule 3 now has no reason for the "remain in the same order" phrase. It could be replaced by: "You must delete any of the four letters, then insert a replacement letter at one of three locations: the original deleted letter location, before the first letter, or after the final letter."

22 Jul 2009, 02:53 PM	#124
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	BAIL Use a pail to bail when sailing in a gale.

22 Jul 2009, 03:19 PM	#125
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	MAIL We received mail describing a tale about how not to fail when using a pail to bail when attempting to sail during the tail end of a gale

22 Jul 2009, 08:43 PM	#127
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	MADE The maid made my bed.

22 Jul 2009, 09:25 PM	#128
Malc 44 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 365	MAZE Puzzle, I'm stuck in the middle, can't find the way out

23 Jul 2009, 12:21 AM	#129
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	FAZE Don't let the puzzle faze you!

23 Jul 2009, 01:46 AM	#130
Chipper Master of the @ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Greenbelt, MD (USA) Posts: 1,278	GAZE into the horizon

23 Jul 2009, 02:53 AM	#131
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	HAZE what many saw when trying to gaze at the solar eclipse this week

23 Jul 2009, 05:49 AM	#132
Malc 44 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 365	LAZE in the maze, fazed, as I gaze into the haze, and still can't find my way out

23 Jul 2009, 08:52 AM	#133
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	LANE My house is on Lane Street

23 Jul 2009, 04:23 PM	#134
Boom Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 202	LAND a fright, the space between the rifling grooves in a gun, in a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits, a conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires, to acquire, to secure, to deliver, to alight, to descend from a vehicle, to come into rest, a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected,...

23 Jul 2009, 05:54 PM	#135
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	HAND The thing on my computer mouse.