# 6-Letter Word-Change one or two letters make a new word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838 "2014-02-21T02:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1032
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20625 "2019-12-01T19:34:55Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20626 "2019-12-01T20:00:30Z")
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20627 "2019-12-02T03:44:19Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20628 "2019-12-02T06:21:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20629 "2019-12-02T14:41:17Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20630 "2019-12-02T15:10:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20631 "2019-12-02T15:14:11Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20632 "2019-12-02T15:21:19Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20633 "2019-12-02T15:27:09Z")
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20634 "2019-12-02T16:40:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20635 "2019-12-02T16:43:40Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20636 "2019-12-02T23:37:17Z")
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20637 "2019-12-03T04:51:59Z")
boater > **[Boater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boater)** > > A boater (also straw boater, basher, skimmer, The English Panama, cady, katie, canotier, somer, sennit hat, or in Japan, can-can hat, suruken) is a semi-formal summer hat for men, which was popularised in the late 19th century and early 20th century. > It is normally made of stiff sennit straw and has a stiff flat crown and brim, typically with a solid or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown. Boaters were derived from the canotier straw hat worn traditionally by gondoliers in the city of Veni... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20638 "2019-12-03T08:53:08Z")
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20639 "2019-12-03T17:06:36Z")
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20641 "2019-12-04T15:11:11Z")
Moties > **[Motie](https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Motie)** > > Moties are the human name for the alien species which inhabit the Mote system. Their defining factors are their asymmetrical anatomy, their genetically hardwired reproductive rate, and their instinctive specialization, which makes each caste innately... ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20642 "2019-12-04T15:15:02Z")
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**Author:** ![Taesahnim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taesahnim/32/84_2.png) [@Taesahnim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taesahnim)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20643 "2019-12-04T21:29:42Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/20644 "2019-12-05T03:45:13Z")
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