# 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:** 410
**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:** [April 3, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/8182 "2016-04-03T12:51:06Z")
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styles What’s the accepted procedure when I find that someone changed 3 letters instead of two? and there are like 7 followups to the “incorrect” word? ---
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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838/8190 "2016-04-03T21:45:48Z")
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> [@PoppaSan](#): > > …What’s the accepted procedure when I find that someone changed 3 letters instead of two? and there are like 7 followups to the “incorrect” word? If you catch it immediately, I’d say go back to the “correct” word just before, and work from there. If several words have intervened since, I’d just go with the most recent post. In play: resent [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838.md?page=409) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-letter-word-change-one-or-two-letters-make-a-new-word/681838.md?page=411)