# "Add a rule" word game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 10, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776 "2018-10-10T20:08:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/281 "2018-12-17T16:54:56Z")

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trifecta

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/282 "2018-12-17T17:38:20Z")

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fraction

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/283 "2018-12-17T17:46:12Z")

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tropical

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both  
May not refer to geography

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/284 "2018-12-17T18:54:13Z")

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procreant

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both  
May not refer to geography  
Except to begin the word all vowels must be single - no diphthongs or combinations like ea, io, ou, etc.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/285 "2018-12-17T22:19:34Z")

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bratwurst

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both  
May not refer to geography  
Except to begin the word all vowels must be single - no diphthongs or combinations like ea, io, ou, etc.  
Must not refer to a food

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/286 "2018-12-18T02:11:16Z")

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plentiful

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both  
May not refer to geography  
Except to begin the word all vowels must be single - no diphthongs or combinations like ea, io, ou, etc.  
Must not refer to a food  
Must not end with “ful”

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/287 "2018-12-18T12:42:54Z")

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dropsical

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both  
May not refer to geography  
Except to begin the word all vowels must be single - no diphthongs or combinations like ea, io, ou, etc.  
Must not refer to a food  
Must not end with “ful”  
May not refer to a medical condition

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/288 "2018-12-18T16:14:40Z")

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prodigal (second adjective definition, as in generous)

May not describe winter weather conditions  
May not contain the name of a religious figure  
No unflattering adjectives  
Must have more than one syllable  
May not be a palindrome  
May not begin with the same letter as the previous word  
May not have two of the same vowels in a row  
Must begin with two or more consonants or two or more vowels  
May not end in “s”  
May not have three consecutive vowels  
Vowels must be in ascending or descending alphabetical order  
No shortcuts- contractions not allowed  
May not be a living thing  
May not begin with "s”  
May not rhyme with previous post  
No adverbs  
May not be a past participle  
May not end in “ing”  
Must contain at least two different vowels  
May not end in Y  
May not have an O as the second vowel  
No soft c’s (“k” sound good, “s” sound bad)  
No compound words  
No colors  
May not end in “er”  
May not have two of the same consonants in a row  
The first letter must not be silent  
No silent consonants  
Choose 0-2: The letters “e”, “s”, and “t” cannot all be in the word  
Must be at least eight letters long  
Must not describe a hypothetical massless spin-2 particle  
No vowel can occur more than once  
May not be a place name  
No verbs  
The second letter must not be an h.  
May not include the letter x  
May not end in a vowel  
Must have an odd number of letters or an odd number of syllables or both  
May not refer to geography  
Except to begin the word all vowels must be single - no diphthongs or combinations like ea, io, ou, etc.  
Must not refer to a food  
Must not end with "ful  
May not refer to a medical condition  
May not use the same vowels in the same order as the previous word

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**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 21, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/289 "2018-12-21T14:51:22Z")

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Three days, no post. That’s gone the distance. Take another round, Tim.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/290 "2018-12-21T15:29:00Z")

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Wow that’s a lot of rules!

Just want to take the opportunity of this break to tell you I appreciate that you guys are enjoying my game, even though there are only a handful of us participating.

And I’d also like to thank you all for making this probably the most difficult thread game on the board!

Anyways, carry on!

Tim, you have the ball.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/291 "2018-12-21T16:23:02Z")

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Here goes…

Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/292 "2018-12-21T16:27:39Z")

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tittilate

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”

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**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 21, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/293 "2018-12-21T16:37:37Z")

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blank

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/294 "2018-12-21T18:14:20Z")

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blanket

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/295 "2018-12-21T18:20:43Z")

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unrest

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)  
-there must be at least one duplicated letter

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/296 "2018-12-21T18:29:31Z")

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tunnel

[Hmm, are the two n’s pronounced the same way, or is one of them silent…?]

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)  
-there must be at least one duplicated letter  
-word can be changed into another word by changing one letter to a different letter (the other word need not follow any of the rules, of course)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/297 "2018-12-21T21:52:14Z")

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niner

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)  
-there must be at least one duplicated letter  
-word can be changed into another word by changing one letter to a different letter (the other word need not follow any of the rules, of course)  
-must neither be nor contain a number word

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<div class="post-metadata">

**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 21, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/298 "2018-12-21T23:04:39Z")

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rerun

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)  
-there must be at least one duplicated letter  
-word can be changed into another word by changing one letter to a different letter (the other word need not follow any of the rules, of course)  
-must neither be nor contain a number word  
-world must include one or more pairs of double letters

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/299 "2018-12-22T01:57:04Z")

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sonnet

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)  
-there must be at least one duplicated letter  
-word can be changed into another word by changing one letter to a different letter (the other word need not follow any of the rules, of course)  
-must neither be nor contain a number word  
-world must include one or more pairs of double letters  
-word must include one or more pairs of double letters

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-rule-word-game/822776/300 "2018-12-22T21:20:11Z")

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allusion

-Each time any given letter is in the word, it must be pronounced the same way.  
-No terminal silent “e”  
-Word must have more than one syllable  
-Word can only use letters that are worth 1 point in Scrabble (e, a, i, o, u, n, r, t, l, s)  
-there must be at least one duplicated letter  
-word can be changed into another word by changing one letter to a different letter (the other word need not follow any of the rules, of course)  
-must neither be nor contain a number word  
-world must include one or more pairs of double letters  
-word must include one or more pairs of double letters  
-word may not contain the sequence “ion”

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