# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1700

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33984 "2015-03-20T18:59:42Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33985 "2015-03-20T19:13:23Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33986 "2015-03-20T23:44:24Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted
8. Flip-flop, 5 lb. white rabbit

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33987 "2015-03-21T02:55:24Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted
8. Flip-flop, 5 lb. white rabbit
9. Ed, my 16 year old grey tabby

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33988 "2015-03-21T03:21:06Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted
8. Flip-flop, 5 lb. white rabbit
9. Ed, my 16 year old grey tabby
10. Pepper, a sweet, black-and-gray mutt; the first dog I ever had.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33989 "2015-03-21T05:14:48Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted
8. Flip-flop, 5 lb. white rabbit
9. Ed, my 16 year old grey tabby
10. Pepper, a sweet, black-and-gray mutt; the first dog I ever had.
11. Dusty Rose, my 11-yo Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

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**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33990 "2015-03-21T12:45:00Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted
8. Flip-flop, 5 lb. white rabbit
9. Ed, my 16 year old grey tabby
10. Pepper, a sweet, black-and-gray mutt; the first dog I ever had.
11. Dusty Rose, my 11-yo Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
12. Red Fred, a sorrel gelding

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33991 "2015-03-21T14:06:15Z")

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Names of pets

1. Bandit, a grey cat
2. Dinah, a black cat
3. Lily, a Bichon Frisé white dog.
4. Smokey, a tabby-tortie-mix mutt rescue cat who likes to swipe at my fingers as I type.
5. Luc, a cockatiel
6. Ellie, a Balinese cat
7. Ham and Beans, two stray cats I adopted
8. Flip-flop, 5 lb. white rabbit
9. Ed, my 16 year old grey tabby
10. Pepper, a sweet, black-and-gray mutt; the first dog I ever had.
11. Dusty Rose, my 11-yo Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
12. Red Fred, a sorrel gelding
13. Sissie (short for Francisca, an upper-class apricot (color) pedigreed poodle, donchewknow)

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33992 "2015-03-21T14:21:26Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned

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**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33993 "2015-03-21T14:44:40Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA

2. den, end, Ned

3. sit, tis, its

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33994 "2015-03-21T14:48:21Z")

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1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33995 "2015-03-21T14:53:05Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea

Rea’s a town in Italy.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33996 "2015-03-21T15:06:56Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33997 "2015-03-21T15:14:50Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. pears, pares, rapes, spear, spare

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33998 "2015-03-21T15:16:38Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. arm, mar, ram

Replaced the five letter words

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33999 "2015-03-21T15:51:01Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. arm, mar, ram
8. ACM, AMC, CMA, cam, Mac

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34000 "2015-03-21T19:17:08Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. arm, mar, ram
8. ACM, AMC, CMA, cam, Mac
9. ATM, tam, mat

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34001 "2015-03-21T19:26:27Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. arm, mar, ram
8. ACM, AMC, CMA, cam, Mac
9. ATM, tam, mat
10. aft, fat, ATF

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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:** [March 21, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34002 "2015-03-21T19:29:52Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. arm, mar, ram
8. ACM, AMC, CMA, cam, Mac
9. ATM, tam, mat
10. aft, fat, ATF
11. yam, may, Amy

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34003 "2015-03-21T19:31:50Z")

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Using only the same three letters, make at least three real words or acronyms (of any language, but please explain if not English)

1. Dan, and, DNA
2. den, end, Ned
3. sit, tis, its
4. one, eon, Neo
5. aer, are, ear, era, Rae, Rea
6. ape, pea, EPA
7. arm, mar, ram
8. ACM, AMC, CMA, cam, Mac
9. ATM, tam, mat
10. aft, fat, ATF
11. yam, may, Amy
12. opt, pot, top

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