# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **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:** 3225
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64488 "2019-03-03T02:48:54Z")
6-Letter Foods 1. Potato 2. Tomato 3. Carrot 4. Squash 5. Celery 6. Turkey 7. Muffin 8. Cereal ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64489 "2019-03-03T04:44:17Z")
6-Letter Foods 1. Potato 2. Tomato 3. Carrot 4. Squash 5. Celery 6. Turkey 7. Muffin 8. Cereal 9. Oyster ---
**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 3, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64490 "2019-03-03T04:46:57Z")
6-Letter Foods 1. Potato 2. Tomato 3. Carrot 4. Squash 5. Celery 6. Turkey 7. Muffin 8. Cereal 9. Oyster 10. Apples Does anyone ever eat just one oyster? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64491 "2019-03-03T06:01:47Z")
6-Letter Foods 1. Potato 2. Tomato 3. Carrot 4. Squash 5. Celery 6. Turkey 7. Muffin 8. Cereal 9. Oyster 10. Apples 11. papaya ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64492 "2019-03-03T07:29:05Z")
[quote=“gkster, post:64491, topic:549173”] 6-Letter Foods 1. Potato 2. Tomato 3. Carrot 4. Squash 5. Celery 6. Turkey 7. Muffin 8. Cereal 9. Oyster 10. Apples 11. papaya 12. Banana ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64493 "2019-03-03T10:01:56Z")
6-Letter Foods 1. Potato 2. Tomato 3. Carrot 4. Squash 5. Celery 6. Turkey 7. Muffin 8. Cereal 9. Oyster 10. Apples 11. papaya 12. Banana 13. Haggis NEW: “New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64494 "2019-03-03T10:45:23Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64495 "2019-03-03T13:18:58Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64496 "2019-03-03T14:30:26Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey ---
**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 3, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64497 "2019-03-03T14:31:10Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans ---
**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 3, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64498 "2019-03-03T15:17:10Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard ---
**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:** [March 3, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64499 "2019-03-03T16:29:43Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64500 "2019-03-03T23:37:22Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick 8. New Hampshire ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64501 "2019-03-04T10:06:17Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick 8. New Hampshire 9. New Delhi ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64502 "2019-03-04T10:42:43Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick 8. New Hampshire 9. New Delhi 10. Nova Scotia Latin for “New Scotland.” Scotland is well-known, but I suspect that we’re grasping for “New Places” now, so I think Nova Scotia fits. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64503 "2019-03-04T12:40:32Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick 8. New Hampshire 9. New Delhi 10. Nova Scotia 11. New Mexico ---
**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:** [March 4, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64504 "2019-03-04T13:52:01Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick 8. New Hampshire 9. New Delhi 10. Nova Scotia 11. New Mexico 12. Nuevo Leon There is a province of Leon in Spain, but it’s much smaller and has less than a tenth of the population the Mexican state has, and the old Kingdom of Leon doesn’t exist anymore. Plus, I see _lots_ of Nuevo Leon license plates between Houston and Laredo. ---
**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 4, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64505 "2019-03-04T14:18:16Z")
“New” places that are better-known than the originals: 1. New York City 2. New South Wales 3. New Zealand 4. New Jersey 5. New Orleans 6. New Scotland Yard 7. New Brunswick 8. New Hampshire 9. New Delhi 10. Nova Scotia 11. New Mexico 12. Nuevo Leon 13. New Guinea I’ll pass. ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64506 "2019-03-04T19:18:41Z")
Celebrities (and costumes) for the next go-round of _The Masked Singer_: 1. George Hamilton (Flamingo) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64507 "2019-03-04T19:21:03Z")
Celebrities (and costumes) for the next go-round of The Masked Singer: 1. George Hamilton (Flamingo) 2. Charlie Sheen (tiger) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3226)