# 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:** 702

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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:** [January 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14022 "2013-01-25T23:15:45Z")

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Star Trek: TOS Episode Names:

1. And The Children Shall Lead
2. Journey to Babel
3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie
4. The Devil in the Dark
5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn)
6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!)
7. Tomorrow is Yesterday
8. The Trouble With Tribbles
9. City On The Edge Of Forever (or, as I like to think of it, the inspiration for Stargate)
10. Amok Time

Written by Theodore Sturgeon.

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14023 "2013-01-26T01:32:36Z")

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Star Trek: TOS Episode Names:

1. And The Children Shall Lead
2. Journey to Babel
3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie
4. The Devil in the Dark
5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn)
6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!)
7. Tomorrow is Yesterday
8. The Trouble With Tribbles
9. City On The Edge Of Forever (or, as I like to think of it, the inspiration for Stargate)
10. Amok Time
11. This Side of Paradise

One of my faves.

The remastered version of “The Doomsday Machine” is fantastic, BTW. Best of them all, I’d say.

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**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14024 "2013-01-26T02:37:05Z")

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Star Trek: TOS Episode Names:

1. And The Children Shall Lead
2. Journey to Babel
3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie
4. The Devil in the Dark
5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn)
6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!)
7. Tomorrow is Yesterday
8. The Trouble With Tribbles
9. City On The Edge Of Forever (or, as I like to think of it, the inspiration for Stargate)
10. Amok Time
11. This Side of Paradise
12. Plato’s Stepchildren

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14025 "2013-01-26T15:28:33Z")

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Star Trek: TOS Episode Names:

1. And The Children Shall Lead

2. Journey to Babel

3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie

4. The Devil in the Dark

5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn)

6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!)

7. Tomorrow is Yesterday

8. The Trouble With Tribbles

9. City On The Edge Of Forever (or, as I like to think of it, the inspiration for Stargate)

10. Amok Time

11. This Side of Paradise

12. Plato’s Stepchildren

13. A Piece of the Action  
Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

14. Frog

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14026 "2013-01-26T15:33:28Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film

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**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14027 "2013-01-26T15:42:54Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14028 "2013-01-26T15:52:39Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14029 "2013-01-26T16:02:55Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. _Funk_

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14030 "2013-01-26T17:10:15Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14031 "2013-01-26T17:29:12Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans
7. Foul

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14032 "2013-01-26T18:22:49Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans
7. Foul
8. Frug

For anyone unfamiliar, it’s [a dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HDIMF344Y) made most famous on _Laugh-In_ and in _Sweet Charity_.

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14033 "2013-01-26T18:44:04Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans
7. Foul
8. Frug
9. Flat

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14034 "2013-01-26T19:04:05Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans
7. Foul
8. Frug
9. Flat
10. Filo

as in dough

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14035 "2013-01-26T19:41:13Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans
7. Foul
8. Frug
9. Flat
10. Filo
11. Fact

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14036 "2013-01-26T21:46:19Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog
2. Film
3. Fate
4. Foot
5. Funk
6. Fans
7. Foul
8. Frug
9. Flat
10. Filo
11. Fact
12. Feed

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14037 "2013-01-26T21:49:16Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> 1. Filo
> 
> as in dough

I thought it was phyllo?

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14038 "2013-01-26T21:52:23Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> 1. Filo  
> as in dough

> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
>
> I thought it was phyllo?

you’re right :smack: okay then “as in ‘First In Last Out’.” better? 😉

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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:** [January 26, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14039 "2013-01-26T21:53:26Z")

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Four-letter words starting with ‘F’

1. Frog

2. Film

3. Fate

4. Foot

5. Funk

6. Fans

7. Foul

8. Frug

9. Flat

10. Filo

11. Fact

12. Feed

13. Flan  
4-letter words that begin with S

14. Salt

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**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14040 "2013-01-27T01:54:04Z")

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4-letter words that begin with S

1. Salt
2. Same

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**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:** [January 27, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14041 "2013-01-27T01:57:47Z")

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4-letter words that begin with S

1. Salt
2. Same
3. Soon

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