# Keep a Word, Delete a Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013 "2015-05-01T15:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [May 10, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/181 "2015-05-10T23:11:50Z")
Plan B ---
**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:** [May 10, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/182 "2015-05-10T23:29:31Z")
B flat ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/183 "2015-05-11T01:56:17Z")
flat broke ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/184 "2015-05-11T03:18:02Z")
flat tyre ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/185 "2015-05-11T13:06:33Z")
tire swing ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/186 "2015-05-11T13:22:13Z")
Swing shift ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/187 "2015-05-11T13:40:49Z")
shift key ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/188 "2015-05-11T15:30:25Z")
chroma key ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/189 "2015-05-11T15:59:24Z")
Key West ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/190 "2015-05-11T16:18:19Z")
West Indies ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/191 "2015-05-11T17:55:45Z")
Wild west ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/192 "2015-05-11T18:02:23Z")
Wild Blueberries ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/193 "2015-05-11T19:53:51Z")
Wild Child ---
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/194 "2015-05-11T20:26:17Z")
problem child ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/195 "2015-05-11T22:12:17Z")
problem solver ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/196 "2015-05-12T01:47:51Z")
final problem > **[The Final Problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Problem)** > > "The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom, and McClure's in the United States, under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. > The story, set in 1891, introduces the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. It was intended to be the final Holmes story, ... ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/197 "2015-05-12T01:57:44Z")
final solution ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/198 "2015-05-12T04:16:59Z")
mathematical solution ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/199 "2015-05-12T04:22:06Z")
Mathematical formula ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/200 "2015-05-12T04:22:24Z")
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