# Lety's play a game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079 "2004-07-27T12:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/21 "2004-07-27T17:26:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Feel, feed, weed, weld, geld, gold, good > > DUMB – LUCK Maybe my brain’s fritzing, but I can’t think of a single-letter change that will turn DUMB into any other word. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/22 "2004-07-27T17:32:32Z")
Numb and dump will both work. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/23 "2004-07-27T17:40:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Numb and dump will both work. Yup, brain fritz. 🙂 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/24 "2004-07-27T17:43:53Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > DUMB – LUCK Dumb -\> Dump -\> Damp -\> Dame -\> Dane -\> Dank -\> Dunk - \> Duck -\> Luck GOOD -\> WILL ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/25 "2004-07-27T18:09:04Z")
GOOD --\> WILL good fool fowl bowl boll bill will SOUL --\> CAKE ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/26 "2004-07-27T18:18:14Z")
> [@Redwing](#): > > SOUL → CAKE Soul -\> Soil -\>Toil -\> Tail -\> Tall -\> Tale -\>Take -\>Cake SOFA -\> SEAT ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/27 "2004-07-27T18:19:49Z")
Soul Saul Sauk Sank Sane Sate Sake Cake ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/28 "2004-07-27T18:22:33Z")
Doh! Sofa Soft Sort Port Pert Peat Seat Soda \> Beer ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/29 "2004-07-27T18:34:47Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Soda \> Beer Soda - \> Coda - \> Code - \> Core -\> Bore - \> Born - \> Boon - \> Boor - \> Boer - \> Beer Whew. EVIL -\> STAR ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/30 "2004-07-27T18:53:00Z")
evil eval aval avar atar star My fist one… did I screw up? lane \> road ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/31 "2004-07-27T19:07:22Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > evil > eval > aval > avar > atar > star > > My fist one… did I screw up? Depends… are all those real words? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/32 "2004-07-27T19:29:02Z")
evil eval egal agal agar atar star Slightly modified, as it said aval had an entry but it was an acronym. lane \> road ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/33 "2004-07-27T19:34:14Z")
lane land lend lead read road dogs --\> cats ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/34 "2004-07-27T19:47:18Z")
dogs cogs cots cats (I think I had an easy one, what with all the pluralization…) Love -\> Nest ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/35 "2004-07-27T19:54:13Z")
Love Lose Lost Lest Nest I had an easy one too. Love --\> Bird ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/36 "2004-07-27T19:56:04Z")
Love - lose - lost - lest - nest PLAY --\> GAME ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/37 "2004-07-27T20:02:54Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Love - lose - lost - lest - nest > > PLAY → GAME See post #6. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/38 "2004-07-27T20:17:28Z")
LOVE lore lord lard bard BIRD FOOL --\> KING ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/39 "2004-07-27T20:24:17Z")
FOOL food fond find kind KING BUSH --\> GORE ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/40 "2004-07-27T20:29:01Z")
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