# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/61 "2004-07-27T21:45:25Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > LOTS --\> NONE LOTS COTS COTE CONE NONE RUNS --\> SLOW ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/62 "2004-07-27T21:56:26Z")
Runs Puns Pens Lens Leas Lear Fear Feat Flat Flaw Flap Flip Slip Slop Stop Stow Slow! Phew. I’m sure there’s a much easier way… COOL --\> WARM ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/63 "2004-07-27T22:11:10Z")
COOL wool wood word worm WARM VAIN —\> ENVY ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/64 "2004-07-27T22:11:29Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Runs > Puns > Pens > Lens > Leas > Lear > Fear > Feat > Flat > Flaw > Flap > Flip > Slip > Slop > Stop > Stow > Slow! > > Phew. I’m sure there’s a much easier way… > > COOL --\> WARM Impressive! I just threw it in with no solution in mind. I didn’t realize until later it would be hard. COOL fool food ford form farm WARM TINY --\> TALL (There’s another with no solution in mind. I’ll retract it if I don’t get something pretty soon, or somebody else gets it.) ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/65 "2004-07-27T22:14:53Z")
TINY tint tilt till TALL I’ll leave my previous one open: VAIN —\> ENVY ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/66 "2004-07-27T23:12:10Z")
Toughy. I’ll have to use some creativity here. 😉 VAIN Lain Lyin’ (Southern form of “lying”) Lynn (As in “Bodoni”) [Lyne](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=lyne) Lane Vane Vans Vats Eats Ents (More than one fictional treelike character) Enty (“Having the characteristics of Ents”) ENVY Woo! Seriously, I can’t think of any way to get to “Envy,” it’s such an unwieldy word. Anybody have any real solutions? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/67 "2004-07-28T00:00:22Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Woo! Seriously, I can’t think of any way to get to “Envy,” it’s such an unwieldy word. Anybody have any real solutions? I can’t find any step next to ENVY, nor can the old crossword-builder program I have here. How about **VAIN --\> HOPE**? (BTW, after much struggle, I found a shorter path from RUNS to SLOW. RUNS buns bunt bent sent seat slat slot SLOW (Really I eventually worked it backward. Sometimes that helps.) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/68 "2004-07-28T00:16:02Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > VAIN > Lain > Lyin’ (Southern form of “lying”) > Lynn (As in “Bodoni”) > [Lyne](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=lyne) > Lane > Vane > Vans > Vats > Eats > Ents (More than one fictional treelike character) > Enty (“Having the characteristics of Ents”) > ENVY VAIN Fain Fail Fall Gall Gale Vale Vane Vans Vats Eats Ents Enty ENVY Best I can do. DIRK\>STAB (again, don’t know if it’s possible) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/69 "2004-07-28T00:21:39Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Toughy. I’ll have to use some creativity here. 😉 > > VAIN > Lain > Lyin’ (Southern form of “lying”) > Lynn (As in “Bodoni”) > [Lyne](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=lyne) > Lane > Vane > Vans > Vats > Eats > Ents (More than one fictional treelike character) > Enty (“Having the characteristics of Ents”) > ENVY > > Woo! Seriously, I can’t think of any way to get to “Envy,” it’s such an unwieldy word. Anybody have any real solutions? VAIN Fain Fail Fall Gall Gale Vale Vane Vans Vats Eats Ents Enty ENVY-that’s the best I can get, anyway; doubtless there are shorter ones. DIRK\>STAB ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/70 "2004-07-28T00:26:32Z")
VAIN fain fail fall fill file vile vole hole HOPE (Yes, I used the same chain. So what?) Man, these are FUN! I’ve read the thread title several times, and I just noticed it’s Lety’s instead of Let’s. Funny how the mind corrects stuff automatically sometimes. (This is a pain when you’re proofreading, though, especially when it’s something you wrote yourself and thus unconsciously skip great chunks of text because you know what’s there.) ---
**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 28, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/71 "2004-07-28T00:33:46Z")
DIRK Dark Lark Lurk Turk Turn Tern Term Teem Seem Seam Spam Spay Stay STAB Again, there’s probably an easier way, but I like these long strings (I work stuff backwards as well). On preview I see that **dwalin** has already done VAIN --\> HOPE, so… CHIC --\> HOBO ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/72 "2004-07-28T00:56:39Z")
CHIC --\> HOBO Sorry to any who were thinking about this, but it’s addictive. CHIC chip clip clop glop goop good hood hold holo HOBO Slip\>fall ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/73 "2004-07-28T02:32:46Z")
> [@dwalin](#): > > Slip\>fall Slip Slap Slam Seam Ream Real Reel Feel Fell Fall SOME --\> MOST ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/74 "2004-07-28T02:44:15Z")
some come came cast cost most life \> burp ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/75 "2004-07-28T02:45:42Z")
Whoops, jumped one: some come came **case** cast cost most ---
**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 28, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/76 "2004-07-28T03:06:18Z")
One more and I’ll give it a break for a while. LIFE Lire Lure Cure Curl Burl BURP JOHN --\> PAUL ---
**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 28, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/77 "2004-07-28T03:44:14Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > JOHN --\> PAUL JOHN join coin coil boil bail pail PAUL GOLD —\> MINE ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/78 "2004-07-28T05:21:08Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > GOLD —\> MINE GOLD mold mole mile MINE DISH → BOWL ---
**Author:** ![SuperDuperMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@SuperDuperMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperDuperMan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/79 "2004-07-28T06:00:16Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > GOLD > mold > mole > mile > MINE > DISH → BOWL Dish Diss Doss Boss Bows Bowl New one Murder–\>Redrum ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/80 "2004-07-28T13:27:46Z")
> [@SuperDuperMan](#): > > Dish > Diss > Doss > Boss > Bows > Bowl > > New one > > Murder–\>Redrum Sorry - the rule is 4 letter words. > [@dwalin](#): > > I’ve read the thread title several times, and I just noticed it’s Lety’s instead of Let’s. Aw, man…could a mod please correct that? I _hate_ to typo stuff… How about: NAME - \> POST (No solution in mind) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079.md?page=5)