# 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:** 7
**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 29, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/121 "2004-07-29T17:57:47Z")
Nice work, **CG**. My solution was: ABLE -\> ably -\> abey\* -\> abed -\> aped -\> sped -\> seed -\> send -\> sand -\> sane -\> CANE I’ll get to work on yours now, although it looks like a tough one. - this was the only one not in M-W. It was in the OED. ---
**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 29, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/122 "2004-07-29T18:07:52Z")
KNEE knew know knot snot soot sort sore lore lobe lobs logs LEGS BLUE —\> GRAY (If you’re from the Commonwealth, you can do BLUE —\> GREY 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/123 "2004-07-29T18:20:44Z")
Being Southern born and bred, I’m happy to morph blue into gray 😉 BLUE glue grue gree grey GRAY FILM → NOIR ---
**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 29, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/124 "2004-07-29T18:53:25Z")
FILM fill bill ball bail boil noil - new word for me: short fiber removed during the combing of a textile fiber and often separately spun into yarn NOIR YARN - \> TALE ---
**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 29, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/125 "2004-07-29T18:58:46Z")
YARN Barn Bare Bale TALE FOOL --\> GOLD ---
**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 29, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/126 "2004-07-29T19:04:07Z")
Man, that one’s just _too_ easy (FOOL -\> Food -\> Fold -\> GOLD). Let’s try… CHAD --\> IRAN instead. (Yes, I’m looking at a map right now.) ---
**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 29, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/127 "2004-07-29T19:23:26Z")
CHAD chap crap crag brag bran IRAN Like how i managed to get “bran” and “crap” into the same string? 🙂 OK, how about: hops —\> beer ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/128 "2004-07-29T19:24:26Z")
chad shad scad scan scon icon iron iran BRAN —\> FOOD ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/129 "2004-07-29T19:30:53Z")
Missed. hops hoes hoer boer beer BRAN —\> FOOD ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/130 "2004-07-29T19:37:02Z")
BRAN bean dean darn barn born torn tort toot foot FOOD SODA --\> JERK ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/131 "2004-07-29T19:57:17Z")
soda coda code core corn porn pork perk jerk BEER —\> PISS ---
**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 29, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/132 "2004-07-29T20:06:59Z")
BEER peer pier pies PISS NEWT —\> TOAD ---
**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 29, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/133 "2004-07-29T20:18:40Z")
NEWT Neat Meat Mead Lead Load TOAD Let’s shake it up and bring the DEAD to LIFE. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/134 "2004-07-29T20:21:56Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > NEWT —\> TOAD NEWT Neat Leat Lead Load TOAD Lake -\> Pond ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/135 "2004-07-29T20:35:06Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Let’s shake it up and bring the DEAD to LIFE. All right then: DEAD Deal Real Reel Feel Fell Fill File Fife LIFE Lake -\> Pond ---
**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 29, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/136 "2004-07-29T20:37:45Z")
LAKE lane land lend fend fond POND WEND —\> TURN ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/137 "2004-07-29T21:06:41Z")
WEND bend band bard barn burn TURN ZINC --\> GOLD ---
**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 29, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/138 "2004-07-29T21:25:03Z")
ZINC zing ring rind rend fend fond fold GOLD ARMY —\> RANK ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/139 "2004-07-29T22:02:49Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > ARMY —\> RANK ARMY Arms Aims Dims Dins Tins Tans Tank RANK DAYS -\> WEEK ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079/140 "2004-07-29T22:25:51Z")
DAYS dams damp camp came cane cant cent bent beet meet meek WEEK PLOP --\> FIZZ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letys-play-a-game/257079.md?page=8)