# Move a letter, make a new word -- game

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**Created:** [April 13, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-a-letter-make-a-new-word-game/399946 "2007-04-13T13:32:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-a-letter-make-a-new-word-game/399946/1 "2007-04-13T13:32:30Z")

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Whether it’s ever been authenticated or not, there was speculation that HAL, the computer in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ was just an acronym formed by moving the letters in IBM one click to the left: I-H, B-A, M-L.

Let’s move some letters that way and make some new words. Minimum of one letter moved as in **Zod** to **Zoe** , maximum of all letters moved. Duh! No moves further than one letter’s worth. Either direction is okay, even mix and match.

Kerry – Lessy  
Jump – Juno  
CPU – BOT

Who can make the funniest one?  
Who can make the most “gee whiz” one?  
Who can make the longest one?

Who can link to the thread(s) where this has already been done?