# Seven-letter words - change zero to two letters to make a new word (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650 "2020-06-22T14:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 142
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2821 "2021-04-22T14:07:45Z")
revival ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2822 "2021-04-22T14:26:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > varries It infrequent when I don’t know a played word in this thread, and even rarer when I can’t find a definition for a word I don’t know. So, on “varries”, I give up – what’s it mean? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2823 "2021-04-22T15:07:59Z")
Got me. Google (the first three pages of search results, at least) and Wiki don’t show the word. In play: revived ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2824 "2021-04-22T16:40:26Z")
[My OED says it’s the plural of “varry” which is an obsolete term for a pig.] deliver ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2825 "2021-04-22T18:56:26Z")
bedevil ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2826 "2021-04-23T03:11:35Z")
beveled ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2827 "2021-04-23T04:58:10Z")
deviled ---
**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:** [April 23, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2828 "2021-04-23T14:40:45Z")
fiddler ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2829 "2021-04-23T17:26:33Z")
fielded ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2830 "2021-04-23T19:17:54Z")
yielded ---
**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:** [April 23, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2831 "2021-04-23T22:43:31Z")
delayed ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2832 "2021-04-23T23:54:38Z")
layered ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2833 "2021-04-24T00:00:39Z")
redeyed ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2834 "2021-04-24T01:18:44Z")
redeems ---
**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:** [April 24, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2835 "2021-04-24T01:29:57Z")
measure ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2836 "2021-04-24T04:29:00Z")
masseur ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2837 "2021-04-24T06:34:25Z")
masters ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2838 "2021-04-24T11:45:33Z")
scarlet ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2839 "2021-04-24T13:07:16Z")
carpets ---
**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:** [April 24, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/2840 "2021-04-24T13:36:53Z")
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