# Seven-letter words - change zero to two letters to make a new word (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650>\
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**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")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5041 "2022-01-26T22:55:23Z")

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affront

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saffron

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**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5043 "2022-01-27T02:17:36Z")

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Formosa

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**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:** [January 27, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5044 "2022-01-27T13:10:01Z")

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formica

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**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5045 "2022-01-27T13:28:49Z")

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America

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**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5046 "2022-01-27T15:52:38Z")

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Crimean

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**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5047 "2022-01-27T16:11:15Z")

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carmine

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**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:** [January 27, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5048 "2022-01-27T17:52:42Z")

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minecar

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**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5049 "2022-01-27T19:49:20Z")

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cinemas

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5050 "2022-01-27T20:29:43Z")

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anemics

opps, no letter change

Cinemat

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**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:** [January 27, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5051 "2022-01-27T22:12:08Z")

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@Ignatz, check the recently amended thread title – anagrams are legal, now. But don’t try that crap over in “Six-letter words…” or we’re all screwed. 😉

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**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:** [January 28, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5052 "2022-01-28T01:05:20Z")

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I say we make the same change in the 6-letter thread, make it “zero to two letters”.

In play:  
climate

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5053 "2022-01-28T01:11:55Z")

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thermal

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**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5054 "2022-01-28T01:15:36Z")

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mothers

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**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5055 "2022-01-28T09:04:51Z")

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fathers

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**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:** [January 28, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5056 "2022-01-28T10:39:13Z")

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another

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**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5057 "2022-01-29T00:09:45Z")

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thrones

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**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5058 "2022-01-29T00:23:50Z")

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throngs

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**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5059 "2022-01-29T02:20:16Z")

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growths

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**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:** [January 29, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/5060 "2022-01-29T08:31:31Z")

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worthed

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