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

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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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trusted

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denture

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trustee

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streets

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seeress

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dresses

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**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/9227 "2023-08-26T16:11:28Z")

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decries

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**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/9228 "2023-08-26T16:23:52Z")

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derides

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dreaded

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breaded

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rebrand

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branded

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baddest

(actual word)

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saddled

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dazzled

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sizzled

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> baddest
> 
> (actual word)

\*\* strange that goodest isn’t then \*\*

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/9238 "2023-08-28T00:00:22Z")

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Not only that, “baddest” means “the best,” or, “the coolest.”

So we have, “good,” “better,” and “baddest.”

And it pre-dates “Leroy Brown.”

Ain’t English the baddest?

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**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-to-make-a-new-word-part-1/911650/9239 "2023-08-28T00:13:21Z")

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drizzle

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idolize

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