# The five-letter word that doubles its size with two additional letters: Part II

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-letter-word-that-doubles-its-size-with-two-additional-letters-part-ii/48418 "2001-01-04T17:00:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-letter-word-that-doubles-its-size-with-two-additional-letters-part-ii/48418/1 "2001-01-04T17:00:29Z")

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Here is the earlier thread. Thanks for the contributions. I especially liked the off-topic response about the pork rinds.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46807](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46807)

Now for the answer. It seems that I (and my co-worker) were the victims of a wild goose chase. Here is the answer:  
“meter” becomes “2meters.” That’s it. Ha Ha :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-letter-word-that-doubles-its-size-with-two-additional-letters-part-ii/48418/2 "2001-01-04T17:23:12Z")

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:mad:

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**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-letter-word-that-doubles-its-size-with-two-additional-letters-part-ii/48418/3 "2001-01-04T17:31:16Z")

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I wouldn’t consider 2 to be a letter. Wild goose chase indeed.

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-letter-word-that-doubles-its-size-with-two-additional-letters-part-ii/48418/4 "2001-01-04T19:26:44Z")

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**Mjollnir** , get a rope.