# The Letter Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 20, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593 "2003-10-20T22:28:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/101 "2003-10-25T01:12:28Z")

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Critters roamed Earth, thundering amiably, chomping edible outgrowths, until suddenly:

Monstrous overflowing volcanoes inundated nature’s greenery!

Greenery

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/102 "2003-10-25T01:19:10Z")

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Generally, Rose envisions everything negatively, especially reckless youth.

reckless

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/103 "2003-10-25T01:26:31Z")

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Rampantly eager, careening kayaks like eldritch simple scamps.

eldritch

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/104 "2003-10-25T10:30:47Z")

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Enforced, long, daily rituals invite terse caustic humor.

rituals

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/105 "2003-10-25T12:49:32Z")

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Resentful ire torments us after love stops.

torments

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/106 "2003-10-25T14:21:30Z")

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Totally over Ramona, my ego now thrashes silently.

thrashes

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/107 "2003-10-25T17:33:52Z")

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The hard rock assaults sensitive hearers each Saturday.

**sensitive**

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/108 "2003-10-25T18:00:30Z")

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So even new submarines in the icy vortex erode.

parlor

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/109 "2003-10-25T18:04:09Z")

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Oops, I see the word has to come from the new sentence.

vortex

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**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/110 "2003-10-25T18:29:35Z")

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Vocals outweigh really terrible english xylophones

diver

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/111 "2003-10-25T20:44:59Z")

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Don’t interfere, very egocentric ruffian

ruffian

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/112 "2003-10-25T20:48:55Z")

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Damnation! I’ve vastly exceeded rotation!

Oops – **quiltguy154** beat me to it.

Rotation usually forces felons into amazing nattering.

Nattering

Not exactly, **x-ray vision** ; the game started out allowing any new word, but many posters have taken theirs from their sentence, and it seems to be catching on as a new rule. These games do tend to mutate. 😉

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/113 "2003-10-25T21:47:26Z")

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Now another twit that eminates Republican is Newt Gingrich.

Gingrich

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/114 "2003-10-25T23:09:09Z")

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Giraffes? It’s not good, running into crazed hunters.

giraffes

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/115 "2003-10-26T03:55:47Z")

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Generally I rant, and finally, furiously emit smoke.

smoke

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/116 "2003-10-26T04:30:55Z")

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Smoldering minions overturn kings easily.

minions

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**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/117 "2003-10-26T04:56:29Z")

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**M** aybe **I** t’s **N** othing **I** nspiring, **O** r **N** othing **S** hort of miraculous.

MARLINS

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/118 "2003-10-26T11:15:55Z")

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Maybe a real lady inspires noble sensibilities.

noble

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/119 "2003-10-26T13:26:18Z")

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Nobility overcomes brutish leering ogres.

overcomes

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-game/208593/120 "2003-10-26T13:32:39Z")

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overcoming veritable extremist revolutions can overall make extremeism suck

extremist

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