# Word morphing game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668 "2003-06-18T10:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 35

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/681 "2003-10-11T22:03:13Z")

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**Trap-a-Zoid** : Tachyon snare, ruled a violation of StarFleet Charter _Omicron Alpha_.

**bromeliad**

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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 11, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/682 "2003-10-11T22:07:47Z")

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**brewmiliad** - saga of heroic exploits, told by a guy who’s had a few too many Buds.

**carpenter**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/683 "2003-10-11T22:13:03Z")

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**carpinter** : to bury a fish. _My father had to carpinter after his pond sprang a leak._

**perambulate**

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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 11, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/684 "2003-10-11T22:13:51Z")

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**carpentacleter** - a woodworker who has immersed himself in devil worship.

**diamond**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/685 "2003-10-11T22:18:47Z")

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**Dye_LeMonde_** : colorizing a foreign newspaper.

**dewclaw**

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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 11, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/686 "2003-10-11T22:27:46Z")

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**dewbearclaw** - a tasty, but oddly crunchy and strangely shaped pastry.

**waterwheel**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/687 "2003-10-11T22:33:31Z")

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**Kotterwheel** : Patented by Gabe Kaplan, a game based on Horshack trivia.

**vindaloo**

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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 11, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/688 "2003-10-11T22:47:29Z")

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**wanderloo carambulate** \* - the trek undertaken by a motorist whose car has broken down miles from anywhere, including any facilities to ease the urgent need to unload lunch from an Indian restaurant.

**pickle**

\*I just couldn’t let **Mr. B’s** perambulate go to waste.

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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 11, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/689 "2003-10-11T23:17:05Z")

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**peckle** - a whole lot of the aforementioned vegetable

**hotel**

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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 11, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/690 "2003-10-11T23:51:02Z")

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**hocel** - a prostitute’s communication device

**poignant**

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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 12, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/691 "2003-10-12T00:33:51Z")

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**poignanteater** - the most sincere and heartfelt kind of formicivorous animal.

**railing**

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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 12, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/692 "2003-10-12T01:33:39Z")

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**rapling** - an infant rapper.

**sapling**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/693 "2003-10-12T08:10:50Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \*
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> **wanderloo carambulate** \* - the trek undertaken by a motorist whose car has broken down miles from anywhere, including any facilities to ease the urgent need to unload lunch from an Indian restaurant.

😃 (Just like my Canterbury tour last year…)  
**papling** : An OB/GYN intern.

**fulgent**

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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 12, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/694 "2003-10-12T10:42:16Z")

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**awfulgent** - a bright, but nasty, guy.

**cairn**

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**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/695 "2003-10-12T12:39:48Z")

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**chairn** either something that’s not a chair, or an unspecified number of chairs

**whittle**

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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 12, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/696 "2003-10-12T12:46:49Z")

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**whittlet** - a unit of caring; one-tenth of a whit.

**whittlee** - Pinocchio undergoing surgery  
**amorphous**

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**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/697 "2003-10-12T14:58:58Z")

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\*\* amoronphous \*\* - how can any person really transform in a stupid jerk

\*\* erection \*\*

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**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/698 "2003-10-12T15:30:03Z")

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**eflection** - the image of a penis when viewed in the mirror. Do it at home, guys!

**altar**

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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 12, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/699 "2003-10-12T17:31:03Z")

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**altardy** - Late getting to church.

**tongue**

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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 12, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/700 "2003-10-12T19:59:14Z")

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**stongue** - the sensation created by biting into an apple with a wasp in it.

**wordless**

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