# 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:** 40

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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 15, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/781 "2003-10-15T17:52:48Z")

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\*\* Hackerdasher \*\* - computer pirate using a lot of buttons to get his way through

\*\* Haboulderdasher \*\* - old game where the hero needs to move big balls of wool.  
\*\* enthral \*\*  
…and I loved Teutoncommon, hi, hi, hi 🙂 good one \*\* second guest \*\* !

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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 15, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/782 "2003-10-15T18:09:17Z")

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**endrawl** – to seduce with a sexy Southern accent

**yttrium**

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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 15, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/783 "2003-10-15T18:38:10Z")

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\*\* yttutorium \*\* - place where you can learn anything about yttrium, and where I should go because I had to look in a dictionnary to be able to do this one…

well, as long as i am in the dictionnary…

\*\* dictionnary \*\*

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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 15, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/784 "2003-10-15T18:43:29Z")

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**evictionary** - an instruction manual for landlords

**sua sponte**

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**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/785 "2003-10-15T19:11:01Z")

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**scuba sponte** - voluntary submersion

**ameliorate**

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/786 "2003-10-15T20:01:31Z")

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**amelioberate** - to make better as a result of constant nagging

**medicine**

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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 15, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/787 "2003-10-15T20:27:32Z")

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\*\* mediecine \*\* - unsuccessful medecine

\*\* foliage \*\*

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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 15, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/788 "2003-10-15T21:47:37Z")

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**falliage** - the age of decrepitude

**decrepitude**

Hey, it was too good a word to waste.😃

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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 15, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/789 "2003-10-15T22:02:49Z")

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\*\* decreepytude \*\* - looking very bad after a too much candied halloween

\*\* ghoul \*\*

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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 16, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/790 "2003-10-16T06:35:05Z")

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**ghoulash** - a very unappetizing entree made by mother ghouls.

**nudity**

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**Author:** ![Amy881](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Amy881](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amy881)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/791 "2003-10-16T06:38:55Z")

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**nudi-tee** - a see-through tee-shirt

**river**

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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 16, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/792 "2003-10-16T06:48:34Z")

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**scriver** – the flow of ink from a leaking fountain pen

**colporteur**

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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 16, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/793 "2003-10-16T11:41:42Z")

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\*\* Corlseaporteur \*\* door-to-door by boat  
\*\* anorexic \*\*

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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 16, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/794 "2003-10-16T12:01:25Z")

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**flanorexic** - being psychologically unable to eat certain desserts

**meandering**

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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 16, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/795 "2003-10-16T12:35:50Z")

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\*\* Meandeering \*\* - Hunting game after too much drinking

\*\* Sequel \*\*

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**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/796 "2003-10-16T15:14:11Z")

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**seaquel** - a follow-up to _Moby Dick_

**dystopia**

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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 16, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/797 "2003-10-16T16:03:16Z")

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**dystoria** - a state of depression common among conservatives

**herbaceous** - and I already thought of verbaceous! 😉

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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 16, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/798 "2003-10-16T16:52:45Z")

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\*\* herbarberceous \*\* - self grooming plant

\*\* hurry \*\*

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/799 "2003-10-16T16:58:25Z")

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**hurrye** - the quick and natural laxative [tm]

**sabbath**

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**Author:** ![Amy881](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Amy881](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amy881)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/800 "2003-10-16T18:54:43Z")

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**scabbath** - oil used in a bath that removes scabs

**quotation**

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