# 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:** 44

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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 20, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/861 "2003-10-20T21:27:45Z")

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**moribundle** - a backpack to tide you over in the afterlife

**bagel**

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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 20, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/862 "2003-10-20T21:41:05Z")

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**baggel** - something to put your bagels in  
**beggel** - plead for a baggel of bagels

**hedgehog**

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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 20, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/863 "2003-10-20T21:42:16Z")

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\*\* Bagglomerate \*\* - Very heavy thick pastry one can dip into \*\* Gravytas \*\*

\*\* deploy \*\*

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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 20, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/864 "2003-10-20T21:44:15Z")

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**bakel** - what Eleanor does on her Caribbean vacation

**smorgasbord**

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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 20, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/865 "2003-10-20T22:04:27Z")

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**sluggishboard** - SDMB on a Monday, apparently  
**deplod** - attempt to repair a sluggishboard

**hedgehog**

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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 20, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/866 "2003-10-20T22:31:16Z")

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**headgearhog** - someone who steals all your hats and won’t give them back.

**cincture**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/867 "2003-10-21T00:30:31Z")

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**cincoture** - five Spanish tures

**Capital**

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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 21, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/868 "2003-10-21T02:57:11Z")

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**capitall** - using only uppercase letters.

**dingo**

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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 21, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/869 "2003-10-21T03:22:32Z")

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**dingone** – a supernatural Australian canine possessing the power to silence obnoxiously loud stereos, leaf blowers, etc.

**mountebank**

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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 21, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/870 "2003-10-21T04:20:55Z")

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**mountebankvault** - Where a charlatan keeps the money he’s swindled from unsuspecting people.

**electricity**

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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 21, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/871 "2003-10-21T12:36:08Z")

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\*\* elexentricity \*\* - Fact of wearing weird electrical apparel \*(you know, those tee shirts with the Matrix code running on an LCD, or the illuminated statue of liberty crown, or those red-light-flasing sneakers when you’re over 15…) \*

\*\* aerodrome \*\*

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/872 "2003-10-21T12:39:02Z")

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**aerodrone** - to talk incessantly about air travel  
**kangaroo**

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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 21, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/873 "2003-10-21T12:40:41Z")

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**aerodromedary** - flying camels, NOT the Sopwith type. Be on the lookout for descending doo-doo.

**fishbowl**

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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 21, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/874 "2003-10-21T12:46:12Z")

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\*\* fishbowels \*\* - state of your intestine after a not so fresh fish meal

\*\* kangaroo \*\*

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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 21, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/875 "2003-10-21T12:56:03Z")

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**Ketchikangaroo** - the most Northern relative of this type of marsupial.

**glow**

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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 21, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/876 "2003-10-21T13:04:44Z")

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\*\* glassglow \*\* - special scottish glass with nice reflections

but I really was going for :

Glowjob - job that makes your smile glow

\*\* isthmus \*\*

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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 21, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/877 "2003-10-21T22:10:45Z")

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**isthmouse** - fauna native to narrow land masses between oceans

**disheveled**

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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 21, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/878 "2003-10-21T22:17:00Z")

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**dishleveled** - a tall stack of dirty dishes, that has fallen to the floor.

**harrowing**

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/879 "2003-10-21T22:22:18Z")

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**Barrowing** - a scary drop down the Niagra Falls in a barrel. Canadian side only.

**symphony**

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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 21, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/880 "2003-10-21T22:25:39Z")

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**sympathyphony** - a large, ongoing amount of false pity.

**icicle**

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