# 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:** 7

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**Author:** ![SeGate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SeGate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeGate)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/121 "2003-06-19T19:43:49Z")

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**trinklet** – incredibly small (aka “fun-sized”) trinket  
**author**

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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:** [June 19, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/122 "2003-06-19T19:53:20Z")

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**auwoden** : the father of author 😉

**siamese**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/123 "2003-06-19T20:30:11Z")

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**siamuse** : one entertaining thoughts of Thailand.

**precocious**

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/124 "2003-06-19T22:22:11Z")

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**glockenspinal** : (adj.) Describes a medical condition whereby a person’s backbone makes funny noises upon the application of pressure or movement.

**piecocious** : (adj) Being able to memorise _pi_ to over fifty decimal places.

**wilderness**

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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:** [June 19, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/125 "2003-06-19T22:22:40Z")

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**postcocious** : Grown ups who were once annoying kids

**hypothalamus**

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**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/126 "2003-06-19T23:59:25Z")

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**hypnothalamus** the region of the brain governing actions suggested while one was under hypnosis.

**milderness** a very very tame wilderness.

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**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/127 "2003-06-20T02:15:22Z")

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::Uh-oh. There has been a failure to hit the button.::

**button**

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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:** [June 20, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/128 "2003-06-20T02:28:58Z")

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**buttone** : your favorite cheek!  
**fireplace**

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**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/129 "2003-06-20T05:19:30Z")

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I’m so sorry! I forgot to add a new word :o  
**military**

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**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/130 "2003-06-20T05:41:09Z")

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**Fireplacenta** – the afterimage of a phoenix’ rebirth

**Millinatary** – the hatmakers’ home defence corps  
**Information**

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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:** [June 20, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/131 "2003-06-20T06:53:41Z")

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**Infarmation** : agricultural data

**culture**

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**Author:** ![Sqwert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@Sqwert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwert)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/132 "2003-06-20T07:22:50Z")

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\*\* culpriture \*\* - The recorded history of criminal behavior patterns, beliefs and methods.  
\*\* spelunking \*\*

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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:** [June 20, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/133 "2003-06-20T07:46:26Z")

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**spebunking** : eradication of ignorance about cave exploration

**confederate**

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/134 "2003-06-20T08:08:01Z")

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**comfyderate** : A group of Southerners who like soft mattresses.

**candle.**

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/135 "2003-06-20T09:17:57Z")

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**condle** a candle which looks like it will last for hours but burns out completely in seventeen and a half minutes (c.f. **scandle** ).  
_or_  
**fandle** small flame burned at Barry Manilow concerts

**suspicion**

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**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/136 "2003-06-20T12:21:30Z")

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**muspicion** - when an orchestral player suspects that his/her colleague has played a wrong note

**collaborate**

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/137 "2003-06-20T12:54:59Z")

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**alcollaborate** hatch plans when boozed up  
_or_  
**collaberate** when two or more people bitch at another

Is there only me playing this stupid game?  
**bingo**

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/138 "2003-06-20T13:01:24Z")

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**Bango** an exciting new game in which your game card explodes when a row or column is completed.  
nope.

**implement**

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/139 "2003-06-20T13:12:47Z")

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**pimplement** a tool of the world’s oldest trade

**stroganoff**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/140 "2003-06-20T13:39:26Z")

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**froganoff** : tastes like chicken

**epoxy**

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