Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
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Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
Here's a new off-topic game!
The simple rules:
(1) you may keep the same letters or swap 1 letter in the word for a new letter of your choice (it will always be 5 letters)
(2) you may re-arrange the letters to make a new word, whether you changed a letter or not
(3) you may add commentary above or below the new word, but the new word should be in all caps and in a row of its own.
This should be fun! I'll
START
the ball rolling with an easy one!
The simple rules:
(1) you may keep the same letters or swap 1 letter in the word for a new letter of your choice (it will always be 5 letters)
(2) you may re-arrange the letters to make a new word, whether you changed a letter or not
(3) you may add commentary above or below the new word, but the new word should be in all caps and in a row of its own.
This should be fun! I'll
START
the ball rolling with an easy one!
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. -St. Augustine
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
Strat (ocaster)Hoi Polloi wrote:Here's a new off-topic game!
The simple rules:
(1) you may keep the same letters or swap 1 letter in the word for a new letter of your choice (it will always be 5 letters)
(2) you may re-arrange the letters to make a new word, whether you changed a letter or not
(3) you may add commentary above or below the new word, but the new word should be in all caps and in a row of its own.
This should be fun! I'll
START
the ball rolling with an easy one!
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
TRAPS
"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law." -Winston Churchill
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
STRAP--
-ed
Give me a break. I'm new at this
-ed
Give me a break. I'm new at this

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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
PARTYCaptWoodrow10 wrote:STRAP--
-ed
Give me a break. I'm new at this
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
It's a little late to start a party! Plus, I think the
PARTS
on TAM's strats are broken.
PARTS
on TAM's strats are broken.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. -St. Augustine
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
TRIPS
How do you explain a dog named Sauer without first telling the story of a Puppy named Sig?
R.I.P. Sig, 08/21/2019 - 11/18/2019
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
Make sure you
STRIP
it down and clean it right.
STRIP
it down and clean it right.
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
but don't
PRINT
when carrying
when carrying
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
...or have a few
PINTS,
either!
PINTS,
either!
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. -St. Augustine
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
Or you'll get theHoi Polloi wrote:...or have a few
PINTS,
either!
SPINS

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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
SNIPS
(It IS a word because my granddad used it. Sorta like a tree trimmer, but better.)
(It IS a word because my granddad used it. Sorta like a tree trimmer, but better.)
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
You gotta watch out when you're snipping away because you could get your
SHINS!
SHINS!
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. -St. Augustine
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are reformers in Spring and Summer; in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old;
reformers in the morning, conservers at night. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
Hoi Polloi wrote:You gotta watch out when you're snipping away because you could get your
SHINS!
SUSHI
anyone?
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Re: Word Scrambler - off-topic fun
WASABI!!!USA1 wrote:Hoi Polloi wrote:You gotta watch out when you're snipping away because you could get your
SHINS!
SUSHI
anyone?

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I know, it doesn't work - but it would have been really fun if it did.
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