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  • J Josh Smith

    Here's a Friday game. Take a word and keep altering one letter at a time, forming other words, until all of the letters in the original word are gone. Once you've reached that point, do the opposite process until you're arrived back to the original word. None of the words in the list can appear more than once. The objective is to have the shortest list possible. Here's an example:

    JOSH
    GOSH
    GUSH
    GUST
    BUST
    BUNT *
    BUTT
    MUTT
    MUST
    MUSH
    MOSH
    JOSH

    Note: I put an asterisk next to the word at which the process is reversed (all the letters are different than the original word). Have fun!

    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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    Shog9 0
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    SHOG NINE
    SLOG NITE
    SLOT NITS
    BLOT NETS
    BLAT* BETS
    SLAT BITS
    SHAT BINS
    SHOT BINE
    SHOG NINE

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    i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

    --BarnaKol on abusive words

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      SHOG NINE
      SLOG NITE
      SLOT NITS
      BLOT NETS
      BLAT* BETS
      SLAT BITS
      SHAT BINS
      SHOT BINE
      SHOG NINE

      ----

      i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

      --BarnaKol on abusive words

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      Josh Smith
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      Shog9 wrote:

      BLAT*

      "Blat" is questionable, but other than that...bravo! :-D

      :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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      • J Josh Smith

        Well if you wanna play dirty...

        FART
        FARE
        CARE
        CURE
        CUBE *
        CUBS
        CABS
        CARS
        CART
        FART

        :~

        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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        Chris Losinger
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        BORED CORED CORER COVER COVES CAVES RAVES SAVES DAVES DAVYS DAVOS DADOS DODOS TODOS TOTOS TOTES TOTED TOWED BOWED BORED

        image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

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        • J Josh Smith

          Shog9 wrote:

          BLAT*

          "Blat" is questionable, but other than that...bravo! :-D

          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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          Shog9 0
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          No more so than shog... :rolleyes:

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          i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

          --BarnaKol on abusive words

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            BORED CORED CORER COVER COVES CAVES RAVES SAVES DAVES DAVYS DAVOS DADOS DODOS TODOS TOTOS TOTES TOTED TOWED BOWED BORED

            image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

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            Josh Smith
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            Chris Losinger wrote:

            DAVYS DAVOS DADOS DODOS

            :confused: BORED is right!

            :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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              No more so than shog... :rolleyes:

              ----

              i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

              --BarnaKol on abusive words

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              Josh Smith
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              Shog9 wrote:

              No more so than shog...

              You've got a point there. :suss:

              :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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              • J Josh Smith

                Chris Losinger wrote:

                DAVYS DAVOS DADOS DODOS

                :confused: BORED is right!

                :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                Chris Losinger
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                they're all perfectly fine words! :)

                image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

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                • J Josh Smith

                  Shog9 wrote:

                  No more so than shog...

                  You've got a point there. :suss:

                  :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                  Shog9 0
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                  Just for you, i tossed in another questionable one... ;P

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                  i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

                  --BarnaKol on abusive words

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                  • J Josh Smith

                    Here's a Friday game. Take a word and keep altering one letter at a time, forming other words, until all of the letters in the original word are gone. Once you've reached that point, do the opposite process until you're arrived back to the original word. None of the words in the list can appear more than once. The objective is to have the shortest list possible. Here's an example:

                    JOSH
                    GOSH
                    GUSH
                    GUST
                    BUST
                    BUNT *
                    BUTT
                    MUTT
                    MUST
                    MUSH
                    MOSH
                    JOSH

                    Note: I put an asterisk next to the word at which the process is reversed (all the letters are different than the original word). Have fun!

                    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                    szukuro
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                    LACI (Short form of Laszlo = Leslie) LACK LOCK LOOK BOOK * BOCK[^] BACK BACI[^] LACI

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                      Just for you, i tossed in another questionable one... ;P

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                      i hope you are feeling sleepy for people not calling you by the same.

                      --BarnaKol on abusive words

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                      Josh Smith
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                      Shog9 wrote:

                      Just for you, i tossed in another questionable one...

                      Why thank you! You shouldn't have... :-O

                      :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                        LACI (Short form of Laszlo = Leslie) LACK LOCK LOOK BOOK * BOCK[^] BACK BACI[^] LACI

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                        Josh Smith
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                        Very nice, szukuro!! That's as short as the list can be for a 4 letter word! :cool:

                        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                        • J Josh Smith

                          Here's a Friday game. Take a word and keep altering one letter at a time, forming other words, until all of the letters in the original word are gone. Once you've reached that point, do the opposite process until you're arrived back to the original word. None of the words in the list can appear more than once. The objective is to have the shortest list possible. Here's an example:

                          JOSH
                          GOSH
                          GUSH
                          GUST
                          BUST
                          BUNT *
                          BUTT
                          MUTT
                          MUST
                          MUSH
                          MOSH
                          JOSH

                          Note: I put an asterisk next to the word at which the process is reversed (all the letters are different than the original word). Have fun!

                          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                          Michael Bergman
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                          BUN BIN SIN SIT * BIT BUT BUN wow, that was hard.:-D

                          m.bergman

                          -- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.

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                          • J Josh Smith

                            Here's a Friday game. Take a word and keep altering one letter at a time, forming other words, until all of the letters in the original word are gone. Once you've reached that point, do the opposite process until you're arrived back to the original word. None of the words in the list can appear more than once. The objective is to have the shortest list possible. Here's an example:

                            JOSH
                            GOSH
                            GUSH
                            GUST
                            BUST
                            BUNT *
                            BUTT
                            MUTT
                            MUST
                            MUSH
                            MOSH
                            JOSH

                            Note: I put an asterisk next to the word at which the process is reversed (all the letters are different than the original word). Have fun!

                            :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                            Anton Afanasyev
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                            How about my full name? eh? EH? thought so. I simply cannot be bothered to do so;)

                            :badger:

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                            • A Anton Afanasyev

                              How about my full name? eh? EH? thought so. I simply cannot be bothered to do so;)

                              :badger:

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                              Josh Smith
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                              Anton Afanasyev wrote:

                              How about my full name? eh? EH?

                              I'll do it if you officialy change your legal name to: The Programmer Formerly Known As Anton Afanasyev thought so.

                              :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                              • J Josh Smith

                                Here's a Friday game. Take a word and keep altering one letter at a time, forming other words, until all of the letters in the original word are gone. Once you've reached that point, do the opposite process until you're arrived back to the original word. None of the words in the list can appear more than once. The objective is to have the shortest list possible. Here's an example:

                                JOSH
                                GOSH
                                GUSH
                                GUST
                                BUST
                                BUNT *
                                BUTT
                                MUTT
                                MUST
                                MUSH
                                MOSH
                                JOSH

                                Note: I put an asterisk next to the word at which the process is reversed (all the letters are different than the original word). Have fun!

                                :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                JWood
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                                Can I write a perl script to do it for me?

                                Ron Paul for President of the United States of America

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                                  Anton Afanasyev wrote:

                                  How about my full name? eh? EH?

                                  I'll do it if you officialy change your legal name to: The Programmer Formerly Known As Anton Afanasyev thought so.

                                  :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                  Anton Afanasyev
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                                  Its a hard bargain, you know..:-D

                                  :badger:

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                                  • M Michael Bergman

                                    BUN BIN SIN SIT * BIT BUT BUN wow, that was hard.:-D

                                    m.bergman

                                    -- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.

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                                    PIEBALDconsult
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                                    I A I

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                                      LACI (Short form of Laszlo = Leslie) LACK LOCK LOOK BOOK * BOCK[^] BACK BACI[^] LACI

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                                      PIEBALDconsult
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                                      Whoo hoo! Bock! A buncha years ago there was similar puzzle in the newspaper or something, change some word to another in like six steps, I did it in four by using Bock!

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                                      • J JWood

                                        Can I write a perl script to do it for me?

                                        Ron Paul for President of the United States of America

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                                        PIEBALDconsult
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                                        No, Perl isn't smart enough.

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                                        • J Josh Smith

                                          Here's a Friday game. Take a word and keep altering one letter at a time, forming other words, until all of the letters in the original word are gone. Once you've reached that point, do the opposite process until you're arrived back to the original word. None of the words in the list can appear more than once. The objective is to have the shortest list possible. Here's an example:

                                          JOSH
                                          GOSH
                                          GUSH
                                          GUST
                                          BUST
                                          BUNT *
                                          BUTT
                                          MUTT
                                          MUST
                                          MUSH
                                          MOSH
                                          JOSH

                                          Note: I put an asterisk next to the word at which the process is reversed (all the letters are different than the original word). Have fun!

                                          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                                          Ashley van Gerven
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                                          THE TEE TEA SEA * PEA PEE SEE SHE THE OK, I picked an easy one... but "A > .. > A" was harder ;P. Are there any other 1-letter words apart from "A"?

                                          "For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza

                                          CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.

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