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30 November 2009

OLD and NEW (a word game)→[More:] Restore each of the following to english wordhood by inserting either the letters O-L-D or N-E-W (in that order, but not necessarily consecutively; you may add letters at the beginning or the end as well as in the middle):

1. sier
2. itervi
3. udrto
4. shuer
5. ccue
6. stoork
7. accae
8. phe
9. cofloer
10. uscr
11. beh
12. hoyde
13. caner
14. siy
15. siify

post by: Wolfdog at: 17:43 | 23 comments

10. is unscrew

posted by gaspode 30 November | 18:19

14 is sinewy

posted by gaspode 30 November | 18:19

4. shoulder

These are neat, Wolfdog!

posted by wimpdork 30 November | 18:28

8 is nephew

posted by WolfDaddy 30 November | 18:43

3. undertow
7. accolade
11. behold

posted by misteraitch 30 November | 18:47

6 could be stonework, or a stool dork.

posted by qvantamon 30 November | 18:54

1. I'm gonna throw "newsier" out there. Hey, it's a word. Though I think it's meant to really be "soldier."
2. interview
4. shoulder

posted by Miko 30 November | 18:54

5. occlude
6. stonework
9. coneflower

posted by Miko 30 November | 18:56

You guys are fast! I believe just three remain:

12. hoyde
13. caner
15. siify

posted by Wolfdog 30 November | 19:12

12. honeydew
15. solidify

(I love this)

posted by iconomy 30 November | 19:31

13. colander

posted by iconomy 30 November | 19:31

12. honeydew
15. solidify

posted by Obscure Reference 30 November | 19:31

To make up for being too late, let me add:

16. tork
17. otorthy
18. si
19. ccue
20. eph

posted by Obscure Reference 30 November | 19:39

18. has 2 answers.

posted by Obscure Reference 30 November | 19:40

16. network
17. noteworthy
18. sinew and solid
19 & 20 - see 5 and 8 above.

posted by Wolfdog 30 November | 20:18

Oops, re 5 & 8.
I now owe 2 more:

fohary and pkaot.

posted by Obscure Reference 30 November | 21:09

pOLkaDot

posted by Eideteker 30 November | 21:33

fOoLharDy

posted by box 30 November | 21:51

Great game!

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:52

How about these?

mering
siave
hfast

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:54

moldering!
sinewave!
holdfast!

posted by taz 01 December | 00:50

awesome, taz!

posted by Miko 01 December | 10:34

except I was too lazy to come up with new ones. boo, me! At first I had an excuse (just woked up), but then later I was distracted by various shiny things. :)

posted by taz 01 December | 10:43

← I cannot believe it's taken me over a year to try this. || Leo the Lop →

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