Chain Word Game

[themass15]

tender

[suttontennis]

retend

[themass15]

resend

[harriet]

denser

[suttontennis]

denier

[themass15]

denied

[suttontennis]

Neddie

[themass15]

Looks like Neddie is a musical artist?

needed

[harriet]

weeded

[themass15]

seeded

[suttontennis]

Neddie means "wealthy protector; wealthy guard; wealthy friend


seeped

[themass15]

peeped

[harriet]

peeper

[suttontennis]

pepper

[goldfish]

popper

[suttontennis]

pooper

[themass15]

proper

[goldfish]

prosper

[themass15]

Sopper, relates to cricket among other things

[suttontennis]

Shopper

[goldfish]

chopper

[themass15]

whopper

[harriet]

whipper

[themass15]

chipper

[suttontennis]

shipper

[themass15]

slipper

[goldfish]

clipper

[themass15]

flipper

[suttontennis]

flapper

[themass15]

flapped

[harriet]

clapped

[suttontennis]

Clasped

[goldfish]

clashed

[themass15]

lashed

[suttontennis]

washed

[themass15]

wished

[goldfish]

fished

[themass15]

dished

[suttontennis]

Kished (what Sean Connery does a lot in James bond films !)
or
dashed

[themass15]

wished

[suttontennis]

washed

[themass15]

washer

[suttontennis]

hawser

[themass15]

hawse

[suttontennis]

pawse

[Stell]

Pause

[harriet]

parse

[suttontennis]

reaps

[harriet]

spear

[themass15]

spare

[goldfish]

pares

[themass15]

fares

[goldfish]

cares

[themass15]

cores

[suttontennis]

scores

[themass15]

shores

[harriet]

shorts

[themass15]

shirts

[suttontennis]

shifts

[goldfish]

shafts

[themass15]

shaft

[harriet]

haft

[themass15]

hafty

[harriet]

hefty

[themass15]

lefty

[goldfish]

lofty

[harriet]

loft

[themass15]

soft

[suttontennis]

sofa

[harriet]

soda

[themass15]

road

[harriet]

read

[themass15]

ready

[goldfish]

beady

[harriet]

bready

[themass15]

bread

[suttontennis]

bared

[harriet]

barred

[themass15]

jarred

[harriet]

drear

[themass15]

dreary

[goldfish]

dryer

[themass15]

fryer

[harriet]

ferry

[suttontennis]

Refry

[themass15]

refer

[suttontennis]

freer

[themass15]

freed

[suttontennis]

defer

[themass15]

deter

[suttontennis]

dieter

[themass15]

retied

[harriet]

retire

[themass15]

retired

[harriet]

retiree

[suttontennis]

Retires

[harriet]

rentier or if that is too many changes then TERRIES

[suttontennis]

terrines

[harriet]

reinsert

[suttontennis]

reinvert

[harriet]

reinvent

[themass15]

inverted

[harriet]

isn't 'inverted' rather a lot of changes?
but anyway try 'evident' - only 2 changes - anagram of 7 rather than 8 letters

[suttontennis]

evidence (two changes but whatever)

[themass15]

evidencer

[suttontennis]

evidenter

[themass15]

inverter

[suttontennis]

inserter

[themass15]

inserted

[suttontennis]

dentries

[themass15]

strained

[suttontennis]

dentries to strained - change of order and swapped a letter.

stained

[themass15]

detains

[harriet]

retains what on earth is a DENTRY?

[themass15]

retain

[suttontennis]

A dentry is the glue that holds inodes and files together by relating inode numbers to file names.
You did ask. I explained. It's not a word I use in every day conversation. I don't even understand what it means now that i've read the explanation. But there you go, exist it does.

[suttontennis]

regain
meaning - obtain possession or use of

[themass15]

grain

[suttontennis]

Each word must be four letters or more, and each round you can do one of the following to the previous word:

1. change a single letter eg site to bite, game to gate, hate to hats etc

2. add a single letter in any position eg wine to twine, grad to grand, come to comet

3. remove a single letter eg craze to raze, flare to fare, charm to char

4. rearrange the letters to form an anagram eg mane to name, posed to dopes, rare to rear

taken from page one of the thread

[suttontennis]

train

[themass15]

trait

[harriet]

train

[suttontennis]

train was only two replies ago

Strain

[themass15]

stainer

[suttontennis]

stained

[themass15]

tainted

[harriet]

taunted

[themass15]

vaunted

[patmoren]

Daunted

[themass15]

haunted

[suttontennis]

hunted

[themass15]

hunter

[suttontennis]

shunter

[themass15]

saunter

[harriet]

natures

[themass15]

matures

[suttontennis]

manures

[themass15]

manure

[themass15]

canure

[harriet]

canure is not a word
so from 'manure' anagram 'ramen' and dropping the letter u

[suttontennis]

Each word must be four letters or more, and each round you can do one of the following to the previous word:

1. change a single letter eg site to bite, game to gate, hate to hats etc

2. add a single letter in any position eg wine to twine, grad to grand, come to comet

3. remove a single letter eg craze to raze, flare to fare, charm to char

4. rearrange the letters to form an anagram eg mane to name, posed to dopes, rare to rear

raven

[themass15]

rumen

[harriet]

rune

[themass15]

Apart from being a tennis player ....

dune

[harriet]

dine

[suttontennis]

at the risk of repeating myself
Each word must be four letters or more, and each round you can do one of the following to the previous word:

1. change a single letter eg site to bite, game to gate, hate to hats etc

2. add a single letter in any position eg wine to twine, grad to grand, come to comet

3. remove a single letter eg craze to raze, flare to fare, charm to char

4. rearrange the letters to form an anagram eg mane to name, posed to dopes, rare to rear

so therefore neither 'raven' to 'rumen' or 'rumen' to 'rune' work according to the above rules.
Now I'm not a stickler for rules myself, and it's only a bit of fun, but every time I make an error like this some-one is very quick to point out that I've gone wrong and not followed 'the rules'. So carry on however you wish..

[suttontennis]

dink

[themass15]

dinky

[harriet]

dingy

[themass15]

wingy

[harriet]

wing

[themass15]

swing

[suttontennis]

sting

[harriet]

stink

[themass15]

slink

[suttontennis]

Sink

[themass15]

link

[harriet]

plink

[themass15]

plonk

[suttontennis]

Plank

[themass15]

clank

[harriet]

lank

[themass15]

rank

[suttontennis]

Crank

[themass15]

frank

[suttontennis]

drank

[themass15]

drink

[goldfish]

brink

[themass15]

brine

[suttontennis]

briny

[themass15]

bring

[jackie55]

brung

[themass15]

brunt

[suttontennis]

burnt

[themass15]

Brant (small goose)

[suttontennis]

Brant is two changes, changed a letter and changed the order. But never mind..

Brand

[themass15]

brandy

[suttontennis]

bandy

[themass15]

bendy

[suttontennis]

bends

[themass15]

lends

[goldfish]

fends

[themass15]

finds

[goldfish]

funds

[themass15]

fends

[suttontennis]

feuds

[themass15]

feeds

[goldfish]

needs

[themass15]

needy

[suttontennis]

seedy

[themass15]

speedy

[suttontennis]

speed

[themass15]

spend

[suttontennis]

send

[themass15]

sand

[suttontennis]

wand

[themass15]

want

[suttontennis]

cant

[themass15]

scant

[suttontennis]

Scent

[harriet]

scene

[themass15]

scone

[goldfish]

stone

[themass15]

atone

[goldfish]

alone

[themass15]

clone

[goldfish]

crone

[themass15]

crane

[harriet]

craze

[themass15]

crazy

[suttontennis]

Chazy (it's a town in New York State)

[themass15]

hazy

[suttontennis]

Haze

[themass15]

laze

[harriet]

blaze

[suttontennis]

blazer

[themass15]

blazed

[goldfish]

blamed

[themass15]

flamed

[suttontennis]

flayed

[themass15]

slayed

[goldfish]

delays

[themass15]

relays

[suttontennis]

repays

[themass15]

repay

[goldfish]

peary

[harriet]

pearly

[harriet]

pearly

[cazza99]

early

[themass15]

earls

[harriet]

ears

[suttontennis]

ears

[harriet]

earns

[themass15]

learns

[harriet]

leans

[suttontennis]

gleans

[harriet]

gleams

[suttontennis]

glams

[themass15]

slams

[goldfish]

scams

[harriet]

mass

[themass15]

moss

[suttontennis]

most

[themass15]

cost

[harriet]

coast

[goldfish]

boast

[harriet]

boats

[themass15]

goats

[harriet]

goals

[themass15]

foals