Chain Word Game

[KnightOwl]

Seems like years since we've had a new game on here, so I'm going to pluck up courage and give it a go!

This one I'm calling Chain Word, as it's similar to a game of that name I've seen before. It's a bit like the four-letter word game, but with a bit more scope.

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

Ideally each person should say what they've done, so it's easier to follow eg "added h", "anagram" etc but that's not essential - once we're used to the game (if it catches on!) I'm sure we'll all see what the previous person has done.

If you spot a mistake by the previous player, rather than follow that word you can choose to point out the error then "play a joker" and propose a new word of your own, but all starting words must be four letters.

If you feel the game has got "stuck" eg it ends up with a longish word that no-one seems to be able to do anything with, you may suggest that the game should be restarted, and assuming the next person is also unable to come up with a correct following word, then they can restart the game with a new 4-letter word of their choosing.

[KnightOwl]

Ok, I guess I should start it off (gulp!)

mare

[Hawkeye]

(changed a letter)

mate

[davech]

(Added a 'd')

mated

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

tamed

[Jennan]

tamer

[davech]

(added an 's')

tamers

[Hawkeye]

(rearrange)

master

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

stream

[davech]

(removed 'r')

steam

[Hawkeye]

(anagram)

meats

[KnightOwl]

(removed e)

mats

[hfwardhouse]

pats

[Hawkeye]

pants

[hfwardhouse]

paints

[KnightOwl]

pints

[Hawkeye]

points

[davech]

(anagram)

piston

[KnightOwl]

(removed s)

piton

[davech]

(anagram)

pinto

[Linda]

panto (if we're allowed abbreviations)

[Hawkeye]

oh no we're not.

pant

[Linda]

pint :big grin:

[hfwardhouse]

pints

[Hawkeye]

pines

[Linda]

piles!

[patmoren]

tiles

[Jennan]

anagram

stile

[Linda]

stole

[Hawkeye]

stale

[hfwardhouse]

stake

[Linda]

shake

[Jennan]

sake

[Linda]

slake

[hfwardhouse]

lakes

[Jennan]

takes

[Linda]

stake

[davech]

staked

[Jennan]

stalked

[Hawkeye]

talked

[Jennan]

walked

[KnightOwl]

(removed l)

waked

[Hawkeye]

waned

[40-15]

walked

[Hawkeye]

walkedThat's a no-no.

[KnightOwl]

Hawkeye spotted an error (must be those eagle eyes of his ;)) so we restart...

care

[Hawkeye]

errrm, hawk's eyes...

cave

[cazza99]

carve

[KnightOwl]

errrm, hawk's eyes...

Hence the ;)

(anagram)

crave

[cazza99]

craved

[RoastLamb]

raved (delete a letter)

[KnightOwl]

razed

[supergran]

raked (change a single letter)

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

drake

[Hawkeye]

brake

[KnightOwl]

brave

[Jennan]

crave

[Hawkeye]

crate

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

trace

[hfwardhouse]

trice

[Hawkeye]

trick

[hfwardhouse]

brick

[cazza99]

brink

[Hawkeye]

brine

[cazza99]

bride

[KnightOwl]

( added l)

bridle

[cazza99]

bridled

[KnightOwl]

brindled

[cazza99]

brindle

[supergran]

bridle (removed one letter)

[KnightOwl]

(hmmm...going in a loop here...)

anagram

birled

[cazza99]

biled (Scottish word for boiled)

[banskogirl]

filed

[Hawkeye]

fined

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

fiend

[Jennan]

friend

[davech]

(removed 'n')

fried

[RoastLamb]

fries

[davech]

(anagram)

fires

[RoastLamb]

wires

[davech]

wines

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

swine

[davech]

(changed letter)

swing

[RoastLamb]

sting

[KnightOwl]

sing

[davech]

gins

[KnightOwl]

gains

[davech]

wains

[cazza99]

pains

[Hawkeye]

pairs

[KnightOwl]

pars

[Jennan]

parts

[Hawkeye]

party! :party:

[RoastLamb]

farty

[KnightOwl]

tarty

[Hawkeye]

ratty

[KnightOwl]

rattly

[RoastLamb]

rattle

[KnightOwl]

latter

[Hawkeye]

lather

[KnightOwl]

lathe

[cazza99]

late

[KnightOwl]

plate

[cazza99]

pleat (anagram)

[odds]

bleat (changed p to b)

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

table

[odds]

tablet (add t)

[KnightOwl]

(anagram)

battle

[davech]

(added letter)

rattle

[KnightOwl]

rattled

[hfwardhouse]

prattled

[KnightOwl]

prattle

[davech]

platter

[RoastLamb]

plotter

[KnightOwl]

blotter

[supergran]

bloater

[KnightOwl]

floater

[cazza99]

gloater

[davech]

gloated

[Ace!]

Change

glouted

[davech]

grouted

[RoastLamb]

routed

[RoastLamb]

detour (anagram)

[davech]

toured (anagram)

[RoastLamb]

poured

[Ace!]

soured

[RoastLamb]

mix

routed

we already had routed

[davech]

pouted

[RoastLamb]

potted

[Ace!]

rotted

[Hawkeye]

rotter

[davech]

rotter (snap!)

[KnightOwl]

trotter

[RoastLamb]

otter

[KnightOwl]

(looks like we posted at the same time - I added a letter and you removed one :-))

I'll go from yours...

toter

[davech]

noter

[RoastLamb]

doter

[davech]

dozer

[Hawkeye]

dozen

[cazza99]

Doxen (type of daschund)

[davech]

oxen

[Hawkeye]

oven

[cazza99]

coven

[KnightOwl]

cover

[Ace!]

mover

[Hawkeye]

mower

[Ace!]

power

[cazza99]

poker

[Ace!]

woker

[KnightOwl]

(what does "woker" mean ??)

woken

[cazza99]

waken

[Hawkeye]

taken

[RoastLamb]

taker

[Speedy Hawk]

faker

(change letter)

[Hawkeye]

fader

[cazza99]

fades

[RoastLamb]

fads

[cazza99]

lads

[RoastLamb]

lids

[Hawkeye]

lies

[RoastLamb]

ties

[Speedy Hawk]

site

[cazza99]

spite

[ChrisMac]

spilt

[cazza99]

errr - not sure if thats allowed as you have both removed and added a letter in the same go. I think you can only do one thing.

[Ace!]

spite


suite

[cazza99]

quite

[supergran]

quiet

[cazza99]

quint

(sequence of cards)

[RoastLamb]

quaint

[supergran]

Quant (person who uses quantitive analysis)

[cazza99]

quat (removed n)

[Hawkeye]

squat

[ChrisMac]

squad

[MurrayAOne]

quads

[KnightOwl]

quad

[Ace!]

quay

[davech]

quays

[KnightOwl]

quass (russian drink - apparently!)

[MurrayAOne]

squats

[KnightOwl]

That's an error, I'm afraid :sad:
You can add a letter, or rearrange, but not both in the same turn - sorry :)

So, I'll play a joker, and restart with a new four-letter word....hmmm...which word...I know...

word

[MurrayAOne]

That's an error, I'm afraid :sad:
You can add a letter, or rearrange, but not both in the same turn - sorry :)

So, I'll play a joker, and restart with a new four-letter word....hmmm...which word...I know...

word

Ah. Sorry about that. Back to page one for the rules!!!

[KnightOwl]

No problem - it's easy done - feel free to post the next word :)

[MurrayAOne]

World.

[cazza99]

drowl (anagram)

[MurrayAOne]

drawl

[cazza99]

draw (removed l)

[KnightOwl]

ward

[RoastLamb]

bard

[cazza99]

drab (anagram)

[KnightOwl]

drag

[cazza99]

drat

[RoastLamb]

dart

[cazza99]

dirt

[KnightOwl]

dirty

[cazza99]

Thought this game may get a bit dirty at some point ;)

ditty

[KnightOwl]

:big grin:

ditto

[cazza99]

dotto

[KnightOwl]

dotty

[RoastLamb]

potty

[cazza99]

spotty

[Hawkeye]

sporty

[cazza99]

sport

[supergran]

sport

[cazza99]

short

[supergran]

shirt

[KnightOwl]

shire

[Hawkeye]

spire

[cazza99]

spine

[MurrayAOne]

pines

[Hawkeye]

pings

[davech]

pongs

[KnightOwl]

gongs

[Hawkeye]

gangs

[cazza99]

gags

[davech]

nags

[Hawkeye]

snags

[davech]

stags

[KnightOwl]

tags

[davech]

tabs

[KnightOwl]

stab

[davech]

bats

[RoastLamb]

cats

[KnightOwl]

cast

[davech]

coast

[Jan]

toast

[davech]

toasty

[cazza99]

roasty

[RoastLamb]

roast

[supergran]

oast

[Madeline]

cast

[supergran]

case

[KnightOwl]

caste

[supergran]

haste

[KnightOwl]

heats

[RoastLamb]

heads

[KnightOwl]

shade

[RoastLamb]

shake

[KnightOwl]

shaken

[Hawkeye]

shaven

[KnightOwl]

haven

[RoastLamb]

maven

[cazza99]

maken

[Hawkeye]

Remind me never to play Scrabble with you lot.

makes

[cazza99]

mates

[KnightOwl]

steam

[cazza99]

stream

[Jan]

master

[KnightOwl]

muster

[Hawkeye]

mutter