A list of 24 words by sionnach.
- fattywas added by sionnach and appears on 20 lists
- cattywas added by sionnach and appears on 26 lists
- battywas added by sionnach and appears on 33 lists
- homophobewas added by sionnach and appears on 13 lists
- homophonewas added by sionnach and appears on 30 lists
- hirundinewas added by sionnach and appears on 21 lists
- hirudinewas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- custardwas added by sionnach and appears on 37 lists
- bustardwas added by sionnach and appears on 30 lists
- mustardwas added by sionnach and appears on 67 lists
- omentumwas added by sionnach and appears on 7 lists
- momentumwas added by sionnach and appears on 49 lists
- fornicationwas added by sionnach and appears on 51 lists
- formicationwas added by sionnach and appears on 44 lists
- botherwas added by sionnach and appears on 22 lists
- gravywas added by sionnach and appears on 30 lists
- gratewas added by sionnach and appears on 40 lists
- grazewas added by sionnach and appears on 46 lists
- grapewas added by sionnach and appears on 61 lists
- gracewas added by sionnach and appears on 124 lists
- ravewas added by sionnach and appears on 39 lists
- gravewas added by sionnach and appears on 87 lists
- headlineswas added by sionnach and appears on 5 lists
- deadlinesswas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
sionnach commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
To make things interesting, I will start out by listing only one of the pair I have in mind, so that folks can guess the other. To be clear: "differing by one letter" means that word 1 can be changed to word 2 in one of three ways - adding a letter, deleting an existing letter, changing an existing letter. Swapping the position of two existing letters (e.g. CRAVE/CARVE) does not count.
March 11, 2007
uselessness commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
Are word 1 and word 2 supposed to be antonyms of one another? Or just unreleated? If I'm understanding the rules right, I guess headlines...?
March 11, 2007
oroboros commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
I can imagine deadlines being dreadlines, but I'll bet that's not what's wanted here.
deadliness?
March 11, 2007
sionnach commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
Hmmm. Interesting. deadliness was what I had in mind, but headlines works just as well, if not better. I wasn't requiring antonyms, just that the two words be 'far apart' in meaning. This is obviously not a well-defined idea. Depending on your point of view, that makes things more interesting, by opening up the possibilities, or less so, because it might open up too many possibilities.
I'm going to add both headlines and deadliness. Let's try one more starter word.
grave
On edit; I think that what will make this list interesting is to find starter words that afford the greatest number of options.
Well, interesting to me, anyway. Other folks probably think I'm insane.
March 11, 2007
uselessness commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
Nothing wrong with insanity. :-)
How about grove? I like the contrast between the place of death and the place of life.
March 11, 2007
trivet commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
graze - as opposed to a grave injury?
rave - instead of being gravely serious?
March 11, 2007
sionnach commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
or grace, gravy, grate
March 11, 2007
oroboros commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
grape
March 12, 2007
sionnach commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
new starter word is bother
March 13, 2007
oroboros commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
botcher
March 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
brother? On second though, those words are synonyms.
So how about bather?
March 14, 2007
sionnach commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
This glimpse into how my mind functioned "about 4 years ago" is terrifying to me now!
May 5, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the list so-near-and-yet-so-far
I like it, foxy.
May 5, 2011