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    There are words that sound totally different with a few letters added to them.

    NOPE - flip to flipper doesn't work, flip sounds the same.

    Yes! Example: pit + h = pith or pit + s + e = spite



    Here are the starting words - add letters that make them sound different. Maybe our new words will match!

    1. sign designate, signal, signature. insignificant

    2. twin -twine, twinkle, twinge, intwine, twinkies,

    3. flow - flower, , sunflower,, moonflower, cauliflower

    4. mob - snowmobile, mobile, automobile, immobilize, mobility demobilize

    5. pat - patriot, path, pathetic, pathogen, patience, impatient, anticipate, sympathy,

    6. car - care, caricature Carolina, carry. caramel. scared. carafe, caribou. carob. carrots - (caravan)

    7. post - posterior, apostrophe, apostate, imposter , posterity, apostles, posture, preposterous

    8. lot - cloth, clothes, clothing, lotus, lotion,

    9. invent - inventory, inventive,

    10. trap -trapezoid, tetraploid (trapezium)

    11. fun - function - (funeral)

    12. plea - pleasure

    13. pin - pine, spine, sleeping (pineapple)

    14. thin - think, thine. thing. soothing, breathing

    15. kind - kindred. kindergarten, kindle, kindling
    Last edited by labbasgle; 08-09-2018, 10:26 PM.

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    1. design, signed, cosign, consignment, designate, signal, signature. insignificant, assignment,

    2. twine, twinkle, twinge, intwine, twins, twinkies,

    3. flower, overflow, sunflower, flown, moonflower, cauliflower

    4. mobster, snowmobile, mobile, automobile, immobilize, mobility demobilize

    5. patriot, path, pathetic, pathogen, patience, impatient, anticipate, sympathy, patch, spatula

    Last edited by Becky; 07-30-2018, 12:01 AM.

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    • #3
      Good job! some of those keep the same sound in the word, such as "signed". I hadn't thought about how many words there are that change the sound!

      I'll underline the words that match mine ( I only came up with 1 for each!)
      Last edited by labbasgle; 07-30-2018, 06:54 PM.

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      • #4
        6. care, caricature Carolina, carry. caramel. scared. carafe, caribou. carob. carrots
        Last edited by Becky; 07-30-2018, 07:30 PM.

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        • #5
          Great List! I had - caravan. The first one we don't have the same word!

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          • #6
            posterior, apostrophe, apostate, imposter , posterity, apostles, posture, preposterous
            Last edited by Becky; 08-02-2018, 01:27 AM.

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            • #7
              You are really good at these. We matched again, I had posture.

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              • #8
                cloth, clothes, clothing, lotus, lotion,
                Last edited by Becky; 08-02-2018, 07:12 PM.

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                • #9
                  More goodies. We matched on lotus.

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                  • #10
                    9. in-ven-tory, in·ven·tive,

                    10. trapezoid, tetraploid
                    Last edited by Becky; 08-05-2018, 10:20 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Super!

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                      • #12
                        15. kindred. kindergarten, kindle, kindling

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                        • #13
                          We have another matching word!

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                          • #14
                            11. function

                            12. pleasure

                            13. pine, spine, sleeping

                            14. think, thine. thing. soothing, breathing
                            Last edited by Becky; 08-07-2018, 11:49 PM.

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                            • #15
                              Great! Some of our words match.
                              Thanks for playing, this one is done.

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