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[labbasgle]

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

[Becky]

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

[labbasgle]

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!)

[Becky]

6. care, caricature Carolina, carry. caramel. scared. carafe, caribou. carob. carrots

[labbasgle]

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

[Becky]

posterior, apostrophe, apostate, imposter , posterity, apostles, posture, preposterous

[labbasgle]

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

[Becky]

cloth, clothes, clothing, lotus, lotion,

[labbasgle]

More goodies. We matched on lotus.

[Becky]

9. in-ven-tory, in·ven·tive,

10. trapezoid, tetraploid

[labbasgle]

Super!

[Becky]

15. kindred. kindergarten, kindle, kindling

[labbasgle]

We have another matching word!

[Becky]

11. function

12. pleasure

13. pine, spine, sleeping

14. think, thine. thing. soothing, breathing

[labbasgle]

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