Word Game...
 

HERE ARE THE RULES:

1) NO MAKING UP RULES TO SUIT YOURSELF!
2) You can CHANGE, ADD, or REMOVE ONE, and Only ONE Letter to make a Different Word. Rearranging letters NECESSARILY constitutes changing, adding, or dropping more than one letter, therefore REARRANGING letters is not allowed.
3) You CANNOT Repeat Words that have already been posted in the Same Game, or Round. In addition to putting the number next to your word, keep all the previous words in order in your post. This way we have a quick reference for all the words used and we won't run into people jumping in the game late and reusing words. I am sure we will find some order for doing this but for now just put them one right after another.
4) You CAN use Plurals.
5) You CANNOT use Acronyms.
6) You CANNOT use Proper Nouns, unless it is also a "regular" word.
7) You CANNOT double go... You have to wait for someone else to go in there... FOR AT LEAST A DAY OR SO (settled on 24 hours of last post)
8) Abbreviations AREN'T Words.
9) Since Rearranging Letters has to involve at least two letters moving/changing, IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
10) It would be Up To The Player That Made the Last Valid Word to see if they can do another word off of the last word.
---If they can, they "WIN"... Otherwise They Start A New Word.
---Usually Synonymous With the "Killer Word" that ended the previous game, ...but it Doesn't Have To Be.
11) Foreign Words Are NOT ALLOWED ... any combination of letters is a word somewhere in the world!
12) English is English, and thus the game is not relegated to only using "American" english.
13) English words derived from foriegn words are allowed, their foreign ancestor is not.
14) The final authority has not yet been decided. If you use a word that is not commonplace, and you are challenged, be prepared to defend your word with a cite of where one could learn more.
15) Remember, the point of the game is to learn, to expand your vocabulary, and to educate others. If you merely switch, add, or drop letters to stay in the game, you are missing a huge part of it. Of course, the game sometimes gets stuck in areas where you're blurting simple three letter words, but it's at that point that you want to "search" for a new, unique, interesting word to take the game onto a new path.
16) When a faulty word is used, and several people have built on it within the current game, and you later notice it, you can go back and challenege the word, and start with a new word at that point (built off the word prior to the faulty word). IF YOU DO THIS make sure you note what post you're going back to, what word your challenging, and why... MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE FLOW OF WORDS, YOU'RE CHANGING THE PATH. If the person who originally posted the "faulty" word can prove it's validity, then the game will go back to the path that flowed from their word... again, MAKE THIS CLEAR WHEN YOUR CHANGING THE PATH OF THE WORDS! WHEN, HOW, WHY, WHERE, etc...

We need an authority to cite from, that is understood, but until we find one, we'll allow for any commerical cite that is available online and is accessable for free, without registration.
_______________________
example:

first post:
1, week
second post:
1, week; 2, peak
third post:
1, week; 2, peak; 3, leak
etc...


We should be able to do this...

Let the game begin with the word:

1, road

1. road.
2. roar.

1.road
2. roar
3. oar

i would just like to point out that the "example" in the rules does not follow the rules ... :confused:

hoar.

I will play when I have time to read these longass directions. :wavey:

soar


ten characters

essentially, we're changing one letter in the previous poster's word to make a new word.

michelle's word was "soar," my word is now "sour."

slur

ten characters

slurp

:cool:

rules

10 characters

you can't rearrange :p

****, I new I had it wrong. Jason and his stupid rules :laugh:

damnit. I tried. oh well.

**** it.

actually it was carrie who fukced it up with slurp ;)




Blurp

how did i fukc it up?? lol.

blurs

blunt?

that work?

Blunt does not work because you changed two letters. Blues does work...

:thumbsup:

bluest

bluesy :D :D

what the hell am i supposed to do with that? :laugh:

guess i'll have to think on that one. :p

bluely

(An adverb! From now on, I do everything bluely.)

that is so not a word. :laugh:

:cool:

http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/bluely

blue
One entry found.

blue[1,adjective]



Main Entry: 1blue
Pronunciation: \ˈblü\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): blu·er; blu·est
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French blef, blew, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blāo blue; akin to Latin flavus yellow
Date: 13th century
1: of the color blue
2 a: bluish b: discolored by or as if by bruising (blue with cold) c: bluish gray (a blue cat)
3 a: low in spirits : melancholy b: marked by low spirits : depressing (a blue funk) (things looked blue)
4: wearing blue
5 of a woman : learned, intellectual
6: puritanical
7 a: profane, indecent (blue movie) b: off-color, risqué (blue jokes)
8: of, relating to, or used in blues (a blue song)
— blue·ly adverb
— blue·ness noun
— blue in the face : extremely exasperated