The Near-Anagram Game

[Schiaparelliorbust]

limber
(Also, I have noticed that some of the near-anagrams do not involve much rearrangement of the letters. I believe that the game is more fun when the near-anagrams are more creative.)

Berlin
//Do proper nouns count?
//I'm trying to do that, though it can be hard. I turned tempore into meteor yesterday.

[MathAndCode]

Berlin
//Do proper nouns count?

(I would prefer for us to not use proper nouns because allowing proper nouns can blur the line between words and non-words, but I understand that it may be difficult to think of near-anagrams. I know that there is at least one legal non-proper word that involves rearranging letters, but if you can't think of any after spending a minute or so, I'll let you stick with Berlin.)

//I'm trying to do that, though it can be hard. I turned tempore into meteor yesterday.

(Thank you.)

[Schiaparelliorbust]

Berlin
//Do proper nouns count?

(I would prefer for us to not use proper nouns because allowing proper nouns can blur the line between words and non-words, but I understand that it may be difficult to think of near-anagrams. I know that there is at least one legal non-proper word that involves rearranging letters, but if you can't think of any after spending a minute or so, I'll let you stick with Berlin.)

//I'm trying to do that, though it can be hard. I turned tempore into meteor yesterday.

(Thank you.)

What word is that?

[MathAndCode]

What word is that?

(milder)

[Joaquin]

remold—to redo the molding on a doorframe

[MathAndCode]

remold—to redo the molding on a doorframe

(Milder actually doesn't count as a word because I had also typed the previous word, and users are not allowed to reply to their own words. The current word is limber (although you are free to respond to it with milder. Your word was a creative rearrangement, though.)

(Also, welcome to the ConwayLife forums.)

[Joaquin]

Bimble
I was going to do "Bumble," but then I realized that the word was "Limber," not "Lumber." I looked it up and apparently "bimble" is a real word, meaning to walk at a leisurely pace. You learn something new every day.

[MathAndCode]

Bimble

nibble

[wzkchem5]

Bimble

nibble

bible

[MathAndCode]

bible

belie

[Schiaparelliorbust]

belie

liable

[MathAndCode]

liable

billed

[Moosey]

liable

billed

libels

[Schiaparelliorbust]

libels

labels

[wzkchem5]

libels

labels

Isabel

[praosylen]

Isabel

Ansible

[MathAndCode]

Isabel

(I would prefer for proper nouns not to be used. However, I will let your word remain if you cannot think of any other near anagrams.)

[LuxiusGOL]

defend

fender

bender

[MathAndCode]

bender

inbred

(Could we please try to come up with more creative near-anagrams? Many of the near-anagrams posted do not involve rearrangement.)



Edit: I just realized that that word was from a while back. Please respond to the previous valid word (labels). In the future, if there are multiple pages in a thread, there will be a next page button near the bottom of the screen.

[wzkchem5]

Isabel

(I would prefer for proper nouns not to be used. However, I will let your word remain if you cannot think of any other near anagrams.)

You are right in that if any proper nouns can be used, one can as well put forward people names in different languages, especially Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese etc. where a sizeable proportion of all possible syllables can act as names. For example if the first word is tan, the near-anagram can go like Tang (Chinese name), Tani (Japanese name), Jian (Chinese name), Jin (Chinese/Japanese name), Min (Chinese name), Minh (Vietnamese name), etc.
But still I think that sufficiently common names in the Engligh-speaking world should be recognized, given that it's then much harder to abuse the rule in the above way.

[MathAndCode]

You are right in that if any proper nouns can be used, one can as well put forward people names in different languages, especially Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese etc. where a sizeable proportion of all possible syllables can act as names. For example if the first word is tan, the near-anagram can go like Tang (Chinese name), Tani (Japanese name), Jian (Chinese name), Jin (Chinese/Japanese name), Min (Chinese name), Minh (Vietnamese name), etc.
But still I think that sufficiently common names in the Engligh-speaking world should be recognized, given that it's then much harder to abuse the rule in the above way.

Yes, but like I said before, whether or not a word is sufficiently common is not well-defined, so the line can easily be blurred. In addition, there may be spelling variations.
Another reason why I don't want to use proper nouns is because I view capitalization as somewhat of an additional change.

[the lifestroyer]

labels

L-SABER

[Schiaparelliorbust]

L-SABER

rebase
//Is that short for lightsaber?

[EvinZL]

limber
(Also, I have noticed that some of the near-anagrams do not involve much rearrangement of the letters. I believe that the game is more fun when the near-anagrams are more creative.)

Berlin

[MathAndCode]

limber
(Also, I have noticed that some of the near-anagrams do not involve much rearrangement of the letters. I believe that the game is more fun when the near-anagrams are more creative.)

Berlin

I would prefer for us to not use proper nouns because allowing proper nouns can blur the line between words and non-words, but I understand that it may be difficult to think of near-anagrams. I know that there is at least one legal non-proper word that involves rearranging letters, but if you can't think of any after spending a minute or so, I'll let you stick with Berlin.