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MathAndCode wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:47 pm 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.

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:57 pmBerlin
//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.)

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:57 pm

MathAndCode wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:47 pm//I'm trying to do that, though it can be hard. I turned tempore into meteor yesterday.

(Thank you.)

MathAndCode wrote: October 27th, 2020, 4:28 pm

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:57 pmBerlin
//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.)

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:57 pm

MathAndCode wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:47 pm//I'm trying to do that, though it can be hard. I turned tempore into meteor yesterday.

(Thank you.)

What word is that?

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: October 27th, 2020, 4:30 pmWhat word is that?

(milder)

remold—to redo the molding on a doorframe

Joaquin wrote: October 28th, 2020, 4:57 pm 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.)

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.

Joaquin wrote: November 2nd, 2020, 10:03 pm Bimble

nibble

MathAndCode wrote: November 2nd, 2020, 11:23 pm

Joaquin wrote: November 2nd, 2020, 10:03 pm Bimble

nibble

bible

wzkchem5 wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 12:23 ambible

belie

MathAndCode wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 12:38 am belie

liable

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 1:16 amliable

billed

MathAndCode wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 1:19 am

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 1:16 amliable

billed

libels

Moosey wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 8:59 am libels

labels

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 9:05 am

Moosey wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 8:59 am libels

labels

Isabel

wzkchem5 wrote: November 6th, 2020, 10:24 pm Isabel

Ansible

wzkchem5 wrote: November 6th, 2020, 10:24 pmIsabel

(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.)

MathAndCode wrote: October 25th, 2020, 6:41 pm

A for awesome wrote: October 25th, 2020, 5:16 pmdefend

fender

bender

LuxiusGOL wrote: November 7th, 2020, 5:27 pmbender

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.

MathAndCode wrote: November 7th, 2020, 12:19 am

wzkchem5 wrote: November 6th, 2020, 10:24 pmIsabel

(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.

wzkchem5 wrote: November 8th, 2020, 12:51 amYou 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.

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: November 3rd, 2020, 9:05 am labels

L-SABER

the lifestroyer wrote: November 10th, 2020, 7:33 am L-SABER

rebase
//Is that short for lightsaber?

MathAndCode wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:47 pmlimber
(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

EvinZL wrote: November 10th, 2020, 10:30 am

MathAndCode wrote: October 27th, 2020, 3:47 pmlimber
(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 wrote: October 27th, 2020, 4:28 pmI 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.