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A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:13 pm
by Joseph Krol
Apologies if this is too obvious/already posted, but what do these words have in common?
BRAS
TIMELINES
PRINCES
DI
AS
CARES

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:54 pm
by Jon Corby
I notice that you can add an 'S' to them to make new words.

(i.e. not just pluralising cos that would be kinda lame)

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:58 pm
by Joseph Krol
Jon Corby wrote:I notice that you can add an 'S' to them to make new words.

(i.e. not just pluralising cos that would be kinda lame)
Yep. Any other words for the list anyone? There's also DIS, PIS, KIS, and MIS, all of which are probably valid in scrabble.

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:11 pm
by Matt Morrison
LES

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:19 pm
by Jon Corby
I

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:07 pm
by Joseph Krol
MOS MAS BAS PAS

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:41 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Jon Corby wrote:I notice that you can add an 'S' to them to make new words.

(i.e. not just pluralising cos that would be kinda lame)
Presumably we can stick an S on the end of verbs though. So EAT -> EATS. :mrgreen:

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:52 am
by Matt Bayfield
NEEDLES

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:57 am
by Matt Morrison
BOS

and inspired by Bayfield, FABLES

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:12 am
by Charlie Reams
Couple of other interesting cases:

Lots of feminised ones like ADVENTURES and MILLIONAIRES.
-NESS words like DEADLINES, COSINES, GAMINES.
A nice pair: HANDLES and FOOTLES.
CANVAS (CANVASS is a homophone but not a synonym).
KUMIS (KUMISS is an alternative spelling of the same word).
DISCUS.

Re: A wordy puzzle

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:58 am
by Joseph Krol
Thanks for the contributions, there'll probably be a few more two letter words which S can be hooked onto.