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From jafe to El-Guest
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowFrom Puzzling to StackExchange9 letter word decompositionFrom Puzzling to StackExchangeWord ladder island (formerly dead-end)Longest sentence where all words are anagrams of each otherFrom Puzzle to Riddle to SolutionChange a letter, add a letterFrom bottom to topWord list: 2 consonants 2 vowelsMoans to Rocky in 4 moves?Anagrams: From Cheese to Sneeze
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Largely inspired by From Puzzling to StackExchange by CodeNewbie
From jafe to El-Guest
jafe > cafe > cate > cete > cet > get > gest > egest > e gest > e guest > el guest
Rules:
In any move, you can either replace a letter, add a letter, remove a letter, split a word or combine two words. These are the five valid moves, and only one of these can be applied in a move.
After each move, each of the resulting words must be valid by itself, even if it makes no sense as a phrase. To level the playing field, only words defined as LEGITIMATE WORDS are considered valid. No proper nouns, abbreviations, prefixes or suffixes allowed. (However, words like jack, john, jane etc. are allowed as they are used as common nouns too.) Alternate spellings and archaic words are permitted, but words referring to specific persons, places or events are not valid.
You may only add a letter to an existing word, but a new letter (such as a or I) cannot create a new word separately. Likewise, you cannot drop a letter from a one-letter word to remove it altogether.
As an example, consider the following solution where @GordonK went from stack to exchange:
stack, stark, shark, sh ark, eh ark, ex ark, ex hark, ex hare, ex chare, ex charge, ex change, exchange
This solution required 12 moves. (It may not be the optimal strategy for this pair of words, but it is a valid strategy, given just as an example).
Challenge:
Use the same method to link as many names of prominent Puzzling.SE users as possible.
The solution which achieves this with the largest number of usernames will be awarded the green tick. In case of a tie, the method with the least number of steps win.
No computers except for word-checking and answer-posting. If you are unsure whether a word could be used, please post it in the comments and I will reply ASAP.
Definitions
Prominent P.SE User
A user with 3k+ rep [Reason: to prevent cases where new accounts are registered for this puzzle]
Names:
Display names, replacing any numbers/ symbols that are not English Alphabets with spaces. [El-Guest would become El Guest; and Brandon_J would become Brandon J]
Legitimate Words:
Words that have an independent entry in Dictionary.com, or
Words within the name of the next linked user
LEADERBOARD: (Only includes valid entries)
User Names Moves
Gareth McCaughan 22 79
jafe 5 15
wordplay no-computers english open-ended
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
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Largely inspired by From Puzzling to StackExchange by CodeNewbie
From jafe to El-Guest
jafe > cafe > cate > cete > cet > get > gest > egest > e gest > e guest > el guest
Rules:
In any move, you can either replace a letter, add a letter, remove a letter, split a word or combine two words. These are the five valid moves, and only one of these can be applied in a move.
After each move, each of the resulting words must be valid by itself, even if it makes no sense as a phrase. To level the playing field, only words defined as LEGITIMATE WORDS are considered valid. No proper nouns, abbreviations, prefixes or suffixes allowed. (However, words like jack, john, jane etc. are allowed as they are used as common nouns too.) Alternate spellings and archaic words are permitted, but words referring to specific persons, places or events are not valid.
You may only add a letter to an existing word, but a new letter (such as a or I) cannot create a new word separately. Likewise, you cannot drop a letter from a one-letter word to remove it altogether.
As an example, consider the following solution where @GordonK went from stack to exchange:
stack, stark, shark, sh ark, eh ark, ex ark, ex hark, ex hare, ex chare, ex charge, ex change, exchange
This solution required 12 moves. (It may not be the optimal strategy for this pair of words, but it is a valid strategy, given just as an example).
Challenge:
Use the same method to link as many names of prominent Puzzling.SE users as possible.
The solution which achieves this with the largest number of usernames will be awarded the green tick. In case of a tie, the method with the least number of steps win.
No computers except for word-checking and answer-posting. If you are unsure whether a word could be used, please post it in the comments and I will reply ASAP.
Definitions
Prominent P.SE User
A user with 3k+ rep [Reason: to prevent cases where new accounts are registered for this puzzle]
Names:
Display names, replacing any numbers/ symbols that are not English Alphabets with spaces. [El-Guest would become El Guest; and Brandon_J would become Brandon J]
Legitimate Words:
Words that have an independent entry in Dictionary.com, or
Words within the name of the next linked user
LEADERBOARD: (Only includes valid entries)
User Names Moves
Gareth McCaughan 22 79
jafe 5 15
wordplay no-computers english open-ended
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
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2
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Could you clarify what you mean by words within the name of the next linked user? Presumably, from context, these don't need to have a dictionary.com entry -- are you saying that any substring will do there? Or is there some other criterion of wordiness we're meant to apply?
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
12 hours ago
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Eg: el in elguest, al in randalthor but not alth in randalthor
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– Omega Krypton
11 hours ago
5
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@GarethMcCaughan We have no chance of getting a mention, do we?
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– Jaap Scherphuis
10 hours ago
3
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Heh. No, indeed. Perhaps if taking anagrams were allowed ... nope, not even then.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
10 hours ago
1
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@OmegaKrypton I’m honoured to get the mention! :D
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8 hours ago
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Largely inspired by From Puzzling to StackExchange by CodeNewbie
From jafe to El-Guest
jafe > cafe > cate > cete > cet > get > gest > egest > e gest > e guest > el guest
Rules:
In any move, you can either replace a letter, add a letter, remove a letter, split a word or combine two words. These are the five valid moves, and only one of these can be applied in a move.
After each move, each of the resulting words must be valid by itself, even if it makes no sense as a phrase. To level the playing field, only words defined as LEGITIMATE WORDS are considered valid. No proper nouns, abbreviations, prefixes or suffixes allowed. (However, words like jack, john, jane etc. are allowed as they are used as common nouns too.) Alternate spellings and archaic words are permitted, but words referring to specific persons, places or events are not valid.
You may only add a letter to an existing word, but a new letter (such as a or I) cannot create a new word separately. Likewise, you cannot drop a letter from a one-letter word to remove it altogether.
As an example, consider the following solution where @GordonK went from stack to exchange:
stack, stark, shark, sh ark, eh ark, ex ark, ex hark, ex hare, ex chare, ex charge, ex change, exchange
This solution required 12 moves. (It may not be the optimal strategy for this pair of words, but it is a valid strategy, given just as an example).
Challenge:
Use the same method to link as many names of prominent Puzzling.SE users as possible.
The solution which achieves this with the largest number of usernames will be awarded the green tick. In case of a tie, the method with the least number of steps win.
No computers except for word-checking and answer-posting. If you are unsure whether a word could be used, please post it in the comments and I will reply ASAP.
Definitions
Prominent P.SE User
A user with 3k+ rep [Reason: to prevent cases where new accounts are registered for this puzzle]
Names:
Display names, replacing any numbers/ symbols that are not English Alphabets with spaces. [El-Guest would become El Guest; and Brandon_J would become Brandon J]
Legitimate Words:
Words that have an independent entry in Dictionary.com, or
Words within the name of the next linked user
LEADERBOARD: (Only includes valid entries)
User Names Moves
Gareth McCaughan 22 79
jafe 5 15
wordplay no-computers english open-ended
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
$endgroup$
Largely inspired by From Puzzling to StackExchange by CodeNewbie
From jafe to El-Guest
jafe > cafe > cate > cete > cet > get > gest > egest > e gest > e guest > el guest
Rules:
In any move, you can either replace a letter, add a letter, remove a letter, split a word or combine two words. These are the five valid moves, and only one of these can be applied in a move.
After each move, each of the resulting words must be valid by itself, even if it makes no sense as a phrase. To level the playing field, only words defined as LEGITIMATE WORDS are considered valid. No proper nouns, abbreviations, prefixes or suffixes allowed. (However, words like jack, john, jane etc. are allowed as they are used as common nouns too.) Alternate spellings and archaic words are permitted, but words referring to specific persons, places or events are not valid.
You may only add a letter to an existing word, but a new letter (such as a or I) cannot create a new word separately. Likewise, you cannot drop a letter from a one-letter word to remove it altogether.
As an example, consider the following solution where @GordonK went from stack to exchange:
stack, stark, shark, sh ark, eh ark, ex ark, ex hark, ex hare, ex chare, ex charge, ex change, exchange
This solution required 12 moves. (It may not be the optimal strategy for this pair of words, but it is a valid strategy, given just as an example).
Challenge:
Use the same method to link as many names of prominent Puzzling.SE users as possible.
The solution which achieves this with the largest number of usernames will be awarded the green tick. In case of a tie, the method with the least number of steps win.
No computers except for word-checking and answer-posting. If you are unsure whether a word could be used, please post it in the comments and I will reply ASAP.
Definitions
Prominent P.SE User
A user with 3k+ rep [Reason: to prevent cases where new accounts are registered for this puzzle]
Names:
Display names, replacing any numbers/ symbols that are not English Alphabets with spaces. [El-Guest would become El Guest; and Brandon_J would become Brandon J]
Legitimate Words:
Words that have an independent entry in Dictionary.com, or
Words within the name of the next linked user
LEADERBOARD: (Only includes valid entries)
User Names Moves
Gareth McCaughan 22 79
jafe 5 15
wordplay no-computers english open-ended
wordplay no-computers english open-ended
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
edited 5 hours ago
Omega Krypton
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
asked 13 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
5,1372846
5,1372846
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Could you clarify what you mean by words within the name of the next linked user? Presumably, from context, these don't need to have a dictionary.com entry -- are you saying that any substring will do there? Or is there some other criterion of wordiness we're meant to apply?
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
12 hours ago
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Eg: el in elguest, al in randalthor but not alth in randalthor
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– Omega Krypton
11 hours ago
5
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@GarethMcCaughan We have no chance of getting a mention, do we?
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– Jaap Scherphuis
10 hours ago
3
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Heh. No, indeed. Perhaps if taking anagrams were allowed ... nope, not even then.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
10 hours ago
1
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@OmegaKrypton I’m honoured to get the mention! :D
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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Could you clarify what you mean by words within the name of the next linked user? Presumably, from context, these don't need to have a dictionary.com entry -- are you saying that any substring will do there? Or is there some other criterion of wordiness we're meant to apply?
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
12 hours ago
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Eg: el in elguest, al in randalthor but not alth in randalthor
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
11 hours ago
5
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@GarethMcCaughan We have no chance of getting a mention, do we?
$endgroup$
– Jaap Scherphuis
10 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
Heh. No, indeed. Perhaps if taking anagrams were allowed ... nope, not even then.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
10 hours ago
1
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@OmegaKrypton I’m honoured to get the mention! :D
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
2
2
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Could you clarify what you mean by words within the name of the next linked user? Presumably, from context, these don't need to have a dictionary.com entry -- are you saying that any substring will do there? Or is there some other criterion of wordiness we're meant to apply?
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
12 hours ago
$begingroup$
Could you clarify what you mean by words within the name of the next linked user? Presumably, from context, these don't need to have a dictionary.com entry -- are you saying that any substring will do there? Or is there some other criterion of wordiness we're meant to apply?
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
12 hours ago
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Eg: el in elguest, al in randalthor but not alth in randalthor
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
11 hours ago
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Eg: el in elguest, al in randalthor but not alth in randalthor
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
11 hours ago
5
5
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@GarethMcCaughan We have no chance of getting a mention, do we?
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– Jaap Scherphuis
10 hours ago
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@GarethMcCaughan We have no chance of getting a mention, do we?
$endgroup$
– Jaap Scherphuis
10 hours ago
3
3
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Heh. No, indeed. Perhaps if taking anagrams were allowed ... nope, not even then.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
10 hours ago
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Heh. No, indeed. Perhaps if taking anagrams were allowed ... nope, not even then.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
10 hours ago
1
1
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@OmegaKrypton I’m honoured to get the mention! :D
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@OmegaKrypton I’m honoured to get the mention! :D
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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Here are 22 names with 79 changes:
Rob Watts | gob watts | go watts | o watts | watts | watt | Walt | wall | Will | wall | (Walt) | watt | Matt | mate | pate | paste | pate | rate | Rafe | jafe | cafe | cape | cap | sap | Sp3000 | spy | sky | skv | ski | skip | sip | sap | sal | sale | ale | Alex | ale | ala | alas | alias | elias | alias | alas | ala | aa | ae | A E | ae | are | art | Arth | art | hart | hat | ha | h34 | he | hen | Len | led | lad | A.D. | ad | bad | bads | Bass | bads | bids | bid | Sid | did | dig | dmg | dug | tug | tum | Tom | toe | Joe | Joe Z
[EDITED to add: It's been pointed out in comments that I carelessly included one user who is slightly below the 3k mark. Here's how to fix that up. The number of users goes down by 1; the number of changes is unaltered.]
Replace pate | rate | Rafe | jafe with pate | pane | jane | jafe.
These are more or less all the short names of 30k+ users that seems like they have much chance of being connected to words.
It feels as if connecting the longer ones (those that aren't obviously impossible) would be easy but boring: almost everything connects to almost everything else, eventually. By way of example, starting at one of my endpoints there and picking a longer name more or less at random:
Rob Watts | hob watts | hoe watts | hie watts | hike watts | mike watts | mike watt | mike wast | mike west | mike nest | mike a nest | mike ba nest | mike bar nest | mike ear nest | Mike Earnest
so there, if you like, I now have 22 names with 89 changes. But I'll leave it there.
A few short ones I realise I omitted:
Oray (or ay / o ray), athin (a thin), Glen O (glen o), Tryth (truth), DEEM (deem), ...
(I also edited in one more because it was quite close to one I already had.)
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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5 names in 15 moves:
m oehm - m ohm - m om - mom - tom - toms - toss - boss - bass - mass - mast - matt - mat - may - ray - oray
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Current attempt: 27 names (79 moves)
A J > A. P. > A.D. > A E > ae > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > are > ale > Alex > lex > Len > lee > JLee > lee > led > lid > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > toe > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > file > filet > fillet > fill et > gill et > gill es > Gilles
Past attempts:
27 names (93 moves)
(Thanks to noedne for finding a way to put Len and JLee in!)
A J > A E > A. P. > a pi > a pin > a tin > a thin > athin > a thin > a tin > a ton > a don > a do > A.D. > ad > ade > ale > Alex > ale > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > at > sat > sit > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > j oe > j loe > j lee > JLee > lee > Len > ten > ton > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > mile > male > ale > ales > alas > alias > elias
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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Here are 22 names with 79 changes:
Rob Watts | gob watts | go watts | o watts | watts | watt | Walt | wall | Will | wall | (Walt) | watt | Matt | mate | pate | paste | pate | rate | Rafe | jafe | cafe | cape | cap | sap | Sp3000 | spy | sky | skv | ski | skip | sip | sap | sal | sale | ale | Alex | ale | ala | alas | alias | elias | alias | alas | ala | aa | ae | A E | ae | are | art | Arth | art | hart | hat | ha | h34 | he | hen | Len | led | lad | A.D. | ad | bad | bads | Bass | bads | bids | bid | Sid | did | dig | dmg | dug | tug | tum | Tom | toe | Joe | Joe Z
[EDITED to add: It's been pointed out in comments that I carelessly included one user who is slightly below the 3k mark. Here's how to fix that up. The number of users goes down by 1; the number of changes is unaltered.]
Replace pate | rate | Rafe | jafe with pate | pane | jane | jafe.
These are more or less all the short names of 30k+ users that seems like they have much chance of being connected to words.
It feels as if connecting the longer ones (those that aren't obviously impossible) would be easy but boring: almost everything connects to almost everything else, eventually. By way of example, starting at one of my endpoints there and picking a longer name more or less at random:
Rob Watts | hob watts | hoe watts | hie watts | hike watts | mike watts | mike watt | mike wast | mike west | mike nest | mike a nest | mike ba nest | mike bar nest | mike ear nest | Mike Earnest
so there, if you like, I now have 22 names with 89 changes. But I'll leave it there.
A few short ones I realise I omitted:
Oray (or ay / o ray), athin (a thin), Glen O (glen o), Tryth (truth), DEEM (deem), ...
(I also edited in one more because it was quite close to one I already had.)
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Here are 22 names with 79 changes:
Rob Watts | gob watts | go watts | o watts | watts | watt | Walt | wall | Will | wall | (Walt) | watt | Matt | mate | pate | paste | pate | rate | Rafe | jafe | cafe | cape | cap | sap | Sp3000 | spy | sky | skv | ski | skip | sip | sap | sal | sale | ale | Alex | ale | ala | alas | alias | elias | alias | alas | ala | aa | ae | A E | ae | are | art | Arth | art | hart | hat | ha | h34 | he | hen | Len | led | lad | A.D. | ad | bad | bads | Bass | bads | bids | bid | Sid | did | dig | dmg | dug | tug | tum | Tom | toe | Joe | Joe Z
[EDITED to add: It's been pointed out in comments that I carelessly included one user who is slightly below the 3k mark. Here's how to fix that up. The number of users goes down by 1; the number of changes is unaltered.]
Replace pate | rate | Rafe | jafe with pate | pane | jane | jafe.
These are more or less all the short names of 30k+ users that seems like they have much chance of being connected to words.
It feels as if connecting the longer ones (those that aren't obviously impossible) would be easy but boring: almost everything connects to almost everything else, eventually. By way of example, starting at one of my endpoints there and picking a longer name more or less at random:
Rob Watts | hob watts | hoe watts | hie watts | hike watts | mike watts | mike watt | mike wast | mike west | mike nest | mike a nest | mike ba nest | mike bar nest | mike ear nest | Mike Earnest
so there, if you like, I now have 22 names with 89 changes. But I'll leave it there.
A few short ones I realise I omitted:
Oray (or ay / o ray), athin (a thin), Glen O (glen o), Tryth (truth), DEEM (deem), ...
(I also edited in one more because it was quite close to one I already had.)
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Here are 22 names with 79 changes:
Rob Watts | gob watts | go watts | o watts | watts | watt | Walt | wall | Will | wall | (Walt) | watt | Matt | mate | pate | paste | pate | rate | Rafe | jafe | cafe | cape | cap | sap | Sp3000 | spy | sky | skv | ski | skip | sip | sap | sal | sale | ale | Alex | ale | ala | alas | alias | elias | alias | alas | ala | aa | ae | A E | ae | are | art | Arth | art | hart | hat | ha | h34 | he | hen | Len | led | lad | A.D. | ad | bad | bads | Bass | bads | bids | bid | Sid | did | dig | dmg | dug | tug | tum | Tom | toe | Joe | Joe Z
[EDITED to add: It's been pointed out in comments that I carelessly included one user who is slightly below the 3k mark. Here's how to fix that up. The number of users goes down by 1; the number of changes is unaltered.]
Replace pate | rate | Rafe | jafe with pate | pane | jane | jafe.
These are more or less all the short names of 30k+ users that seems like they have much chance of being connected to words.
It feels as if connecting the longer ones (those that aren't obviously impossible) would be easy but boring: almost everything connects to almost everything else, eventually. By way of example, starting at one of my endpoints there and picking a longer name more or less at random:
Rob Watts | hob watts | hoe watts | hie watts | hike watts | mike watts | mike watt | mike wast | mike west | mike nest | mike a nest | mike ba nest | mike bar nest | mike ear nest | Mike Earnest
so there, if you like, I now have 22 names with 89 changes. But I'll leave it there.
A few short ones I realise I omitted:
Oray (or ay / o ray), athin (a thin), Glen O (glen o), Tryth (truth), DEEM (deem), ...
(I also edited in one more because it was quite close to one I already had.)
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
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Here are 22 names with 79 changes:
Rob Watts | gob watts | go watts | o watts | watts | watt | Walt | wall | Will | wall | (Walt) | watt | Matt | mate | pate | paste | pate | rate | Rafe | jafe | cafe | cape | cap | sap | Sp3000 | spy | sky | skv | ski | skip | sip | sap | sal | sale | ale | Alex | ale | ala | alas | alias | elias | alias | alas | ala | aa | ae | A E | ae | are | art | Arth | art | hart | hat | ha | h34 | he | hen | Len | led | lad | A.D. | ad | bad | bads | Bass | bads | bids | bid | Sid | did | dig | dmg | dug | tug | tum | Tom | toe | Joe | Joe Z
[EDITED to add: It's been pointed out in comments that I carelessly included one user who is slightly below the 3k mark. Here's how to fix that up. The number of users goes down by 1; the number of changes is unaltered.]
Replace pate | rate | Rafe | jafe with pate | pane | jane | jafe.
These are more or less all the short names of 30k+ users that seems like they have much chance of being connected to words.
It feels as if connecting the longer ones (those that aren't obviously impossible) would be easy but boring: almost everything connects to almost everything else, eventually. By way of example, starting at one of my endpoints there and picking a longer name more or less at random:
Rob Watts | hob watts | hoe watts | hie watts | hike watts | mike watts | mike watt | mike wast | mike west | mike nest | mike a nest | mike ba nest | mike bar nest | mike ear nest | Mike Earnest
so there, if you like, I now have 22 names with 89 changes. But I'll leave it there.
A few short ones I realise I omitted:
Oray (or ay / o ray), athin (a thin), Glen O (glen o), Tryth (truth), DEEM (deem), ...
(I also edited in one more because it was quite close to one I already had.)
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
edited 3 hours ago
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
answered 11 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.7k3166256
65.7k3166256
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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I believe Rafe is just below the 3k rep mark, unfortunately
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Oops, you're right. Not quite sure how I made that error. (I don't think it's that they just lost a load of rep.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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My name should be pretty readily usable but I’m not sure if I’m a prominent enough user ;)
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– Rubio♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Indeed. And slightly to my surprise it turns out that io is a word according to dictionary.com.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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5 names in 15 moves:
m oehm - m ohm - m om - mom - tom - toms - toss - boss - bass - mass - mast - matt - mat - may - ray - oray
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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3 hours ago
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5 names in 15 moves:
m oehm - m ohm - m om - mom - tom - toms - toss - boss - bass - mass - mast - matt - mat - may - ray - oray
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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5 names in 15 moves:
m oehm - m ohm - m om - mom - tom - toms - toss - boss - bass - mass - mast - matt - mat - may - ray - oray
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
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5 names in 15 moves:
m oehm - m ohm - m om - mom - tom - toms - toss - boss - bass - mass - mast - matt - mat - may - ray - oray
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
edited 11 hours ago
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
answered 12 hours ago
jafejafe
24.8k472246
24.8k472246
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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I was very surprised to wake up this morning and see my name in a puzzle title, how about you? Great answer by the way — +1!
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@El-Guest Yeah I was pretty surprised as well... Mother of clickbaits :p
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– jafe
5 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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@jafe Oops, I accidentally deleted that comment -- pure misclicking. I've undeleted it again. I'm leaving this comment just in case the deletion shows up in your inbox or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Current attempt: 27 names (79 moves)
A J > A. P. > A.D. > A E > ae > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > are > ale > Alex > lex > Len > lee > JLee > lee > led > lid > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > toe > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > file > filet > fillet > fill et > gill et > gill es > Gilles
Past attempts:
27 names (93 moves)
(Thanks to noedne for finding a way to put Len and JLee in!)
A J > A E > A. P. > a pi > a pin > a tin > a thin > athin > a thin > a tin > a ton > a don > a do > A.D. > ad > ade > ale > Alex > ale > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > at > sat > sit > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > j oe > j loe > j lee > JLee > lee > Len > ten > ton > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > mile > male > ale > ales > alas > alias > elias
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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Current attempt: 27 names (79 moves)
A J > A. P. > A.D. > A E > ae > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > are > ale > Alex > lex > Len > lee > JLee > lee > led > lid > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > toe > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > file > filet > fillet > fill et > gill et > gill es > Gilles
Past attempts:
27 names (93 moves)
(Thanks to noedne for finding a way to put Len and JLee in!)
A J > A E > A. P. > a pi > a pin > a tin > a thin > athin > a thin > a tin > a ton > a don > a do > A.D. > ad > ade > ale > Alex > ale > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > at > sat > sit > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > j oe > j loe > j lee > JLee > lee > Len > ten > ton > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > mile > male > ale > ales > alas > alias > elias
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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Current attempt: 27 names (79 moves)
A J > A. P. > A.D. > A E > ae > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > are > ale > Alex > lex > Len > lee > JLee > lee > led > lid > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > toe > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > file > filet > fillet > fill et > gill et > gill es > Gilles
Past attempts:
27 names (93 moves)
(Thanks to noedne for finding a way to put Len and JLee in!)
A J > A E > A. P. > a pi > a pin > a tin > a thin > athin > a thin > a tin > a ton > a don > a do > A.D. > ad > ade > ale > Alex > ale > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > at > sat > sit > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > j oe > j loe > j lee > JLee > lee > Len > ten > ton > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > mile > male > ale > ales > alas > alias > elias
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
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Current attempt: 27 names (79 moves)
A J > A. P. > A.D. > A E > ae > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > are > ale > Alex > lex > Len > lee > JLee > lee > led > lid > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > toe > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > file > filet > fillet > fill et > gill et > gill es > Gilles
Past attempts:
27 names (93 moves)
(Thanks to noedne for finding a way to put Len and JLee in!)
A J > A E > A. P. > a pi > a pin > a tin > a thin > athin > a thin > a tin > a ton > a don > a do > A.D. > ad > ade > ale > Alex > ale > ape > Apep > ape > are > art > arth > art > at > sat > sit > Sid > did > dig > dmg > dig > dip > sip > Sp3000 > spy > sky > skv > sky > soy > sob > SQB > sob > job > Joe > j oe > j loe > j lee > JLee > lee > Len > ten > ton > Tom > tot > cot > COTO > GOTO 0 > got > not > no > NL628 > nil > ail > wail > wall > Will > wall > Walt > watt > Matt > mast > past > paste > pate > sate > safe > jafe > jake > rake > rale > rile > Riley > rile > mile > male > ale > ales > alas > alias > elias
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
edited 3 hours ago
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
answered 4 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1,06519
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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j oe > j loe > j lee?
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– noedne
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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I was thinking Len > lee > JLee, but then I don’t know how to get to Len with the sequence I have
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Oh, I didn’t see the dictionary.com requirement... OK, I think that might work then! Just need to turn Len into something else, maybe Alex
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– PiIsNot3
4 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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Pretty sure "es" isn't allowed by dictionary.com. (It knows about the chemical symbol Es, but that's not a word.) Nor is "ade". But you found a lot of short usernames I somehow overlooked completely...
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
3 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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For “es” I was thinking “the plural of e,” but I’ll see if I can find a better route
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– PiIsNot3
2 hours ago
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Could you clarify what you mean by words within the name of the next linked user? Presumably, from context, these don't need to have a dictionary.com entry -- are you saying that any substring will do there? Or is there some other criterion of wordiness we're meant to apply?
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
12 hours ago
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Eg: el in elguest, al in randalthor but not alth in randalthor
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– Omega Krypton
11 hours ago
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@GarethMcCaughan We have no chance of getting a mention, do we?
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– Jaap Scherphuis
10 hours ago
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Heh. No, indeed. Perhaps if taking anagrams were allowed ... nope, not even then.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
10 hours ago
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@OmegaKrypton I’m honoured to get the mention! :D
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– El-Guest
8 hours ago