Wordplay subtraction paradoxWordplay addition paradoxCategories within Categories9 letter word decompositionTurn Lead into GOLDWord Association GRIDVenetian word pairs (i.e., sectioned word reversals)Interlaced Word PairsHoliday cookies word attrition [humans only]Holiday cookies word attrition [computers welcome]Five Letter Boxed puzzles with special solutionsFarmer needs to get his word across the river
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Wordplay subtraction paradox
Wordplay addition paradoxCategories within Categories9 letter word decompositionTurn Lead into GOLDWord Association GRIDVenetian word pairs (i.e., sectioned word reversals)Interlaced Word PairsHoliday cookies word attrition [humans only]Holiday cookies word attrition [computers welcome]Five Letter Boxed puzzles with special solutionsFarmer needs to get his word across the river
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There are words from which you can remove a "chunk", leaving a new word. Like this:
WISHBONE
WI SHBO NE
WI SHBO NE
WI <poof!> NE
WI NE
WI NE
WINE
There are also words that work the other way, for which inserting a "chunk" produces a new word. For example, you can insert the chunk AUTIFI into the word BEER to make BEAUTIFIER.
A "chunk" is a string of consecutive letters. It must consist of at least two letters (no single-letter chunks). It does not need to be a valid English word.
Now, what if I told you there are words into which you can insert a chunk, then remove the same consecutive string of letters, and get a different word from the original word?
What the heck am I talking about?!
I have come up with about 11 examples of this strange phenomenon.
(Too easy? Too hard? Try the counterpart addition paradox.)
wordplay pattern
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There are words from which you can remove a "chunk", leaving a new word. Like this:
WISHBONE
WI SHBO NE
WI SHBO NE
WI <poof!> NE
WI NE
WI NE
WINE
There are also words that work the other way, for which inserting a "chunk" produces a new word. For example, you can insert the chunk AUTIFI into the word BEER to make BEAUTIFIER.
A "chunk" is a string of consecutive letters. It must consist of at least two letters (no single-letter chunks). It does not need to be a valid English word.
Now, what if I told you there are words into which you can insert a chunk, then remove the same consecutive string of letters, and get a different word from the original word?
What the heck am I talking about?!
I have come up with about 11 examples of this strange phenomenon.
(Too easy? Too hard? Try the counterpart addition paradox.)
wordplay pattern
asked 9 hours ago
SlowMagicSlowMagic
2,1064 silver badges33 bronze badges
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are words from which you can remove a "chunk", leaving a new word. Like this:
WISHBONE
WI SHBO NE
WI SHBO NE
WI <poof!> NE
WI NE
WI NE
WINE
There are also words that work the other way, for which inserting a "chunk" produces a new word. For example, you can insert the chunk AUTIFI into the word BEER to make BEAUTIFIER.
A "chunk" is a string of consecutive letters. It must consist of at least two letters (no single-letter chunks). It does not need to be a valid English word.
Now, what if I told you there are words into which you can insert a chunk, then remove the same consecutive string of letters, and get a different word from the original word?
What the heck am I talking about?!
I have come up with about 11 examples of this strange phenomenon.
(Too easy? Too hard? Try the counterpart addition paradox.)
wordplay pattern
asked 9 hours ago
SlowMagicSlowMagic
2,1064 silver badges33 bronze badges
$endgroup$
There are words from which you can remove a "chunk", leaving a new word. Like this:
WISHBONE
WI SHBO NE
WI SHBO NE
WI <poof!> NE
WI NE
WI NE
WINE
There are also words that work the other way, for which inserting a "chunk" produces a new word. For example, you can insert the chunk AUTIFI into the word BEER to make BEAUTIFIER.
A "chunk" is a string of consecutive letters. It must consist of at least two letters (no single-letter chunks). It does not need to be a valid English word.
Now, what if I told you there are words into which you can insert a chunk, then remove the same consecutive string of letters, and get a different word from the original word?
What the heck am I talking about?!
I have come up with about 11 examples of this strange phenomenon.
(Too easy? Too hard? Try the counterpart addition paradox.)
wordplay pattern
wordplay pattern
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Any word in a pattern so that
you can remove the same chunk from two different places
works as the intermediate word. For example:
RESIGNED→R(ED)ESIGNED→REDESIGN(-ed)
A wordfinder search through Qat is here.
answered 9 hours ago
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It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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6 hours ago
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If the word is [Left][Right] turned [Left][Extra chunk][Right], this chunk must be removed from somewhere else. Let's say it consists of six parts, as in [1][2][[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]][3][4] (1 or 4 can be empty):
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [2][Extra chunk 1], it still changes the result as long as [2] != [Extra chunk 2].
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [Extra chunk 2][3], it still changes the result as long as [3] != [Extra chunk 1].
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Any word in a pattern so that
you can remove the same chunk from two different places
works as the intermediate word. For example:
RESIGNED→R(ED)ESIGNED→REDESIGN(-ed)
A wordfinder search through Qat is here.
answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
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It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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– Michael Moschella
6 hours ago
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$begingroup$
Any word in a pattern so that
you can remove the same chunk from two different places
works as the intermediate word. For example:
RESIGNED→R(ED)ESIGNED→REDESIGN(-ed)
A wordfinder search through Qat is here.
answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
69.3k7 gold badges238 silver badges304 bronze badges
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$begingroup$
It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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– Michael Moschella
6 hours ago
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$begingroup$
Any word in a pattern so that
you can remove the same chunk from two different places
works as the intermediate word. For example:
RESIGNED→R(ED)ESIGNED→REDESIGN(-ed)
A wordfinder search through Qat is here.
answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
69.3k7 gold badges238 silver badges304 bronze badges
$endgroup$
Any word in a pattern so that
you can remove the same chunk from two different places
works as the intermediate word. For example:
RESIGNED→R(ED)ESIGNED→REDESIGN(-ed)
A wordfinder search through Qat is here.
answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
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answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
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answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
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answered 9 hours ago
Deusovi♦Deusovi
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It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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– Michael Moschella
6 hours ago
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It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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– Michael Moschella
6 hours ago
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It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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– Michael Moschella
6 hours ago
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It seems like you don't even need that, since the intermediate step when the chunk is inserted doesn't seem to have to be a word. For example: rot13(ybtvfg|vp| -> ybt|vp|vfg. Nygubhtu ybtvfg vf abg n jbeq, guvf fgvyy nccrnef gb or inyvq.)
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– Michael Moschella
6 hours ago
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If the word is [Left][Right] turned [Left][Extra chunk][Right], this chunk must be removed from somewhere else. Let's say it consists of six parts, as in [1][2][[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]][3][4] (1 or 4 can be empty):
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [2][Extra chunk 1], it still changes the result as long as [2] != [Extra chunk 2].
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [Extra chunk 2][3], it still changes the result as long as [3] != [Extra chunk 1].
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If the word is [Left][Right] turned [Left][Extra chunk][Right], this chunk must be removed from somewhere else. Let's say it consists of six parts, as in [1][2][[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]][3][4] (1 or 4 can be empty):
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [2][Extra chunk 1], it still changes the result as long as [2] != [Extra chunk 2].
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [Extra chunk 2][3], it still changes the result as long as [3] != [Extra chunk 1].
answered 3 hours ago
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If the word is [Left][Right] turned [Left][Extra chunk][Right], this chunk must be removed from somewhere else. Let's say it consists of six parts, as in [1][2][[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]][3][4] (1 or 4 can be empty):
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [2][Extra chunk 1], it still changes the result as long as [2] != [Extra chunk 2].
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [Extra chunk 2][3], it still changes the result as long as [3] != [Extra chunk 1].
answered 3 hours ago
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If the word is [Left][Right] turned [Left][Extra chunk][Right], this chunk must be removed from somewhere else. Let's say it consists of six parts, as in [1][2][[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]][3][4] (1 or 4 can be empty):
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [2][Extra chunk 1], it still changes the result as long as [2] != [Extra chunk 2].
If [[Extra chunk 1][Extra chunk 2]] = [Extra chunk 2][3], it still changes the result as long as [3] != [Extra chunk 1].
answered 3 hours ago
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