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Re: Change one letter
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:24 pm
by Dukasaur
scult
Re: Change one letter
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:51 pm
by Votanic
sculp
Duk, what does scult mean?
Re: Change one letter
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:51 pm
by Dukasaur
Votanic wrote:sculp
Duk, what does scult mean?
The free version of the OED won't tell me:
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/scult_n
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It does, however, list it as a noun.
Earliest known use
mid 1500s
The earliest known use of the noun scult is in the mid 1500s.
OED's only evidence for scult is from 1548, in Hall's Vnion.
Anyway, since you went with "sculp", I can now go with:
Sculpt
Re: Change one letter
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:06 pm
by Votanic
Dukasaur wrote:OED's only evidence for scult is from 1548, in Hall's Vnion.
So I guess even one-off typos and misspellings get into the OED, ...if they happened in the 16th Century.
Anyway, now the only way to get out of
sculpt, is to put the game into reverse and go back to...
sculp
Suggestions: scull, scalp, maybe even culp?
Re: Change one letter
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:27 pm
by jusplay4fun
scalp
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:54 am
by Votanic
scarp
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 7:46 pm
by Dukasaur
carp
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 6:47 am
by jusplay4fun
harp
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 12:23 pm
by Votanic
sharp
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 2:34 pm
by jusplay4fun
shard
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 6:04 pm
by Votanic
sard
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 8:53 pm
by jusplay4fun
said
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:54 pm
by Dukasaur
paid
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:19 pm
by jusplay4fun
laid
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:09 am
by jusplay4fun
plaid
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:16 am
by Votanic
plain
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:19 pm
by jusplay4fun
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:00 pm
by Votanic
paint
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:36 pm
by jusplay4fun
faint
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:19 pm
by Votanic
fain
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:29 pm
by Dukasaur
fawn
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:34 pm
by Votanic
faun
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 2:40 am
by jusplay4fun
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 2:48 am
by Votanic
fund
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:17 am
by jusplay4fun
find