What are the rules for the Word Chain threads?

[TriXteRPhillips]

I figured out the Post Office rules on my own, but I'll be damned if I can figure out the rules for the Word Chain game thread.

Could someone please enlighten me as to how the Word Chain threads work?

UPDATE: Word Chain Rules:

The word chain rules per Dianthus [added to the this thread by Emmeline]:

Here are the rules:
Use the last 2 letters of the word (in order) in the last post to start your new word.
If you can't start a word with the last 2 letters, use the last 3 letters (in order).
In extremis, use the last one!

Please leave a word that has possibilities!

For example:

Elevator ~ Order

Whoever posts the next word should start it with "er."
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UPDATE: Post Office Rules via Emmeline


For the 5 letter post office: you change one letter to make a new 5 letter word

For example: I play “shark”, the next person would change a letter to make a word like ”spark”

Clear as mud? Lol

ADDENDUM: You can also rearrange the letter order after changing one letter. For example: The person above plays "shark," the following person can change a letter and the letter order to play a word like "barks."

 

[NotWise]

post a word that begins with the last two letters of the previously posted word.

 

[Emmeline]

The word chain rules per Dianthus:

Here are the rules:
Use the last 2 letters of the word (in order) in the last post to start your new word.
If you can't start a word with the last 2 letters, use the last 3 letters (in order).
In extremis, use the last one!

Please leave a word that has possibilities!

For example:

Elevator ~ Order

Whoever posts the next word should start it with "er."

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

Thank you for both for the explinations you both provided me.

It seems the basic rule should have been something easy enough to discern on my own.

In my defense, I blame a lack of caffeine at the time of m original post... )

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Ok, I must be dumb. I can't figure out Post Office at all. Pls explain. Unless that's the point.

 

[Emmeline]

Ok, I must be dumb. I can't figure out Post Office at all. Pls explain. Unless that's the point.

For the 5 letter post office: you change one letter to make a new 5 letter word

For example: I play “shark”, the next person would change a letter to make a word like ”spark”

Clear as mud? Lol

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

For the 5 letter post office: you change one letter to make a new 5 letter word

For example: I play “shark”, the next person would change a letter to make a word like ”spark”

Clear as mud? Lol

Emmeline, I would like to add your description of the rules for Post Office to my oigianl post. I think it will come in handy for other/future forum memebers who are unsure of how to play those game threads. Would you mind if I add it to my original post? Also, could you add an example to your orignal post that I quoted here using "shark" to make a word with a different letter arrangment, like maybe "barks." I ask becuase I don't want to step on your toes, so to speak, by editing the content of your post without permission.

 

[Emmeline]

Emmeline, I would like to add your description of the rules for Post Office to my oigianl post. I think it will come in handy for other/future forum memebers who are unsure of how to play those game threads. Would you mind if I add it to my original post? Also, could you add an example to your orignal post that I quoted here using "shark" to make a word with a different letter arrangment, like maybe "barks." I ask becuase I don't want to step on your toes, so to speak, by editing the content of your post without permission.

Sure go for it

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

Sure go for it

Awesome.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Awesome.

If you go to the first page of any word game thread, you will find the rules for that game.

We have been playing these games for years, however, and are sometimes very loose with the rules so as to make more interesting words and avoid getting into the rut of the same words repeating incessantly.

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

If you go to the first page of any word game thread, you will find the rules for that game.

We have been playing these games for years, however, and are sometimes very loose with the rules so as to make more interesting words and avoid getting into the rut of the same words repeating incessantly.

What counts as the first page of any word game thread? I ask becuase neither Word Chain, The Return Of nor Post Office [9] have the game's rules at the time of this post.

I'd imagine after years of play, you have to do something to keep things interesting with the word games. Well, short of being able to make up words and insert them directly into the English language.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I'd imagine after years of play, you have to do something to keep things interesting with the word games. Well, short of being able to make up words and insert them directly into the English language.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

 

[Handley_Page]

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

You simply cannot beat a good Burble

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

If you go to the first page of any word game thread, you will find the rules for that game.

We have been playing these games for years, however, and are sometimes very loose with the rules so as to make more interesting words and avoid getting into the rut of the same words repeating incessantly.

What counts as the first page of any word game thread? I ask becuase neither Word Chain, The Return Of nor Post Office [9] have the game's rules at the time of this post.

I'd imagine after years of play, you have to do something to keep things interesting with the word games. Well, short of being able to make up words and insert them directly into the English language.

I also couldn't find an explanation on the first page.

And, yes the rules must be pretty liberally interpreted. How, fo example do you get from "clans" to "answer"?

I must be especially thick.

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

I also couldn't find an explanation on the first page.

And, yes the rules must be pretty liberally interpreted. How, fo example do you get from "clans" to "answer"?

I must be especially thick.

In the example you use, "answer" starts with the last three letters of "clans," instead of the customary last two letters of any given word.

Once things were explained to me, I had a Homer moment. Ie, Doh!

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

For the 5 letter post office: you change one letter to make a new 5 letter word

For example: I play “shark”, the next person would change a letter to make a word like ”spark”

Clear as mud? Lol

In the example you use, "answer" starts with the last three letters of "clans," instead of the customary last two letters of any given word.

Once things were explained to me, I had a Homer moment. Ie, Doh!

So from clans, I can get:

Claws

Clams

Slams (2 letters)

Claps

Flaws

Flaps

Slaps

The last three are all two letters different.

But answer is a six letter word: you've changed two letters and added one.

Still confused. Just trying to participate.

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

So from clans, I can get:

Claws

Clams

Slams (2 letters)

Claps

Flaws

Flaps

Slaps

The last three are all two letters different.

But answer is a six letter word: you've changed two letters and added one.

Still confused. Just trying to participate.

No worries. I think I know where the confusion lies.

In your quote of Emmeline, she is talking about the the Post Office games.

In your quote of me, I am talking about the Word Chain games. I see that I forgot to specify that in my reply.

Also, it seems I further added to the confussion by getting confused myself as to which game you were referring. In my defense, I am new to forums/boards, and am still figuring out my way around them.

My apologies for the added confusion.

At this point, the best thing I can suggest is to read the updates added to my original post that started this thread. One contains the rules for Word Chain games and the other containes the rules for the Post Office games.

Otherwise, I would probably just confuse you more if I tried to clarify things in additional comments/posts.

Again, my apologies. I hope the updates are sufficient to clear up the confusion my confusion caused you, and that they facilitate your desire to participate in the games.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

No worries. I think I know where the confusion lies.

In your quote of Emmeline, she is talking about the the Post Office games.

In your quote of me, I am talking about the Word Chain games. I see that I forgot to specify that in my reply.

Also, it seems I further added to the confussion by getting confused myself as to which game you were referring. In my defense, I am new to forums/boards, and am still figuring out my way around them.

My apologies for the added confusion.

At this point, the best thing I can suggest is to read the updates added to my original post that started this thread. One contains the rules for Word Chain games and the other containes the rules for the Post Office games.

Otherwise, I would probably just confuse you more if I tried to clarify things in additional comments/posts.

Again, my apologies. I hope the updates are sufficient to clear up the confusion my confusion caused you, and that they facilitate your desire to participate in the games.

(Cue wicked guitar riff)

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true...

I'll get it eventually. I'm new here myself.

 

[TriXteRPhillips]

(Cue wicked guitar riff)

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true...

I'll get it eventually. I'm new here myself.

I don't know about you, but, for me, as a new member and being new to forums, there is a lot to learn about and absorb from it.

 

[Handley_Page]

"[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpZ3fCwDEw"](Cue wicked guitar riff)[/URL]

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true..."

So from clans, I can get:

Claws
Clams
Slams (2 letters)
Claps
Flaws
Flaps
Slaps
The last three are all two letters different.
But answer is a six letter word: you've changed two letters and added one.
Still confused. Just trying to participate.

Unfortunately, we all make a few mistakes from timer to time; Sometimes the game gets mixed up (what makes it worse is that nobody twigs it and corrects it).
But you now have seen the Rules, and I hope you will enjoy the game as an innocent diversion.
I suggest you do not use foreign words or slang; it can make for a tricky deal. . .

 

[Emmeline]

I suggest you do not use foreign words or slang; it can make for a tricky deal. . .

*whispers* but I’m allowed...shhhhhh

 

[Handley_Page]

*whispers* but I’m allowed...shhhhhh