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Four-letter Word

The Scientist

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    Simple game. I start with a completely arbitrary four-letter word. The next poster changes one letter of that word to create a new, Merriam-Webster-acknowledged, English word. No repeating words, no acronyms. Proper nouns are meh.

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    Bianca Paragon

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    Risk

    Chachacha! Wonder how long this can fundamentally last before repetitions happen?
     
    digi-kun

    digi-kun

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    we need to get out of these second letter Is XD
     

    Sweet Smoochum

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    Lath

    Noun:
    1. a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
    2. a group or quantity of such strips.
    3. work consisting of such strips.
    4. wire mesh or the like used in place of wooden laths as a backing for plasterwork.
    5. a thin, narrow, flat piece of wood used for any purpose.
    –verb (used with object)
    6. to cover or line with laths.
    Origin:
    bef. 1000; ME la(th)the; r. ME latt, OE lætt; c. G Latte, D lat

    Related forms:
    lathlike, adjective
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    lath (lāth)
    n. pl. laths (lāthz, lāths)

    1.
    1. A thin strip of wood or metal, usually nailed in rows to framing supports as a substructure for plaster, shingles, slates, or tiles.
    2. A building material, such as a sheet of metal mesh, used for similar purposes.
    3. A quantity of laths; lathing.
    4. Work made with or from lath.
    2.
    1. A quantity of laths; lathing.
    2. Work made with or from lath.

    tr.v. lathed, lath·ing, laths
    To build, cover, or line with laths.

    [Middle English latthe, probably alteration (influenced by Welsh llath, rod) of Old English lætt.]
    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
    Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
    Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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    Word Origin & History

    lath
    O.E. *laððe, variant of lætt "lath," apparently from P.Gmc. *laþþo (cf. O.N. latta, M.Du., Ger. latte "lath," M.H.G. lade "plank," which is source of Ger. Laden "counter," hence, "shop").

    lath

    any material fastened to the structural members of a building to provide a base for plaster. Lath can be of wood, metal, gypsum, or insulated board. In older residential buildings, narrow wood strips were generally used.

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