Puzzles with words and things

[hegeland]

Found the first. Don't tell me you've used inflected forms as well!

[hegeland]

I'll put up my first ones. But I think I broke down on McManus, can't put the 'u' in there!
F: Insect-infect
u: cranium-uranium
D: yokel-yodel
a: bob-boa
l: swam-slam
e: dither-either
D: swindled-dwindled
y: springing-syringing
s: next-nest
o: bury-buoy
n: indebted-indented
O: chaps-chops
B: quilt-built
r: thump-trump
i: bowler-boiler
e: limp-lime
n: slagged-snagged
M: devotes-demotes
c: shrew-screw
M: express-empress
a: hotter-hatter
n: juggle-jungle
u: prize-pruze???
s: aerial-serial

Dunn and Meo or Day at the end... + new addition in between

I thought the first was Jugde:

J, INSECT to INJECT
U, CRANIUM to URANIUM
D, YOKEL to YODEL
G, BOB to GOB
E, SWAM to SEAM

[elvaago]

I had Judge also, but perhaps we are both wrong. In any case, I am relieved someone (almost?) solved this. I've got a good 4 hours in this one already and it's breaking my brain!

[snookersfun]

last ones ?
W: neat- weat
y: mouthful-youthful
k: woodworm-woodwork
e: felling- feeling
s: quit-suit
D: aiding-adding
u: revenge-revenue
n: starling-snarling
n: convert- convent
M: slide-slime
e: concerting-concertine?
o: thing-thong

[snookersfun]

I had Judge also, but perhaps we are both wrong. In any case, I am relieved someone (almost?) solved this. I've got a good 4 hours in this one already and it's breaking my brain!

I have two really doubtfuls in there, so don't think I am there...

[elvaago]

Snookersfun, is there anything you can't do? Brilliant at math, superb at languages. Way to go!

[snookersfun]

thanks Elvaago, I'll take that compliment fast, before The Statman takes all my neat words apart in a minute...

[The Statman]

Excellent work snookersfun! Not quite there, but that's good enough for ½ point. I deliberately made Fu and Dale so that they could be Judge, to see if anyone would be wrong-footed

I will give the other ½ to whomever can complete the puzzle.

The following have been correctly answered (within the '?'s, some of the idividual words may have been solved, but not the player in full):

F, insect to infect
U, cranium to uranium
D, yokel to yodel
A, bob to boa
L, swam to slam
E, dither to either
D, swindled to dwindled
Y, springing to syringing
S, next to nest
O, bury to buoy
N, indebted to indented
O, chaps to chops (or chaos)
B, quilt to built
R, thump to trump
I, bowler to boiler
E, limp to lime
N, slagged to snagged
?, devotes to ?
?, shrew to ?
?, express to ?
?, hotter to ?
?, juggle to ?
?, prize to ?
?, aerial to ?
W, (not correctly solved by snookersfun)
Y, mouthful to youthful
K, woodworm to woodwork
E, felling to feeling
S, quit to suit
D, aiding to adding
U, revenge to revenue
N, starling to snarling
N, convert to convent

and now I realise I typed the last one wrong. snookersfun can have first shout:

?, slime to ? (NOT slide as I originally stated!)
?, concerting to ?
?, thing to ?

[Mitsuko]

I can now see why I didn't get the answers I (again) didn't read the question properly

[snookersfun]

D, slime to slide (NOT slide as I originally stated!)
a, concerting to concertina
y, thing to tying

I'll think about the rest

[elvaago]

The last one is DOE.
Slime to Slide, Concerting to Concertino and Thing to Thine. but I don't feel I deserve half a point. :-)

[snookersfun]

e, devotes to devotee
d, shrew to shred
m, express to empress
o, hotter to hooter
n, juggle to jungle
d, prize to pride
s, aerial to serial

[snookersfun]

oh, just saw that as well
W, (not correctly solved by snookersfun)
w: neat-newt

[The Statman]

Congratulations Mitsuko! THe most I had found was the 8 that you cited.

Anyhow, here is the table after Round 12:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
1 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . elvaago
2 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
3 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . rambon
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . The Statman
5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . snookersfun
6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Mitsuko

(We will assume the same principles as in the snooker quiz, whereby you go straight to the top of your new points total to avoid tied positions.)

ROUND THIRTEEN

I was sending a text message the other day and, using predictive text mode, had to scroll through a few words before I came to the one I wanted.

This got me thinking: Which combination of numbers gives the most words? That is to say, what is the most words that share the same number keypad combination.

For example:
4263, game, hand – two words.

I am looking for everyday English words, so there is no need to trawl through the dictionary for the obscure ones.

Most by 3:00 GMT today will win.

[Mitsuko]

4663
Hood, Good, Home, Gone, Hoof