Words within a Word

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Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 20:14 on 12th January 2009 Example: How many words containing at least two characters can you make out of the letters in: Pictures of England Once you are done, you must think of another Word to post. Edited by: Diana Sinclair at:12th January 2009 20:16 My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 20:47 on 12th January 2009 If I understand your rules correctly Diana, your example is going to end up with hundreds of words if we're allowed to choose any letters we want. Is that what you meant? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 21:21 on 12th January 2009 Oh dear; well, you are quite right Paul. Perhaps we should limit it to one word rather than phrases, and all subsequent words made from that one word must be at least three characters...or we could just forget this thread! LOL! I'll start again with one word: Example: Forest rest fort rose set test fret Maybe this one was a bad idea? LOL!!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
MariaGrazia Posts: 711 Joined: 25th Mar 2008 Location: Italy	quotePosted at 21:41 on 12th January 2009 It can yield hundreds of combinations but not of words as but most of them are meaningless, aren't they? Frost :) My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 14:34 on 13th January 2009 Soft Fro (as in to and fro) LOL! I can't see any more Maria. That was a tough one. English My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
MariaGrazia Posts: 711 Joined: 25th Mar 2008 Location: Italy	quotePosted at 16:22 on 13th January 2009 'Frost' was meant as an addition to your list out of 'forest' actually :) My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:23 on 13th January 2009 Oh. LOL! Hi Maria! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Richard Sellers Posts: 4691 Joined: 16th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:27 on 13th January 2009 Hi Maria ! i have no idea where you girls get this stuff....! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:49 on 13th January 2009 It's called a dictionary Rhett. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 17:49 on 13th January 2009 Far too intelligent for me! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions