Welcome to PYRAWORD
For rules please see this thread. =)

The first ever game begins Feb 26, at 12:01 am.
The first ever word to begin the game is

MAY

May
MAIL

may
mail
maize

[This message has been edited by anniedt (edited 02-26-2001).]

may
mail
maize
Maiden

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...and I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues !!

may
mail
maize
maiden = meadin -m+r = readin +g
reading

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading : d becomes k, add a b ;
breaking

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking (K will become a Y, add a T)
BETRAYING

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering (Y changes to H add an L)

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering
Brotherling (Change the A to an O and add a R)

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...and I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues !!

Well, "brotherling" isn't in the game's official dictionary. So, I'm still building off of "blathering"

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering (Turn the B into an L, and let's add an "N")
ENTHRALLING

12 hours remain for building on this PYRAWORD

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering
ENTHRALLING

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering
ENTHRALLING

All-Or-Nothing (Add an 'O' and change an 'E to an 'O')

The rules do not state if Hyphernated words are allowed, so I guess this entry will fall into a nice big grey area !!

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...and I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues !!

LOL!
Sypher, you are the king of loopholes and irregularities!
I love it!
This time I will let it stand. Your entry is valid.
This has been a great week for working out rules etc..
I;m glad there is some postive response.
As for rules:
The biggest change I am thinking of implementing is making it ok to post after 12 hours instead of 24.
2 point entries would then expire after 24 hours instead of 36.
It might help move the game along.
oh and when the "official" March edition of PYRAWORD debuts, I think ther will be a no hyphenated words rule thrown in =)

I was thinking of maybe having weekly winners, and monthly winners (just by keeping a running total from day one)
We'll see on that one....

and now as to the game at hand,
Sypher posted last, at 02-28-2001 10:42 AM , so this will become a 2 pointer at 03-01-2001 10:42 PM, unless someone can build another layer...

may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering
enthralling
ALL-OR-NOTHING

[This message has been edited by Jabberwock (edited 02-28-2001).]

I like these changes Jabberwock. And I totally agree with the non-hyphenated words rule. Ready for a new game.

Do you know how long it took me to find that entry ? I found several 13 letter entries and a couple of 12 letter entries, but the 12 letter ones needed two letters to change and not one....

Don't forget Jabb....you might want to have a thread so everyone can boast or challenge or whatever !!

yes, thank you Sypher, a "chat" thread will be added for next week. Good point.
Watch for a new thread with the revised rules this weekend.

TIME HAS ELAPSED. The final PYRAWORD is
may
mail
maize
maiden
reading
breaking
betraying
blathering
enthralling
ALL-OR-NOTHING

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SCORES
__MrYeti-1
_anniedt-1
___gtho4-1
______jw-1
___Pling-1
Thunder2-2
__Sypher-3

Thanks to all for playing this beta round!!!

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Gonna start a new thread for Match 1, Round 2
edit myself in here and give you a lin kto the new thread http://www.funtrivia.com/forums/Forum15/HTML/000407.html
Let's try it with the revised rules for the tag end of this week.
Biggest change is 12 hour timeslots.
check out the revision.
=)

[This message has been edited by Jabberwock (edited 03-01-2001).]