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I'm posting the lists that Neko and I received by the deadline, with the words grouped alphabetically. If anyone is willing to double-check my counting and/or the spellings and actual existence of the words on the lists, please feel free to do so and PM any corrections/comments to me or Neko. It is encouraging that the Gaia Spellcheck thinks most of them are fine. (Ironic note: the spellchecker doesn't think "Gaia" is correct!)

WInners will be announced as soon as I have time to get them all verified!

When I was a kid, our teachers tried to improve our language skills by having us make as many words as we could from the phrases "Happy Thanksgiving" or "Merry Christmas". Liatha says she did the same thing with her chemistry classes, only they had to use symbols from the Periodic Table of Elements. (Fluorine, Uranium, Carbon and Potassium were NOT permitted in the same word ... get a Periodic Table to see why.) blaugh

In an effort to be politically correct and maintain our Guild theme, we are having a contest to see who can list the most words derived from the phrase "Vash the Stampede"

Rules:
1. Only the letters from the phrase may be used. (AADEEEHHMPSSTTV) You can only use multiples of a letter if the phrase has multiples. (see above list)
2. Words must be at least 4 letters long. ("the" is too short. "them" is fine.)
3. Singular and plural of the same word count as ONE word. (Adding "s" doesn't give you another word.)
4. Proper names are allowed as long as they are from "Trigun".
5. Slang is okay, swear words are not.
6. You may use non-English words, but please tell us the language(s) in case we don't recognize it.
7. Misspelled words (in any language) will not be counted.

Entrants so far:

[ . CoCoa Puffs . ] - 395 <-- first place!
Haxor Vash - 227
Kirameki Toguro - 40
kridnor - 48
methuselah.alchemist - 37
Saiyana2 - 340 <-- second place!
Silvery the Alchemist - 145

PM your completed list to pseudoVash or NekoNyah before December 1st. All entrants will receive a Holographic Eyepiece (any color):

The list with the most words wins their choice of Autumn Glory or Autumn Wings (both worth 30,000+ gold) Other prizes will be added depending upon the number of entries received.

I love to play Scrabble this will be fun

Sounds like fun! Bring it on!

If we do a bunch, but find more later, can we submit an updated list?

{Vash's Edit: Haxor Vash's List}

Ashamed Asthma Asset Ahead Avast Amass Adept Amassed Ashes Adapt Ahem

Date Data Dashes Dash Damp Death Deem Dame Detest Depth Deep Deepest Detests Devastate Dampest

East Eats Eased Eaves Estate Eases Ease Evades Evade Esteem Edema

Heat Heated Heeds Headset Have Haste Heave Heed Hashed Head Heaped Headset Hemp Hated Heath Hath Heap Hash Hasted Hate Heaved Hast

Meet Mast Mated Mead Mattes Meshed Mashed Mate Mesh Messed Made Mash Matted Mass Math Maps Matte Massed Mess Meat Matt Mashes

Paste Peeved Path Psst Pasha Past Phased Passed Phases Peseta Paved Pasta Patted Petted Pads Peeve Pasted Pets Paves Pave Peat Pass Phase Peeves Pest

Seemed Seethe Stead Spasm Staves Seat Step Sedate Seam Stamped Sheep Sedate Sheathe Spade Shaved Sash Septet Spat Stat Smash Shame Sheath Spas Steeped Staph Steed Sees Steep Same Stash Steam Shaped Stem Steamed Sheath Shape Shaves Shed Shade Stampede Sham Stated Save Sped States Sheave Stash Seamed Saves Seeped Shamed Staved Speed Seated She’s Sheet Sesame Sheath Steep State Saved Shave Seed Seamate Seem Stave Spate Shames Seems Stamp Seep Saps Smash Sate

Teem Taps Tamed Tempest Temped These Theme Taste Tamest Tame Thee Temp Tepee Tape Team Test Teethed Teemed Teamed Tamp Teeth Teased Tempted Theta Tease Tamped Taped Them Tastes Tempt Teethe Theses Tested Tempts Tasted That

Vetted Vest Vests Vamped Vamp Vash Vets Vested Vastest Vast Vase

{Word Count: 227 - verified}

I had to do this EVERYDAY in school for english for the past 3 years =)

I just finished and I'm pretty sure I got EVERY possible answer without using plurals.

I'm just so good at this point its rediculous. <3


{Vash's edit: Cocoa Puffs list:}

ahead, admass, ahem, amah, ashed, amas, apes, apse, asps, atap, atma, aahs, amass, aped, aphthae, asset, asea, ates, adapt, adeem, adept, ahed, aptest, avast, adeptest, aesthete, asthma, aphtha, ashamed, amassed, amped,

dame, deem, deep, deme, detest, data, date, dees, deet, damp, deash, death, deave, demast, dahs, dash, deva, deepest, devest, dampest, devastate, depth,

eased, ease, east, eats, etas, emes, epee, estate, eath, eave, etape, eths, eves, edema, edhs, estated, esteem, eaved, epha, evade, edemata, esthete, ephah, emdash,

haes, haet, hast, hate, hats, heat, hest, hets, hadst, haem, hame, hams, haps, hasp, hated, heap, heme, hems, hade, haed, haste, head, heed, hempseed, haha, hash, hastate, hasted, hath, hatted, have, heated, hehs, heth, hashed, heaved, hamate, headset, heath, heave, hemp, hasped, heaped, heptad

maes, masa, mass, mast, mate, mats, matt, meat, meet, mesa, mess, meta, mete, made, mads, masas, massa, masse, matte, mead, meds, meed, mash, massed, masted, math, matted, mesh, messed, metates, meth, masthead, meathead, mated, mattes, mestee, metate, meted, metaphase, metepa, mashed, meshed,

pase, pass, past, pate, pats, peas, peat, pees, pest, pets, psst, pads, passe, pasta, paste, pease, pams, passee, pastes, pated, pattee, peseta, pash, passed, pasted, path, patted, pave, pedate, pehs, pesade, pesetas, petted, phat, pasha, passade, peeve, phase, paved, padshah, pashed, paveed, peeved, phased,

sheepshead, same, saps, sated, seam, seem, seep, seme, sept, sestet, settee, spae, spas, spat, stade, states, stead, steed, stem, step, sate, seas, seat, sees, seta, sets, sett, stat, stet, sash, satem, save, seated, sedate, septa, shea, shes, spate, sped, stated, steam, steep, samp, septet, sesame, shad, shed, sheet, spade, spaed, spam, speed, stash, stave, sade, seed, setae, state, sadhe, savate, saved, seamed, sedatest, seemed, seeped, seethe, septate, shade, sham, spasm, stamp, seethed, shave, sheeted, spahee, spathe, stashed, steeved, steeve, sashed, seatmate, shah, shame, shape, sheep, smash, spatted, staph, staved, steamed, steeped, steepest, saphead, shaved, sheathe, smashed, spathed, stampede, stepdame, sheathed, sheaved, shamed, shaped, sheath, sheave, sheesh, sheeve, spasmed, stamped,

tass, tate, tats, teas, teat, tees, test, tets, tame, tams, tapa, tape, taps, tasset, team, teem, tepa, testae, testee, tsade, tsetse, tads, tasse, taste, tease, teds, teed, testa, tasted, tavs, teased, teated, tepee, tested, teth, thae, that, thee, tamed, tamest, tamp, taped, tapeta, teeth, temp, these, theta, theme, thesp, teamed, teemed, teethe, tempt, them, tamped, teethed, tempest, tempested, themes, tempeh, tempted, themed

vamped, vasa, vase, vast, vats, vees, vest, vets, vesta, vastest, vatted, vested, vetted, veep, vestee, vamp, vedette

{Not allowed: devs, eses, hahs, mestees (plural), matsah (misspelled)
word count: 395 -- verified}

what if adding an s at the end doesn't pluralize a word? It changes a passive verb to an active one? Also what about archaic or obscure spellings?

Yay, I love this kind of stuff. *is happy* Good luck everyone!