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							Tue 16 Sep, 2008 06:27 pm
						
						
					
					
					
						Find a two-syllable word whose letters can rearrange to make a one-syllable word.
					
				 
				
						
														
					
												4th grade?  Seriously?  I'm usually pretty good at this kind of thing but this was tough.
The only thing I've come up with is SADDER = DREADS.
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
													@Rockhead,
												That's a good one, Rockhead!
											
 
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
													@littlek,
												Another good one!
I was just browsing djjd's unnecessary knowledge thread and came across:
Desserts = stressed
											
 
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												eat DATES and you will be SATED
											
					
				 
																			
						
														
					
													@patiodog,
												get MATED and you will be TAMED
											
 
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
													@Rockhead,
												in TONED, de NOTED
but i've got to get out of the past tense.  that's cheating...
but I can't relate STEER to RESET, short of a tawdry reference to castration...
											
 
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												bleats, ablest
but I suppose ablest might be 3 syllables, depending on accent -- like "fork" has two parts in The Foreigner...
											
					
				 
																									
						
														
					
												how about, she who is DONEST is she who is most STONED?
****, dude, I'm done.  
no, ****, man, i'm doner.  kabob?
sounds good.  whoa, i'm donest.
4th grade, you said?