Word game: Anagrammatic variations

[Randi]

Someone emailed me this...

It is a modified version of anagrams.
Pick a starting word and then continue by changing the order of the letters and/or changing, adding, or deleting one letter.

steamer
(reorder and change e to r)
armrest
(reorder and delete t)
rearms

In addition, we try to have some sort of logical connection between the words.

[Randi]

Time for a fresh

start

[leelaht]

I vote we employ an (+i)

artist

to illustrate the literary thread.

[Randi]

That's a tempting idea. Obviously a (-s, +e)

ratite

will not help get this topic off the ground.

[jil]

Unless the artist drew it in interesting

attire

[pommystuart]

Some people may get (-t)

irate

at the sight of an artist with no attire.

[leelaht]

I think using an (+g)

aigret

as an item of attire would be pretty interesting.

[Randi]

And perhaps a (i to n)

garnet

necklace since garnet is the January birthstone.

[jil]

(+d)

Granted

[leelaht]

Oooo, I can see it... a garnet carved in the shape of a (+o)

dragonet.

These "little dragons" are generally very colorful and possess cryptic patterns. Their bodies are elongated and scaleless. This is a ruby dragonet.

[pommystuart]

I saw that second last reply and just (-t)

groaned

[leelaht]

Who wants to be a (-a +s)

snodger?

(the Aussie variety not the Scottish (yuck - but common this time of year in the northern lats, maybe southern too if you suffer from hay fever))

[espross]

Thank you, leelaht, for the dragonet, and pommystuart, for the snodger. Anagrammatic Variations introduces us to such an array of

wonders

(less g more w)

[pommystuart]

And, it also (-r)

endows

with a depth of knowledge as deep as the mariana trench.

Thanks Leelaht, never heard of 'snodger'

[leelaht]

Interesting Scottish words abound... Donsie (w for i), weason (d for a), but give a (w for c)

second

to pick one

[espross]

If, with our endowment, we add a Scottish wing to this lexicographic museum, we may need to hire a second

docent

(t for s)

[pommystuart]

I hope the docent is familiar with the

coden

used in the library.

[leelaht]

If not, ze may get (+k)

conked

in the head by a falling misplaced library item.

[Randi]

I guess we better add some training to the (-n, +t)

docket

[pommystuart]

Whos (d2p)

pocket

is that money going to come out of?