What's this word? It names a place where many people live.
Change a letter, it's a person no one will forgive.
Lose a letter, it's a popular vacation place;
Change a letter and it means "too loud" or "in your face."
Change a letter, it's an action that I guarantee
You have never taken. Tell me what this word may be!
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1$\begingroup$ Is the letter order always preserved, as individual letters are changed or removed? $\endgroup$– wildBillMunsonJan 10, 2017 at 20:15
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1$\begingroup$ @wildBillMunson Yes. No anagramming is involved. $\endgroup$– DLoscJan 10, 2017 at 20:23
2 Answers
The answer is
PARISH.
Explanation:
A PARISH is a place where many people live.
A PARIAH is someone nobody will forgive.
PARIS is a popular vacation place.
GARISH is too loud or in your face
And if you had PERISHed, you wouldn't be reading the riddle in the first place!
The answer is
PARISH
Change a letter:
PARIAH
Lose a letter:
PARIS
Change a different letter:
GARISH
But an action that I guarantee? Haven't solved that bit yet.
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$\begingroup$ I'm guessing you couldn't come up with the final letter change to make it work? $\endgroup$– dcfyjJan 10, 2017 at 20:29
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$\begingroup$ I couldn't get that bit. Didn't know that the word Deusovi gives, which is surely correct, could be used as a noun, but apparently it is in informal Australian English. $\endgroup$– h34Jan 10, 2017 at 20:35