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Comment by __MatrixMan__

2 days ago

Here's a challenge: find something to subtract from "hammer" which does not result in a word that has "gun" as a substring. I've been unsuccessful so far.

Gun related stuff works: bullet, holster, barrel

Other stuff that works: key, door, lock, smooth

Some words that result in "flintlock": violence, anger, swing, hit, impact

hammer - keyboard = hammerhead

Makes no sense, admittedly!

- dulcimer and - zither are both in firmly in .*gun.* territory it seems..

if I'm allowed only 1 something, I can't find anything either, if I'm allowed a few somethings, "hammer - wine - beer - red - child" will get you there. Guessing given that a gun has a hammer and is also a tool, it's too heavily linked in the small dataset.