A puzzler for you English buffs

[NightTrain]

I'm thinking of a six-letter word. If you add a seventh letter, its meaning becomes the opposite of what it was originally. Can you figure out what that six-letter word is?

HINT: You add the seventh letter to neither the beginning nor the end of the original word.

[Bertha Venation]

1. Have you been listening to Saturday morning NPR/PRI?

Heheh. ;)

I haven't the foggiest, NT.

[On the Road]

2. Hmmm....

Adding it to the middle of the word is tricky. It's hard to even think of a good search strategy.

[blondeatlast]

3. Saw your thread a while ago and I'm still flustered.

Hint?

Pretty please?

Does the winner get an exclusive on the NT-LH hookup???

[blondeatlast]

4. At least tell us if the single letter is a vowel or consonant?

I'm gonna start tearing out my hair . . .

[NightTrain]

5. Two more hints

1. The extra letter is a consonant.

2. The original six-letter word can be extanded to eight letters. The only difference is that the eight-letter word is in the past tense.

[loftycity]

6. Pilick-pilicked

[Shanty Oilish]

7. How about create and cremate?

That works. :)

[NightTrain]

8. Very good! Not what I was thinking of, though.

OK, one last hint: The six-letter word starts with "P."

[qwertyMike]

9. I think the 'cremate'

should be a WINNER

so there

[NightTrain]

10. Is "cremate" an eight-letter word?

:think:

[jpgray]

11. purify/putrify ?

[jpgray]

12. So am I right or wrong?

I already know I'm impatient. :)

[burrowowl]

13. I think you are right

better opposites than create and cremate.

[NightTrain]

15. WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

:bounce: :party: :yourock:

[jpgray]

16. Hooray! You can't see now, but I'm doing my victory dance (nt)

[Shanty Oilish]

17. Uh oh!

Don't want to sound like a sore runner-up but...the word is spelled putrefy. :spank:

[camero]

14. pelate/prelate