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     Family 135
              bird              curd             herd                heard               word           onward
               gird             turd             nerd             overheard             byword          upward
              third            absurd                                Byrd
                 1                 2                3                   4                   5               6
                                                                                                      Family 136
                surf          ,  .  ~~ r:                  serf                               Murph
                                      .,_,
                             ~;q -~
                            •
                                _€5
                                 -
                       turf
                       scurf
                          1                                   2                                   3
                                                                                                      Family 137
                  merge                      gurge                      dirge                     scourge
                  serge                      purge
                  verge                       urge
                 emerge                     spurge
                 diverge                    splurge
                     1                          2                          3                          4
                                                                                                      Family 138
             clerk            irk          shirk            lurk          work           Burke          cirque
             jerk           chirk          smirk           murk
             perk           quirk                          Turk
               1               2              3               4              5              6               7
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