#884031 - 04/28/13 10:20 AM
Changelings - hint added for last one
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I think soot has posted some of these in the past, so thanks for the idea, soot.  Change 1 letter at a time to change word 1 into word 2. The number of moves it took me are in parantheses. See if you can meet or, better yet, beat them. Example: To change boy into man: boy, bay, ban, man -1. wine > cask (4) -2. bank > note (4) -3. head > foot (5) -4. leaf > tree (7) -5. black > white (8) (2 solutions by BobH)6. small > great (9) - In my solution the 4th word from the left (3rd move) is "thill" 
Edited by Jema (05/02/13 05:18 AM) Edit Reason: Updated
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#884064 - 04/28/13 12:50 PM
Re: Changelings
[Re: Jema]
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2. bank>bane>bone>none>note
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#884161 - 04/28/13 10:24 PM
Re: Changelings
[Re: Jema]
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4. leaf, leas, lees, fees, feet, fret, free, tree
Lees is a bit iffy but I can see it used in a nautical context, lees and starboards.
I would like to find something better though.
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#884178 - 04/29/13 03:43 AM
Re: Changelings
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Bob  I think your solution is fine. I like it better than I do mine. The only way I found to do it in 7 moves was to use a proper name for the second word. Although, that's allowed, I prefer not to do it. 
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#884603 - 04/30/13 04:26 PM
Re: Changelings
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5. black, slack, shack, shark, shirk, shire, shine, whine, white  Added: If I use the proper name Shane then I have 7. black, slack, shack, shank, Shane, shine, whine, white
Edited by BobH (04/30/13 04:29 PM)
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#884618 - 04/30/13 05:21 PM
Re: Changelings
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Bob, your solutions are correct and I've so noted on the original post. But it can be done in 7 moves without using a proper name. Try sticking with "B" as the first letter for the first 3 moves.  I just realized the above is incorrect. It would still require 8 moves, not 7. 
Edited by Jema (05/03/13 06:20 AM) Edit Reason: correction
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#885117 - 05/02/13 03:42 PM
Re: Changelings
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Wow! I learned a new word today. I didn't know there was a word for that.
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