Veni, Vidi, Vici

grass
brass
bras
eras
sear
seer
seed
weed

that's seven...

grass
crass
scars
sears
seers
seeds
weeds
weed

New one:

Enter -> Exit

Originally posted by iamatiger
ah ok if I can only do one of rearrange, add one, drop one I might do

grass
gross
grows
grow
grew
drew
dew
wed
weed

Is there a target number of changes?

again the miss though (I hate to do it, but since I battled, so must you!)

...
grew
drew
...

is a drop and add in one "move"

Originally posted by darvlay
grass
brass
bras
eras
sear
seer
seed
weed

that's seven...

very nicely done!

Originally posted by Alcra
again the miss though (I hate to do it, but since I battled, so must you!)

...
grew
drew
...

is a drop and add in one "move"

this is allowed, isn't it?

Hmm, looks like the original instructions were *One* of rearrange, add one, drop one at a time, and did not include swap one - that does indeed make it a lot harder...

i'd have to go back and check what lewis carrol's original rules were, for now let us assuem that replaving letters is not valid. (the fun lasts longer that way.)

stop ---> go

Originally posted by darvlay
New one:

Enter -> Exit

exit
edit
diet
died
deed
deer
dear
dean
den
dent
dents
dentes
dented
rented
tender
ender
enter

from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=mwmed&q=dens
Main Entry: dens
Pronunciation: 'denz
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural den·tes /'den-"tEz/
: a toothlike process that projects from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis in the spinal column, serves as a pivot on which the atlas rotates, and is morphologically the centrum of the atlas though detached from that vertebra and more or less perfectly united with the next one behind called also odontoid process

Bravo! That was a tough one.

Originally posted by fearlessleader
i'd have to go back and check what lewis carrol's original rules were, for now let us assuem that replaving letters is not valid. (the fun lasts longer that way.)

stop ---> go

stop
top
pot
got
gob
go

back --> front

Originally posted by PBE6
stop
top
pot
got
gob
go

back --> front

back
lack
lock
loc
lot
pot
pod
pond
fond
font
front

i'm not sure all are valid spelllings.
i can probably find a shorter route later.

Originally posted by fearlessleader
i'd have to go back and check what lewis carrol's original rules were, for now let us assuem that replaving letters is not valid. (the fun lasts longer that way.)

stop ---> go

Everyone's solutions seem to involve replacing letters though!

Originally posted by iamatiger
Everyone's solutions seem to involve replacing letters though!

your right.
it's much easier to think in terms of similer words than anagrams.

It's much much harder if you can't swap letters in one go, especially if you only try to use common words.