Veni, Vidi, Vici

iamatiger

Posers and Puzzles

16 Mar 05 17:20

BTBasham

Joined: 09 Jan 04
Moves: 12073

30 Mar 05 05:01

Stop
Top
To
Toe
Tore
Ore
Gore
Egor - is that allowed?
Ego
Go

If common names are allowed, I have it.

slippytoad

Joined: 09 Feb 05
Moves: 6175

30 Mar 05 13:14

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to
go

Alcra

Lazy Sod

Everywhere

Joined: 12 Oct 04
Moves: 8623

30 Mar 05 13:56

Originally posted by slippytoad
stop
top
to
go

The jury is still out on the "replacing letters" bit, but if I may borrow from you:

stop
top
to
tog (informal: A coat or cloak.)
toga
goat
got
go

slippytoad

Joined: 09 Feb 05
Moves: 6175

30 Mar 05 14:42

why not go straight from tog to got?

iamatiger

Joined: 26 Apr 03
Moves: 26771

30 Mar 05 19:51

Originally posted by slippytoad
why not go straight from [b]tog to got?[/b]

nive one everyone! surely

stop
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tog
got
go

must be the fastest possible. Lewis Carrols original game, if it was called doublets, seems (on a google search) not to have allowed adding or removing letters, so the word length could not be changed. So I think we might have to make up our own rules for this variant - I wuite like not being able to replace letters, it is much harder!

darvlay

Joined: 05 Jan 04
Moves: 45179

30 Mar 05 21:46

1 edit

Okay, here's the next one (a little difficult so I will allow the changing of letters):

Coke -> Pepsi

EDIT - I got it in four, I guess it's not that hard...

PBE6

Bananarama

False berry

Joined: 14 Feb 04
Moves: 28719

30 Mar 05 21:58

Originally posted by darvlay
Okay, here's the next one (a little difficult so I will allow the changing of letters):

Coke -> Pepsi

EDIT - I got it in four, I guess it's not that hard...

coke
poke
pope
pipe
pipes
pepsi

turn --> coat

Nemesio

Ursulakantor

Pittsburgh, PA

Joined: 05 Mar 02
Moves: 34824

31 Mar 05 05:12

1 edit

Originally posted by PBE6
turn --> coat

Very easy:

Turn
1) Torn
2) Tort
3) Fort
4) Foot
5) Coot
6) Coat

Anger --> Peace

Edit: No rearranging letters, only replacing.

slippytoad

Joined: 09 Feb 05
Moves: 6175

31 Mar 05 07:03

1 edit

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Alcra

Lazy Sod

Everywhere

Joined: 12 Oct 04
Moves: 8623

31 Mar 05 15:18

Originally posted by Nemesio
Very easy:

Turn
1) T[b]orn
2) Tort
3) Fort
4) Foot
5) Coot
6) Coat

Anger --> Peace

Edit: No rearranging letters, only replacing.[/b]

Bet you a rec it cannot be done!

darvlay

Joined: 05 Jan 04
Moves: 45179

31 Mar 05 15:46

Originally posted by Alcra
Bet you a rec it cannot be done!

I can't even find a word after 'anger'... However I have solved the puzzle using the strictly rearranging/dropping and adding method.

fearlessleader

my head

Joined: 03 Oct 03
Moves: 671

31 Mar 05 20:40

http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html

you might count it as cheeting, but it may liven things up a bit.

Alcra

Lazy Sod

Everywhere

Joined: 12 Oct 04
Moves: 8623

01 Apr 05 10:20

Originally posted by darvlay
I can't even find a word after 'anger'... However I have solved the puzzle using the strictly rearranging/dropping and adding method.

I got from anger to angel with only the swapping of letters, but no further...