Veni, Vidi, Vici

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Posers and Puzzles

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Standard memberBTBasham

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30 Mar 05

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

If common names are allowed, I have it.

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Standard memberslippytoad

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stop
top
to
go

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Standard memberAlcra
Lazy Sod

Everywhere

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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

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Standard memberslippytoad

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why not go straight from tog to got?

Standard memberiamatiger

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Originally posted by slippytoad
why not go straight from [b]tog to got?[/b]
nive one everyone! surely

stop
top
to
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!

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Standard memberdarvlay

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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...

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Standard memberPBE6
Bananarama

False berry

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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

Standard memberNemesio
Ursulakantor

Pittsburgh, PA

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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.

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Standard memberslippytoad

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1 edit

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Standard memberAlcra
Lazy Sod

Everywhere

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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!

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Standard memberdarvlay

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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.

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Standard memberfearlessleader

my head

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

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

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Standard memberAlcra
Lazy Sod

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01 Apr 05

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...