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#1 2009-01-25 17:42:33

Jai Ganesh
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Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis:

Metamorphosis the name of a game where one word is transformed into another, step-by-step. The Rules of the Game:
1. Only one letter of the word may be changed at each step.
2. Every step should produce a meaningful word in English language, proper nouns and prefixes (anti-, di-, tri-, pre-, meta- etc.); suffixex (-ism, -tion, -ness etc.) are not permitted.
3. The person who first solves the puzzle is the winner, but if some other person can give a solution in a fewer number of steps, he or she takes the first place displacing the winner.


Illustration:
Challenge #0:- Change 'One' to 'End'.
Solution:
One
Ode
Odd
Add
And
End

Challenge #1. Change 'Four' to 'Five'


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#2 2009-01-26 00:08:20

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

FOUR
LOUR
LOUD
LORD
LORE
LOVE
LIVE
FIVE

NB: “Lour” is an old-fashioned spelling of “lower” as a verb (rhymes with “shower”). It is in the dictionary.

Challenge #2: Change HORN to TUBA.

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#3 2009-01-26 00:42:55

Identity
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Re: Metamorphosis

HORN
CORN
CORE
CURE
CUBE
CUBA
TUBA

Challenge #3: Change RATS to STAR

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#4 2009-01-26 00:56:15

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Re: Metamorphosis

Identity wrote:

CUBA

Proper names are not allowed. You did not read the rules. shame

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-01-26 01:59:21)

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#5 2009-01-26 01:21:06

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Metamorphosis

Reply to Challenge # 2:
HORN
CORN
CORE
CURE
CUBE
TUBE
TUBA


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6 2009-01-26 01:43:35

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Metamorphosis

Challenge #3:
ONE to TWO

(Replacing Identity's Challenge #3, which can be posted after the member succeeds in the challenge.)


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#7 2009-01-26 12:17:43

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

ONE
OWE
OWL
OIL
NIL
NIT
NOT
TOT
TOO
TWO

Challenge #4: READ a BOOK.

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#8 2009-01-26 12:24:10

mathsyperson
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Re: Metamorphosis

READ
ROAD
ROAM
ROOM
BOOM
BOOK

Challenge #5: PLAY a TUNE.


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#9 2009-01-26 13:06:49

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

PLAY
SLAY
SLAT
SEAT
SENT
RENT
RUNT
RUNE
TUNE

Challenge #6: RIDE a PONY.

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#10 2009-01-26 23:54:22

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Metamorphosis

RIDE
RICE
RACE
LACE
LANE
LINE
FINE
FIND
FOND
POND
PONY

Challenge #7: SHUT to OPEN


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#11 2009-01-27 02:14:42

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

SHUT
SHOT
SHOD
SHED
SEED
DEED
DYED
EYED
EYES
EVES
EVEN
OVEN
OPEN

Challenge #8: Turn BROWN into GREEN.

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#12 2009-01-31 01:19:33

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

Challenge #9: SAIL AWAY!

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#13 2009-01-31 01:51:04

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Metamorphosis

JaneFairfax,
For continuing the game by posting the solution....
ty23.jpg


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#14 2009-01-31 02:06:09

JaneFairfax
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#15 2009-01-31 02:36:30

Identity
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Re: Metamorphosis

#10: STOP to MOVE

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#16 2009-01-31 02:49:58

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

You did it in 14 steps. My solution involves 7 steps. Wanna know what it is? tongue

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#17 2009-01-31 06:09:34

careless25
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Re: Metamorphosis

9 the shorter version

Read to Work?

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#18 2009-01-31 14:10:37

JaneFairfax
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#19 2009-01-31 14:18:16

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

Identity wrote:

#10: STOP to MOVE

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#20 2009-01-31 14:52:49

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Re: Metamorphosis

it is...
1  : a member of a people living primarily in Myanmar and southern China   
2  : the Thai language of the Shan 
does it count?

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#21 2009-01-31 15:12:11

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

ganesh wrote:

proper nouns … are not permitted.

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-04-14 00:43:11)

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#22 2009-02-03 02:45:23

JaneFairfax
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#23 2009-02-03 08:44:55

careless25
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Re: Metamorphosis

k so what the next puzzle?

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#24 2009-02-11 09:56:46

JaneFairfax
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Re: Metamorphosis

careless25 wrote:

Read to Work?

That should be #10. Here’s a new one:

Challenge #11: PLAY with FIRE tongue

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#25 2009-02-11 11:36:02

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Re: Metamorphosis

#12 PENCIL to ERASER!

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