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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
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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
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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
CUBA
Proper names are not allowed. You did not read the rules. 
Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-01-26 01:59:21)
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#5 2009-01-26 01:21:06
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Challenge #9: SAIL AWAY!
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#13 2009-01-31 01:51:04
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Re: Metamorphosis
JaneFairfax,
For continuing the game by posting the solution....
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
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#15 2009-01-31 02:36:30
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Re: Metamorphosis
#10: STOP to MOVE
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#16 2009-01-31 02:49:58
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Re: Metamorphosis
You did it in 14 steps. My solution involves 7 steps. Wanna know what it is? 
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#17 2009-01-31 06:09:34
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Re: Metamorphosis
9 the shorter version
Read to Work?
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#18 2009-01-31 14:10:37
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#19 2009-01-31 14:18:16
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#10: STOP to MOVE
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#20 2009-01-31 14:52:49
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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
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Re: Metamorphosis
proper nouns are not permitted.
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#22 2009-02-03 02:45:23
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#23 2009-02-03 08:44:55
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Re: Metamorphosis
k so what the next puzzle?
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#24 2009-02-11 09:56:46
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Re: Metamorphosis
Read to Work?
That should be #10. Heres a new one:
Challenge #11: PLAY with FIRE
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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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