GAME: MindTrap

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Let's step up up a bit.


In a word meld, you are given one word to try to change into another, one step at a time. Each step consists of changing one letter of the word into another while still having a true English word. For example, one step would be to change the word "PIE" to "PIT." Another step could change "PIT" to "POT," and so on.

What is the fewest number of steps in which you can change "LONE" to "WOLF"?
L O N E. . . .. . . .W O L F

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My shot is....

Lone - Line - Wine - Wile - Will - Woll - Wolf = 7

John

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Originally Posted by Atodini

My shot is....

Lone - Line - Wine - Wile - Will - Woll - Wolf = 7

John

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If "woll" counts I've got it in 6:
Lone
Pone
Pole
Poll
Woll
Wolf

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Originally Posted by Mindwarp

If "woll" counts I've got it in 6:
Lone
Pone
Pole
Poll
Woll
Wolf

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Yup! checked it with the Concise Oxford and dictionary.com

However pone is not in the Concise Oxford but is in dictionary.com??

John

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Originally Posted by Atodini

Yup! checked it with the Concise Oxford and dictionary.com

However pone is not in the Concise Oxford but is in dictionary.com??

John

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Random House Webster says
pone n.
1. the player on the dealer's right. Cf. eldest hand.
2. the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Let's step up up a bit.


In a word meld, you are given one word to try to change into another, one step at a time. Each step consists of changing one letter of the word into another while still having a true English word. For example, one step would be to change the word "PIE" to "PIT." Another step could change "PIT" to "POT," and so on.

What is the fewest number of steps in which you can change "LONE" to "WOLF"?
L O N E. . . .. . . .W O L F

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Or:
Lone
Lore
Lord
Word
Wold
Wolf
These words are all common knowledge.

Oh wow, this thread is still alive... :sad:

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

Oh wow, this thread is still alive... :sad:

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We're pushing for 2000 posts in this thread. :thumbs:

I should have been more precise in my question.

How's this: those who had 6 (the lowest expected number) will get 3 points if I can find the words online somewhere, even if obsolete or archaic.

But there is a way to do it in 6 also, with commonly used english words.

Those answers will be worth 5 points each.



So far, Minwarp gets 6 for both her submissions ("wold" is still considered Old English, I'm afraid - not common enough).

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

Oh wow, this thread is still alive... :sad:

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And you're back...welcome home !!!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by edball

And you're back...welcome home !!!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Try as you might, you can never really leave. :devil:

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

Oh wow, this thread is still alive... :sad:

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I remember you!

Weren't you a contender for the 5 best rankings at one time?

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

I remember you!

Weren't you a contender for the 5 best rankings at one time?

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I'm not looking back. Give us a new question and I will start trying again... :bor:

Oh, and what's all this talk about 2000?

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

Oh, and what's all this talk about 2000?

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Isn't this going to be some sort of record???

Do you think we can do it in the next 10 minutes???

WOTPP untie (or is that unite, whatever)... :bor: