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

(I did it in 6 steps)

LONE
GONE
GOND
GOLD
WOLD
WOLF

A Gond is a member of a Dravidian people of central India (I just happened to know that--yeah, right).

Posted by Bryan on 2003-06-06 10:46:06