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)

Perhaps I shouldn't put how many steps it took me, because it seems people will make up words, or find obscure ones, to try to fit it in. None of these problems (I know there's only one, but I have a series of them) use any words most people will not have heard before.

Posted by DJ on 2003-06-07 08:02:29