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 common* 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 "BUZZ" into "WORD"?

B U Z Z
. . . .
. . . .
W O R D

* "Common" words are to be determined at the discretion of the author

(In reply to re(2): More solutions in that number by fwaff)

I agree with Trevor..I have never seen the word 'fuze' before, let alone in common usage. My solution has one more step (by the way, yours would considered eight, not seven), but using words that I think everyone will at least agree that they have seen before and know the meaning.

Posted by DJ on 2003-07-07 05:58:46