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
HONE
HOLE
HOLD
HOOD
WOOD or HOOF
WOOF
WOLF

Posted by Lawrence on 2003-08-24 17:22:22