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Word Meld 2 (Posted on 2003-07-04)

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

Submitted by DJ

Rating: 4.2222 (9 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

I did it in 9 steps:

BUZZ FUZZ FUTZ PUTZ PUTS PATS PARS WARS WARD WORD
Other people came up with 7-step answers using 'fuze' as a word:
buzz buzz buzz buzz fuzz fuzz fuzz fuzz fuze fuze fuze fuze faze faze faze faze fare fare fare fare fore fore ware ware wore ford wore ward word word word word

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Subject	Author	Date
solution	K Sengupta	2007-03-05 03:53:57
re(6): More solutions in that number	fwaff	2003-07-07 22:23:22
re(5): More solutions in that number	DJ	2003-07-07 16:49:22
re(4): More solutions in that number	Charlie	2003-07-07 08:25:18
re(3): More solutions in that number	DJ	2003-07-07 05:58:46
re(2): More solutions in that number	fwaff	2003-07-06 21:48:01
re: More solutions in that number	Trevor Leitch	2003-07-04 23:27:17
More solutions in that number	Charlie	2003-07-04 08:03:58
D'oh... 7 step solution	fwaff	2003-07-04 07:27:09
8-step solution	fwaff	2003-07-04 07:20:43

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