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Words in Common 3 (Posted on 2003-09-03) Difficulty: 5 of 5
What do the following words have in common?

spy, babe, tree, wavy, skate, loyal, steep, ponder

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hmm | Comment 10 of 14 |
Here are all the possible words that can be made from each of these words, by changing a single letter into another single letter (and the letters used):
spy:

?py: - -
s?y: say shy sky sly soy sty a h k l o
sp?: spa a


babe:
?abe - -
b?be - -
ba?e bade bake bale bane bare base bate d k l n r s t
bab? babu baby u y

tree:
?ree bree dree free gree pree b d f g p
t?ee thee h
tr?e true u
tre? tref trek trey f k y

wavy:
?avy cavy navy c n
w?vy - -
wa?y wany wary waxy n r x
wav? wave e

skate:
?kate - -
s?ate slate spate state l p t
sk?te - -
ska?e - -
skat? - -

loyal:
?oyal royal r
l?yal - -
lo?al local loral c r
loy?l - -
loya? - -

steep:
?teep - -
s?eep sheep sleep sweep h l w
st?ep strep r
ste?p - -
stee? steed steek steel steer d k l r

ponder:
?onder bonder fonder wonder yonder b f w y
p?nder pander a
po?der polder powder l w
pon?er - -
pond?r - -
ponde? - -


.. Nothing is still apparent, there is no single letter that could be used in all of the words in any spot, let alone in the same position. So, I haven't looked at anything else, but I'm still clueless..
  Posted by DJ on 2003-09-08 01:06:27
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