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Word Meld 1 (Posted on 2003-06-06)

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)

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

Rating: 4.4167 (12 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
5 steps	Dej Mar	2007-03-05 16:43:03
5 steps	Dej Mar	2007-03-05 16:42:55
answer	K Sengupta	2007-03-05 03:50:14
Six is good enough	Lawrence	2003-08-24 17:22:22
re(5): Out and about	FatBoy	2003-08-13 14:24:25
solution in 5	FatBoy	2003-08-13 14:14:26
re(2): solution	fwaff	2003-06-12 00:59:11
re: solution	Charlie	2003-06-10 08:10:53
solution	hemalatha	2003-06-10 01:33:05
LONE to WOLF in three steps!	Bryan	2003-06-09 05:17:34
Seven Step Solution!!!	ryan smith	2003-06-08 20:38:29
Another non-obscure 6-step solution	Charlie	2003-06-08 04:56:42
re(4): Out and about	Gamer	2003-06-07 12:24:50
No Subject	DJ	2003-06-07 08:02:29
steps	mitali	2003-06-07 06:42:13
re(3): Out and about	Charlie	2003-06-07 06:24:51
re: Four steps	Gamer	2003-06-07 03:08:19
Four steps	Tim Axoy	2003-06-07 02:51:48
A soln in six steps; anybody do better?	mark hartman	2003-06-06 20:39:46
re(2): Out and about	DJ	2003-06-06 16:06:19
re: Out and about	Gamer	2003-06-06 13:31:42
Out and about	Bryan	2003-06-06 10:46:06
solution	Charlie	2003-06-06 09:02:59

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