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)

(In reply to re(3): Out and about by Charlie)

I think Rolf is more of a "added word" to english... It sounds more like a "Meow" or "Ruff" word, which is used, but still not really a word.

But if it does count as a word (which it could, if you counted added words), it isn't the "commonest word" solution in my opinion.

Posted by Gamer on 2003-06-07 12:24:50