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#1 2009-01-26 16:42:33
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis:
Metamorphosis the name of a game where one word is transformed into another, step-by-step. The Rules of the Game:
1. Only one letter of the word may be changed at each step.
2. Every step should produce a meaningful word in English language, proper nouns and prefixes (anti-, di-, tri-, pre-, meta- etc.); suffixex (-ism, -tion, -ness etc.) are not permitted.
3. The person who first solves the puzzle is the winner, but if some other person can give a solution in a fewer number of steps, he or she takes the first place displacing the winner.
Illustration:
Challenge #0:- Change 'One' to 'End'.
Solution:
One
Ode
Odd
Add
And
End
Challenge #1. Change 'Four' to 'Five'
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#2 2009-01-26 23:08:20
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FOUR
LOUR
LOUD
LORD
LORE
LOVE
LIVE
FIVE
NB: “Lour” is an old-fashioned spelling of “lower” as a verb (rhymes with “shower”). It is in the dictionary.
Challenge #2: Change HORN to TUBA.
#3 2009-01-26 23:42:55
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HORN
CORN
CORE
CURE
CUBE
CUBA
TUBA
Challenge #3: Change RATS to STAR
#4 2009-01-26 23:56:15
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Identity wrote:
CUBA
Proper names are not allowed. You did not read the rules. 
Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-01-27 00:59:21)
#5 2009-01-27 00:21:06
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Reply to Challenge # 2:
HORN
CORN
CORE
CURE
CUBE
TUBE
TUBA
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#6 2009-01-27 00:43:35
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Challenge #3:
ONE to TWO
(Replacing Identity's Challenge #3, which can be posted after the member succeeds in the challenge.)
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#7 2009-01-27 11:17:43
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ONE
OWE
OWL
OIL
NIL
NIT
NOT
TOT
TOO
TWO
Challenge #4: READ a BOOK.
#8 2009-01-27 11:24:10
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READ
ROAD
ROAM
ROOM
BOOM
BOOK
Challenge #5: PLAY a TUNE.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#9 2009-01-27 12:06:49
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PLAY
SLAY
SLAT
SEAT
SENT
RENT
RUNT
RUNE
TUNE
Challenge #6: RIDE a PONY.
#10 2009-01-27 22:54:22
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RIDE
RICE
RACE
LACE
LANE
LINE
FINE
FIND
FOND
POND
PONY
Challenge #7: SHUT to OPEN
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#11 2009-01-28 01:14:42
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SHUT
SHOT
SHOD
SHED
SEED
DEED
DYED
EYED
EYES
EVES
EVEN
OVEN
OPEN
Challenge #8: Turn BROWN into GREEN.
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#13 2009-02-01 00:51:04
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JaneFairfax,
For continuing the game by posting the solution....
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
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#16 2009-02-01 01:49:58
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You did it in 14 steps. My solution involves 7 steps. Wanna know what it is? 
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#20 2009-02-01 13:52:49
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it is...
1 : a member of a people living primarily in Myanmar and southern China
2 : the Thai language of the Shan
does it count?
#21 2009-02-01 14:12:11
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ganesh wrote:
proper nouns … are not permitted.
Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-04-14 22:43:11)
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#24 2009-02-12 08:56:46
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careless25 wrote:
Read to Work?
That should be #10. Here’s a new one:
Challenge #11: PLAY with FIRE