Math Is Fun Forum

  Discussion about math, puzzles, games and fun.   Useful symbols: ÷ × ½ √ ∞ ≠ ≤ ≥ ≈ ⇒ ± ∈ Δ θ ∴ ∑ ∫ • π ƒ -¹ ² ³ °

You are not logged in.

#151 2010-05-23 23:56:06

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

Is barr a word, Bobby?

MOSS
GOSS
GOOS
GOOG
GROG
GROW
CROW
CROP
COOP
CORP
CORE
HORE
HERE

NEED -> MORE -> INFO


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#152 2010-05-24 01:28:58

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

Hi phrontister:

http://mw4.m-w.com/dictionary/barr
They say they have it in there bigger dictionary. I will just leave it out:

brrr burr burs bars vars vary very -> cold is the same

For yours need -> more -> info

need heed herd here mere more mire mirs airs aits ants anti inti into info

New one:

spot them guns


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#153 2010-05-24 03:09:31

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

Hi Bobby,

The OED says barr is a variant of the obsolete word bary: v To utter the peculiar cry of an elephant.

I have the 2-volume book set of Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary, and it's in there as an abbreviation for barrister.

Bit busy with something else right now (& bed soon!)...I'll have a go at your new one tomorrow.


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#154 2010-05-24 13:05:14

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

SPOT
SPET
STET
STEM
SEEM
TEEM
THEM
TEEM
TEES
TENS
TUNS
GUNS

LATE -> SHOW -> HOST


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#155 2010-05-24 13:21:20

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

late bate batt bott boot soot shot show shot soot hoot host

dogs like cats?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#156 2010-05-26 02:13:10

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

DOGS
LOGS
LOGE
LOKE
LIKE
LITE
LATE
LATS
CATS

CATS -> HATE -> DOGS!

Last edited by phrontister (2010-05-26 02:13:34)


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#157 2010-05-26 02:17:36

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

cats cate hate date dote doge dogs


cats love mice


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#158 2010-05-26 03:31:06

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

CATS
LATS
LOTS
LOTE
LOVE
LIVE
LICE
MICE

MICE -> FEAR -> CATS


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#159 2010-05-26 03:55:03

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

mice fice file fill fell feal fear hear haar haas hats cats


gang wars dead


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#160 2010-05-26 10:49:51

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

I can't find haas anywhere, Bobby, except capitalized.

GANG
GANS
WANS
WARS
WARD
WORD
WOAD
ROAD
READ
DEAD

LOSE -> FIND -> KEEP


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#161 2010-05-26 15:34:40

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

It has 8 definitions in the very objectionable urban dictionary. I will replace it.

cats lats lets leas lear fear. Is better, don't you think?

For your

lose -> find -> keep

lose lone line fine find fend feed deed deep keep

make -> some -> pain


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#162 2010-05-26 23:38:56

phrontister
Real Member
From: The Land of Tomorrow
Registered: 2009-07-12
Posts: 4,804

Re: Metamorphosis

bobbym wrote:

very objectionable

That's too kind a description!

MAKE
MOKE
SOKE
SOME
POME
POMS
POIS
PAIS
PAIN

CAT -> QAT -> KAT

Last edited by phrontister (2010-05-26 23:39:35)


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Offline

#163 2010-05-27 01:06:27

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

CAT -> QAT -> KAT

I couldn't get it.

Time -> Does -> Soar


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#164 2013-05-25 04:10:31

anonimnystefy
Real Member
From: Harlan's World
Registered: 2011-05-23
Posts: 16,049

Re: Metamorphosis

Very inefficiently:

TIME
LIME
LINE
LONE
TONE
TONS
TOES
DOES
DOER
DOOR
BOOR
BOAR
SOAR

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2013-05-25 05:21:39)


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Offline

#165 2013-05-25 05:18:21

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

Hi;

You did not leave a puzzle to solve.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#166 2013-05-25 05:21:48

anonimnystefy
Real Member
From: Harlan's World
Registered: 2011-05-23
Posts: 16,049

Re: Metamorphosis

If only that->were->true.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Offline

#167 2013-05-25 05:38:29

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

that
than
then
thee
tree
true


kind -> of -> hard


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#168 2013-05-25 10:53:18

anonimnystefy
Real Member
From: Harlan's World
Registered: 2011-05-23
Posts: 16,049

Re: Metamorphosis

bobbym wrote:

that
than
then
thee
tree
true


kind -> of -> hard

I do not see "were" in your chain.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Offline

#169 2013-05-25 12:01:30

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

Oh, I am sorry. I have forgot the rules of the game.

that
phat
peat
pert
wert
were
ware
tare
tyre
tyee
tree
true

work -> feel -> good


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#170 2013-05-26 09:59:35

anonimnystefy
Real Member
From: Harlan's World
Registered: 2011-05-23
Posts: 16,049

Re: Metamorphosis

I found an interesting chain:

work
word
wood
woed
weed
feed
feel
feed
weed
woed
wood
good


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

Offline

#171 2013-05-26 10:55:12

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

That is a good one, it must have been a lot of fun to work on. Puzzle please.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#172 2013-05-26 14:13:00

mathaholic
Member
From: Earth
Registered: 2012-11-29
Posts: 3,251

Re: Metamorphosis

Let's continue the puzzle.

road -> oars -> pain

Please tell me if you cannot find a chain dizzy


Mathaholic | 10th most active poster | Maker of the 350,000th post | Person | rrr's classmate
smile

Offline

#173 2013-05-26 18:28:14

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

road
load
lord
lard
lars
oars
cars
carn
cain
pain

send -> some -> help


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

#174 2013-05-26 18:42:08

mathaholic
Member
From: Earth
Registered: 2012-11-29
Posts: 3,251

Re: Metamorphosis

send
mend
mind
mine
mone
sone
some
home
hone
hine
hele
help

you -> are -> new

Last edited by julianthemath (2013-05-26 18:43:12)


Mathaholic | 10th most active poster | Maker of the 350,000th post | Person | rrr's classmate
smile

Offline

#175 2013-05-26 19:11:03

bobbym
bumpkin
From: Bumpkinland
Registered: 2009-04-12
Posts: 109,606

Re: Metamorphosis

you
yok
yuk
auk
ark
are
art
ait
nit
net
new

get -> the -> cat


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Offline

Board footer

Powered by FluxBB