The Oxford Word Challenge

Slightly Harder Word Game Doublets

Doublets is a game which was invented by Lewis Carroll, who described it in these words: 'Two words are proposed, of the same length; and the puzzle consists in linking these together by interposing other words, each of which shall differ from the next word in one letter only. . . . As an example, the word 'head' may be changed into 'tail' by interposing the words 'heal, teal, tell, tall.' Thus Carroll changed 'head' into 'tail' in five moves:

HEAD

HEAL

TEAL

TELL

TALL

TAIL

Try to make the following transformations in the specified number of moves.

1. Change CAT into DOG in three moves.

2. Change BOY into MAN in three moves.

3. Change HARD into EASY in five moves.

4. Change EAST into WEST in three moves.

5. Change ONE into TWO in eight moves.

6. Change BREAD into TOAST in seven moves.

7. Change SICK into WELL in four moves.

8. Change RICH into POOR in six moves.

9. Change GRASS into GREEN in seven moves.

10. Change TREE into WOOD in eight moves.

11. Change HATE into LOVE in three moves.

12. Change BLACK into WHITE in seven moves.

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