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 Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:39 pm
Doublets was the name given by Lewis Carroll to a word puzzle of his own invention. It made its first appearance in 1879, in the pages of a magazine called Vanity Fair, and it has been a popular form of Word Puzzle ever since. I will let Lewis Carroll describe the puzzle in his own words:
"The rules of the Puzzle are simple enough. 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. That is to say, one letter may be changed in one of the given words, then one letter in the word so obtained, and so on, till we arrive at the other given word. The letters must not be interchanged among themselves, but each must keep to its own place. As an example, the word 'head' may be changed into 'tail' by interposing the words 'heal, teal, tell, tall'. I call the given words 'a Doublet', the interposed words 'Links', and the entire series 'a Chain', of which I here append an example:
H E A D
h e a l
t e a l
t e l l
t a l l
T A I L
It is, perhaps, needless to state that it is de rigueur that the links should be English words, such as might be used in good society."
It is to be understood, also, that the links should be words that can be found in a standard English dictionary, and that proper nouns are not admissible. Here are a few more examples:
Make DOOR LOCK (3 links)
D O O R
b o o r
b o o k
l o o k
L O C K
Obtain LOAN from BANK (4 links)
B A N K
b o n k
b o o k
l o o k
l o o n
L O A N
Turn WHEAT into BREAD (6 links)
W H E A T
c h e a t
c h e a p
c h e e p
c r e e p
c r e e d
b r e e d
B R E A D
Doublets puzzle for you to solve.....
Put MILK into PAIL
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:18 am
Oh, that does look like fun!
Milk
Mill
Mail
Pail
See if you can make fish from fowl.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:33 am
FISH
Fist
Fast
Mast
Most
Moat
Coat
Coal
Cowl
FOWL
That probably has a faster solution but I can't find it. sweatdrop
How about turning LARGE into SMALL?
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:22 am
I've tried and tried, but I cannot do it! sweatdrop
Anyone who can is welcome to--in fact, I'd love to see the solution! smile
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:03 pm
In the meantime, though, I would hate to see this die before it is born (so to speak), so here's another challenge: Can you turn BUGS into FOOD?
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:44 am
I surrender
I cannot seem to get small from large...
and bugs to food??
I give.
The original was supposed to be from fowl to fish not fish to fowl so I am impressed.
here is another (proven) one, if anyone is interested.
put Milk into Pail
good luck
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:00 am
M I L K
M I N K
P I N K
...I'm not good at this xd
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:35 pm
bothersomeaunt I surrender I cannot seem to get small from large... and bugs to food?? I give. Bugs Bogs Bows Bowl Fowl Fool Food But small from large, I could not do!
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:05 pm
Bogs!!!
that is the word I needed
thanks
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:46 pm
Milk
Mill
Mail
Pail
Can you get gold from dirt?
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:58 pm
dirt
dire
mire
more
mole
mold
gold
it seems to me we should keep the letters that aren't changed , in the same position in the word they started out in.
try making FOOT into MILE?
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:25 pm
Foot
food
ford
fork
pork
pore
core
more
mire
mile
Umm. How about tire into iron?
Disclaimer: I have no idea if that'll work.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:00 pm
tire
wire
wore
word
woad
load
lead
bead
brad
dran
iran
iron
it's prolly cheating to use iran! this is tough!
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:39 pm
Can you get pigs from eggs?
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:49 pm
mylittleshadow Can you get pigs from eggs? eggs ergs eros pros poos pots pits pigs ta-daaaa!! can you get tune from horn?
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