Posers and Puzzles
RHP Arms
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Everyone knows these ... yes?
example: CAR to BUS in 4
CAR
CUR
CUT
BUT
BUS
Can you get PAWN to KING in 5?
What about PAWN to ROOK? (My best effort is 7)
Australia
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@wolfgang59 said
Everyone knows these ... yes?
example: CAR to BUS in 4
CAR
CUR
CUT
BUT
BUS
Can you get PAWN to KING in 5?
What about PAWN to ROOK? (My best effort is 7)
How about CAR to BUS in 3?
car
BAR
BUR
bus
PAWN
pawk
pack
pick
pink
ping
KING
I can match PAWN to ROOK in 7, via pawl, pall, poll, pool, cool, cook, but can't better it.
RHP Arms
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@Kewpie
BUR ???
never seen that spelling but some dictionaries have! Well done.
127.0.0.1
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@wolfgang59 said
Can you get PAWN to KING in 5?
Evidently "pann" is a type of music in Tamil. Not sure if it's legal, but it lets you do it in 4:
PAWN
PANN
PANG
PING
KING
127.0.0.1
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@wolfgang59 said
What about PAWN to ROOK? (My best effort is 7)
pawn
PAWK
HAWK
HOWK
HOOK
rook
* thanks
@kewpie for PAWK
RHP Arms
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@forkedknight said
pawn
PAWK
HAWK
HOWK
HOOK
rook
* thanks @kewpie for PAWK
Excellent!
"howk" is a new word for me!
I see it is Scottish
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6 with common words.
Pawn
Lawn
Laws
Lows
Loos
Look
Rook
Or 5 if Roos are several kangaroos, and Pows are more than one Pow
pawn
Paws
Pows
Poos
Roos
Rook
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@iamatiger
How about this
You can add a letter, take away a letter, change a letter, or swap for another word that rhymes.
Pawn
to
Queen
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@iamatiger
I can do 5 using irregular verbs
Pawn
Sawn
Sewn
Seen
Queen
Is 4 possible?
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@iamatiger
No answers? How about
Chess
To
Draughts
Same rules?
RHP Arms
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@iamatiger said
@iamatiger
I can do 5 using irregular verbs
Pawn
Sawn
Sewn
Seen
Queen
Is 4 possible?
pawn
quorn
quern
queen
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Nice one
Chess
Chest
Rest
Rent
Rant
Raft
Rafts
Draughts
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@iamatiger
Chess
Mess
Mass
Mats
Rats
Rafts
Draughts
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