Doublets

Doublets

Change one word into another word, a letter at a time. See if you can use fewer steps than we did.

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Two cats in the National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh.
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Doublets

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Two cats in the National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh.

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Introduction

This game was invented by ‘Alice’ author Lewis Carroll, as one of a number of games he devised to help him relax at night. Change one word into another one letter at a time. For example: HEAD → Heal → Teal → Tell → Tall → TAIL.

This game was invented by ‘Alice’ author Lewis Carroll, as one of a number of games he devised to help him relax at night. Change one word into another one letter at a time. For example: HEAD → Heal → Teal → Tell → Tall → TAIL.

‘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’ — Lewis Carroll.

1 Flea Jump in 8 steps

Flea 1. Flew 2. Flow 3. Flop 4. Plop 5. Poop 6. Pomp 7. Pump 8. Jump
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2 Roof Tile in 6 steps

Roof 1. Rook 2. Rock 3. Rick 4. Rice 5. Rile 6. Tile
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3 Bean Curd in 6 steps

Bean 1. Been 2. Seen 3. Seed 4. Sued 5. Surd 6. Curd
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