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Cafiren
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:34 am


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:

Yes, I got this from a game my sister downloaded.


Player1:

Change CAT into DOG in three moves.

Player2:

CAT-COT-DOT-DOG

Change TREE into WOOD in eight moves.

Player3:

TREE-FREE-FLEE-FLED-FEED-FEND-FOND-FOOD-WOOD.

Change HATE into LOVE in three moves.



Yes, this game is a lot like Word Evolution... but the moves here are restricted to what the player before you has written.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:48 am


HATE - HAVE - HOVE - LOVE

POST to MISS in 6 steps. (You can do it in 4 but I prefer 6! whee )

`keNj
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Cafiren
Crew

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:57 am


Post-Past-Fast-Last-Lass-Mass-Miss

Change BREAD into TOAST in seven moves.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:21 am


BREAD - BREED - BLEED - BLEET - BLEST - BLAST - BOAST - TOAST

BEST into MEAL - 4 steps

`keNj
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MistuhFieryCat

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:49 pm


BEST - BEAT - MEAT - MEAL

BEAD to RING in 6 moves
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:31 am


BEAD BEAT BENT RENT RANT RANG RING


Change GRASS into GREEN in seven moves.

Cafiren
Crew


jAzMyNe18
Crew

PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:52 pm


GRASS-CRASS-TRASS-TRESS-TRESS-TREES-TREEN-GREEN

*whew! this ain't me.. sweatdrop

BETTER- MOTHER in 6 moves...
PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:11 pm


BETTER-LETTER-LATTER-LATHER-FATHER-MATHER-MOTHER

NONE to LINT in 6 moves

MistuhFieryCat


Cafiren
Crew

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:58 am


NONE - LONE - LOVE - LIVE - LIKE - LINE - LINT


YEAR to BEST in four moves
PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:07 am


year - bear - bean - beat - best

bail to tale in 3 moves

bLakLyZtEr18


MistuhFieryCat

PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:57 pm


BAIL - TAIL - TALL - TALE

HEART to BEARD in 2 moves
PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:22 pm


heart - heard - beard

TRAY to STAR in 5 moves..

zyrae
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