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Fastest way from 8 to 7
As easy as Three, Two, One… How fast can you go from Five to Four?Fastest way from 10 to 1 with everyone in betweenWord Ladder puzzleLongest sentence with each letter repeated n timesFive words with one vowel difference9 letter word decompositionFrom Puzzling to StackExchangeWord ladder island (formerly dead-end)What word is John looking for?The road to El Dorado reconstructed from fragmented accountsFrom jafe to El-GuestAs easy as Three, Two, One… How fast can you go from Five to Four?
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Inspired by this great question by Uvc (actually, it's the same logic but with different words).
How fast one can get from EIGHT to SEVEN?
The rules are the same:
- You are only allowed to change one letter at a time.
- You have to keep the word length the same.
- At each step of the way, you must have a legitimate English word. Thus, something like going from "EIGHT" to "EIGHN" is not a valid step, but from "FIGHT" to "NIGHT" would be.
Here is an example 11-step way (but with very obscure words involved): eight-sight-sighs-sikhs-sikas-simas-simar-sizar-sizer-siver-sever-seven.
word wordplay letters word-ladder
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
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Inspired by this great question by Uvc (actually, it's the same logic but with different words).
How fast one can get from EIGHT to SEVEN?
The rules are the same:
- You are only allowed to change one letter at a time.
- You have to keep the word length the same.
- At each step of the way, you must have a legitimate English word. Thus, something like going from "EIGHT" to "EIGHN" is not a valid step, but from "FIGHT" to "NIGHT" would be.
Here is an example 11-step way (but with very obscure words involved): eight-sight-sighs-sikhs-sikas-simas-simar-sizar-sizer-siver-sever-seven.
word wordplay letters word-ladder
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
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1
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If you want more there are other similar puzzles: Turn Lead into GOLD, Lead into Iron, Really? , Want to go from HAVANA to MANILA. Check them out
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– DEEM
Jun 11 at 12:18
add a comment |
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Inspired by this great question by Uvc (actually, it's the same logic but with different words).
How fast one can get from EIGHT to SEVEN?
The rules are the same:
- You are only allowed to change one letter at a time.
- You have to keep the word length the same.
- At each step of the way, you must have a legitimate English word. Thus, something like going from "EIGHT" to "EIGHN" is not a valid step, but from "FIGHT" to "NIGHT" would be.
Here is an example 11-step way (but with very obscure words involved): eight-sight-sighs-sikhs-sikas-simas-simar-sizar-sizer-siver-sever-seven.
word wordplay letters word-ladder
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
$endgroup$
Inspired by this great question by Uvc (actually, it's the same logic but with different words).
How fast one can get from EIGHT to SEVEN?
The rules are the same:
- You are only allowed to change one letter at a time.
- You have to keep the word length the same.
- At each step of the way, you must have a legitimate English word. Thus, something like going from "EIGHT" to "EIGHN" is not a valid step, but from "FIGHT" to "NIGHT" would be.
Here is an example 11-step way (but with very obscure words involved): eight-sight-sighs-sikhs-sikas-simas-simar-sizar-sizer-siver-sever-seven.
word wordplay letters word-ladder
word wordplay letters word-ladder
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
asked Jun 11 at 7:26
trolley813trolley813
2,067515
2,067515
1
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If you want more there are other similar puzzles: Turn Lead into GOLD, Lead into Iron, Really? , Want to go from HAVANA to MANILA. Check them out
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– DEEM
Jun 11 at 12:18
add a comment |
1
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If you want more there are other similar puzzles: Turn Lead into GOLD, Lead into Iron, Really? , Want to go from HAVANA to MANILA. Check them out
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– DEEM
Jun 11 at 12:18
1
1
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If you want more there are other similar puzzles: Turn Lead into GOLD, Lead into Iron, Really? , Want to go from HAVANA to MANILA. Check them out
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– DEEM
Jun 11 at 12:18
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If you want more there are other similar puzzles: Turn Lead into GOLD, Lead into Iron, Really? , Want to go from HAVANA to MANILA. Check them out
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Here's my 8-step solution:
EIGHT
SIGHT
SIGHS
SINHS
SINES
SENES
SEMES
SEMEN
SEVEN
(I don't know if SINHS - plural for SINH ("hyperbolic sine function") is an accepted word)
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
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I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
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Six steps - Shameless use of Old English with Wiktionary support:
Eight > light > liget > ligen > liven > leven > seven
Ten steps - If you insist on using Modern English, here is a shortened one highly based on @Gareth's:
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet rever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
4
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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Jun 11 at 18:23
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Eight step solution
Eight - Bight - Bigot - Begot - Begat - Bevat - Bevan - Beven - Seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
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This is longer (12 steps) than the other solutions here but uses only words I can actually define (and that aren't proper nouns or words only in other languages like "Old English" which despite the name really shouldn't be considered the same language as English). Anyone got a shorter ordinary-words-only solution?
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
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Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
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Without using somewhat obscure words, there is no way to go from EIGHT to SEVEN.
(12 steps) with one rare word (the same as what @Gareth McCaughan got):
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
The rarish word is asterisked. To find this I used a program which knows the rarity of each word (via the SCOWL word list)
(11 steps) allowing rare English words (rare words asterisked):
eight bight bigot begot beget benet* benes* nenes* neves* never sever seven
Allowing removal of letters, we have:
(9 steps) preferring common words:
eight sight sigh sign sin kin ken keen seen seven
(7 steps) shortest possible including rare words:
eight sight sigh sign sin sen* seen seven
answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
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Here's my 8-step solution:
EIGHT
SIGHT
SIGHS
SINHS
SINES
SENES
SEMES
SEMEN
SEVEN
(I don't know if SINHS - plural for SINH ("hyperbolic sine function") is an accepted word)
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
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3
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
3
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I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
4
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
add a comment |
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Here's my 8-step solution:
EIGHT
SIGHT
SIGHS
SINHS
SINES
SENES
SEMES
SEMEN
SEVEN
(I don't know if SINHS - plural for SINH ("hyperbolic sine function") is an accepted word)
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
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3
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
3
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I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
4
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
add a comment |
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Here's my 8-step solution:
EIGHT
SIGHT
SIGHS
SINHS
SINES
SENES
SEMES
SEMEN
SEVEN
(I don't know if SINHS - plural for SINH ("hyperbolic sine function") is an accepted word)
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
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Here's my 8-step solution:
EIGHT
SIGHT
SIGHS
SINHS
SINES
SENES
SEMES
SEMEN
SEVEN
(I don't know if SINHS - plural for SINH ("hyperbolic sine function") is an accepted word)
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
answered Jun 11 at 7:57
HunterHunter
1,83611429
1,83611429
3
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
3
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I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
4
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
add a comment |
3
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
3
$begingroup$
I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
4
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
3
3
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
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It is interesting how FIVE->FOUR requires five steps and EIGHT->SEVEN requires eight steps ...
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:21
3
3
$begingroup$
I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
$begingroup$
I really don't think you can pluralize "sinh" as an abbreviation for "hyperbolic sine"; at any rate I don't think I've ever seen it done. But a sinh also turns out to be a kind of Thai clothing, and it seems OK to pluralize that :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:04
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
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@GarethMcCaughan "The variables $x,y,z$ are all positive and therefore so are their sinhs."
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:29
4
4
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
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Yeah, see, I'd never ever write that. I'd write "and therefore so are their hyperbolic sines", or "and therefore so are $sinh x,sinh y,sinh z$", or "and therefore so are the results of applying $sinh$ to them", or something.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 14:22
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Six steps - Shameless use of Old English with Wiktionary support:
Eight > light > liget > ligen > liven > leven > seven
Ten steps - If you insist on using Modern English, here is a shortened one highly based on @Gareth's:
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet rever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
4
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
2
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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– EKons
Jun 11 at 18:23
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Six steps - Shameless use of Old English with Wiktionary support:
Eight > light > liget > ligen > liven > leven > seven
Ten steps - If you insist on using Modern English, here is a shortened one highly based on @Gareth's:
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet rever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
4
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
2
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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– EKons
Jun 11 at 18:23
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Six steps - Shameless use of Old English with Wiktionary support:
Eight > light > liget > ligen > liven > leven > seven
Ten steps - If you insist on using Modern English, here is a shortened one highly based on @Gareth's:
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet rever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
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Six steps - Shameless use of Old English with Wiktionary support:
Eight > light > liget > ligen > liven > leven > seven
Ten steps - If you insist on using Modern English, here is a shortened one highly based on @Gareth's:
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet rever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
edited Jun 11 at 13:13
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
answered Jun 11 at 8:25
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
8,33821164
8,33821164
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
4
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
2
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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– EKons
Jun 11 at 18:23
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
4
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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– EKons
Jun 11 at 18:23
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
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(+1) I think this is the minimum. Five steps implies that each letter of eight must be directly changed to the corresponding one of seven which can be proved to be impossible.
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– TheSimpliFire
Jun 11 at 8:29
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
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Those are not English words. (Old English is a different language, as different from English as Latin is from Italian.)
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 12:02
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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– EKons
Jun 11 at 18:23
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@TheSimpliFire Exactly, for a 5-step solution, the first step is EIGHT → SIGHT (as EEGHT, EIVHT, EIVET and EIGHN don't exist), and there's no possible second step, since none of SEGHT, SIVHT, SIGET or SIGHN exist.
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Eight step solution
Eight - Bight - Bigot - Begot - Begat - Bevat - Bevan - Beven - Seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
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Eight step solution
Eight - Bight - Bigot - Begot - Begat - Bevat - Bevan - Beven - Seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
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4
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
1
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
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Eight step solution
Eight - Bight - Bigot - Begot - Begat - Bevat - Bevan - Beven - Seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
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Eight step solution
Eight - Bight - Bigot - Begot - Begat - Bevat - Bevan - Beven - Seven
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
edited Jun 11 at 9:57
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
answered Jun 11 at 8:29
Ak19Ak19
1,720217
1,720217
4
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
1
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
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4
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
1
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
4
4
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
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in my humble opinion, names and proper nouns are a bit of a stretch as we can all make up names...
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:44
1
1
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton what shall I do now ?
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:48
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
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– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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it's up to you - maybe you can try to lessen the dependence on proper nouns?
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Jun 11 at 9:54
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Thanks @OmegaKrypton I've deleted the last two - which contained names :)
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– Ak19
Jun 11 at 9:59
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
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Is your fifth step only a Dutch word, or is it also known in Englsh ?
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– Evargalo
Jun 11 at 12:11
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show 1 more comment
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This is longer (12 steps) than the other solutions here but uses only words I can actually define (and that aren't proper nouns or words only in other languages like "Old English" which despite the name really shouldn't be considered the same language as English). Anyone got a shorter ordinary-words-only solution?
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
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Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
add a comment |
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This is longer (12 steps) than the other solutions here but uses only words I can actually define (and that aren't proper nouns or words only in other languages like "Old English" which despite the name really shouldn't be considered the same language as English). Anyone got a shorter ordinary-words-only solution?
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
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Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
add a comment |
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This is longer (12 steps) than the other solutions here but uses only words I can actually define (and that aren't proper nouns or words only in other languages like "Old English" which despite the name really shouldn't be considered the same language as English). Anyone got a shorter ordinary-words-only solution?
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
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This is longer (12 steps) than the other solutions here but uses only words I can actually define (and that aren't proper nouns or words only in other languages like "Old English" which despite the name really shouldn't be considered the same language as English). Anyone got a shorter ordinary-words-only solution?
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
answered Jun 11 at 12:05
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
74.6k3187289
74.6k3187289
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Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
$endgroup$
– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
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Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
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– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
$begingroup$
Two steps from RIGHT to RIVET would shorten this, but is alas impossible.
$endgroup$
– Rand al'Thor
Jun 11 at 13:13
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
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Indeed. The route away from -GHT is pretty narrow.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Jun 11 at 13:19
add a comment |
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Without using somewhat obscure words, there is no way to go from EIGHT to SEVEN.
(12 steps) with one rare word (the same as what @Gareth McCaughan got):
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
The rarish word is asterisked. To find this I used a program which knows the rarity of each word (via the SCOWL word list)
(11 steps) allowing rare English words (rare words asterisked):
eight bight bigot begot beget benet* benes* nenes* neves* never sever seven
Allowing removal of letters, we have:
(9 steps) preferring common words:
eight sight sigh sign sin kin ken keen seen seven
(7 steps) shortest possible including rare words:
eight sight sigh sign sin sen* seen seven
answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
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Without using somewhat obscure words, there is no way to go from EIGHT to SEVEN.
(12 steps) with one rare word (the same as what @Gareth McCaughan got):
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
The rarish word is asterisked. To find this I used a program which knows the rarity of each word (via the SCOWL word list)
(11 steps) allowing rare English words (rare words asterisked):
eight bight bigot begot beget benet* benes* nenes* neves* never sever seven
Allowing removal of letters, we have:
(9 steps) preferring common words:
eight sight sigh sign sin kin ken keen seen seven
(7 steps) shortest possible including rare words:
eight sight sigh sign sin sen* seen seven
answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
111
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Simon Alford is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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Without using somewhat obscure words, there is no way to go from EIGHT to SEVEN.
(12 steps) with one rare word (the same as what @Gareth McCaughan got):
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
The rarish word is asterisked. To find this I used a program which knows the rarity of each word (via the SCOWL word list)
(11 steps) allowing rare English words (rare words asterisked):
eight bight bigot begot beget benet* benes* nenes* neves* never sever seven
Allowing removal of letters, we have:
(9 steps) preferring common words:
eight sight sigh sign sin kin ken keen seen seven
(7 steps) shortest possible including rare words:
eight sight sigh sign sin sen* seen seven
answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
111
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Simon Alford is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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Without using somewhat obscure words, there is no way to go from EIGHT to SEVEN.
(12 steps) with one rare word (the same as what @Gareth McCaughan got):
eight bight bigot begot beget beset reset revet revel level lever sever seven
The rarish word is asterisked. To find this I used a program which knows the rarity of each word (via the SCOWL word list)
(11 steps) allowing rare English words (rare words asterisked):
eight bight bigot begot beget benet* benes* nenes* neves* never sever seven
Allowing removal of letters, we have:
(9 steps) preferring common words:
eight sight sigh sign sin kin ken keen seen seven
(7 steps) shortest possible including rare words:
eight sight sigh sign sin sen* seen seven
answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
111
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answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
111
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answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
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answered Jun 12 at 18:35
Simon AlfordSimon Alford
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111
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