In one of the books I am reading the author mentions a little word puzzle I found pretty challenging. The goal is to change the word ORDER into the word CHAOS, constrained by the following rules:

1. You can change only one letter per step.
2. You cannot simply rearrange letters; you must change a single letter each time.
3. You cannot delete or add any letters; each step of your solution must be a five-letter English word.

For example, these would be valid steps: "ORDER > OLDER > OLDEN."

My gf and I figured out a twenty-four step solution. Can you get from ORDER to CHAOS in fewer steps?

this is going to help me sleep tonight
I'll give it a shot, but can't guarantee to make it awake after the first 5 words

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order
orier (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/orier?jss=0)
crier
cries
cribs
crabs
craps
chaps
chaos

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Originally posted by Pokit

Nice. How long did that take you?

5-10 minutes

it was easier backwards

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Yes, I imagine it would be. I did it the front way and took a while.

well that was done and done . way to ruin it for the rest of us!

Yeah, it would be better if this forum had a "cut" tag so people could hide their solutions.

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Originally posted by tubularbills well that was done and done . way to ruin it for the rest of us!

maybe it can be done in less steps..!

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