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Can you turn order into chaos? (word puzzle)
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
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? |
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| Al |
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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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | | Originally posted by Pokit |
Nice. How long did that take you? |
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| Pokit |
5-10 minutes
it was easier backwards |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Yes, I imagine it would be. I did it the front way and took a while. |
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| tubularbills |
| well that was done and done . way to ruin it for the rest of us! |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Yeah, it would be better if this forum had a "cut" tag so people could hide their solutions. |
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| Pokit |
| quote: | 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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