Literacy
WORD, ward, draw, raw, rat, at, ate, gate, GAME
That was a nine-word chain from WORD to GAME. Can you turn CRIME into JAIL as quickly or quicker? At each step you may:
1) Change one letter, or
2) Omit one letter, or
3) Add or delete a letter, or
4) Make an anagram,
in each case leaving a new word without altering the other letters.
(Answer tomorrow)
Yesterday's answer: Five contains an "e" (the 5th letter); eight has an "h" (the 8th letter) and so on.
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