Change letters in each word to make a new word
Change letters in each word to make a new word
For each word in this list it is possible to change the first letter, then the second, then the third and then the fourth to make a new word each time. The final words in each case are related and in alphabetical order. What are they?
LAND, SLOT, SHIP, SHOW, WILD, KILT, ITEM, WHAM, CHOP, HAVE
Source: The GCHQ Puzzle book
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That is a very reasonable point!
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– Anush
Sep 14 '18 at 10:39
5 Answers
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Thanks to @Helix for the inspiration; go upvote their answer! They found that
All of the final words are animals, in alphabetical order.
LAND
BAND, BEND, BEAD, BEAR (thanks, @Helix!)
SLOT
BLOT, BOOT, BOAT, BOAR (thanks, @Helix!)
SHIP
CHIP, CLIP, CLAP, CLAM (thanks, @Omega Krypton!)
SHOW
CHOW, CROW, CRAW, CRAB
WILD
GILD, GOLD, GOAD, GOAT
KILT
HILT, HALT, HART, HARE
ITEM
STEM, SEEM, SEAM, SEAL (thanks, @Helix!)
WHAM
SHAM, SLAM, SLUM, SLUG
CHOP
SHOP, SWOP, SWAP, SWAN (or SHOP, STOP, STAP, STAG).
HAVE
WAVE, WOVE, WORE, WORM (thanks, @Helix!)
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Wow! Real Elite as your name suggests!
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– Omega Krypton
Sep 14 '18 at 11:13
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Haha you’re too funny! Thanks, @OmegaKrypton!
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– El-Guest
Sep 14 '18 at 11:23
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This is great although lots of people contributed to it I see. I didn't know some of the words like swop and stap.
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– Anush
Sep 14 '18 at 21:39
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It was definitely a team effort but credit was given where due. I believe both are English words though! How does this answer look, @Anush?
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– El-Guest
Sep 15 '18 at 2:08
They're related because...
All of them are animals.
LAND
BAND, BEND, BEAD, BEAR
SLOT
BLOT, BOOT, BOAT, BOAR
SHIP
CHIP, CLIP, CLAP, CLAM (Credits to Omega Krypton)
ITEM
STEM, SEEM, SEAM, SEAL
HAVE
WAVE, WOVE, WORE, WORM
LAND
BAND, BOND, BOLD, BOLT.
SLOT
CLOT, COOT, COAT, COAL.
SHIP
CHIP, CLIP, CLOP, CLOG.
LAND:
BAND, BOND, BOLD, BOLT. Credit to AHKieran
SLOT
BLOT, BOOT, BOLT, BOLD.
SHIP
CHIP, CLIP, CLAP, CLAM.
SHOW
CHOW, CLOW, CLAW, CLAP.
HAVE
WAVE, WOVE, WORE, WORN.
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Thanks to helix, I know this is wrong. Please see my new answer.
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– Omega Krypton
Sep 14 '18 at 11:05
They're related because...
All of them are animals. （Credits to Helix)
LAND
BAND, BEND, BEAD, BEAR （Credits to Helix)
SLOT
BLOT, BOOT, BOAT, BOAR （Credits to Helix)
SHIP
CHIP, CLIP, CLAP, CLAM
SHOW
CHOW, CROW, CRAW, CRAB
ITEM
STEM, SEEM, SEAM, SEAL （Credits to Helix)
HAVE
WAVE, WOVE, WORE, WORM （Credits to Helix)
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Anush, these GCHQ puzzle book puzzles are good puzzles (of course) but I don't think it is proper to be posting so many of them here. At the rate you're going, soon the entire book will be on PSE, and the authors and publishers might reasonably object :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
Sep 14 '18 at 10:38