Monday, September 21, 2020

Solutions for the Mystery Word Ladders

Here are the solutions for the mystery word ladders presented in this post. Go to the link if you want the puzzles without solutions. There are likely shorter answers to some of these: these were handmade.

The dots represent several steps.

STAB to BACK in 7 steps.

STAB, SLAB, BLAB, BLAM, BEAM, BEAK, BECK, BACK

From DANGER to SAFETY in 10 steps.

DANGER, DINGER,DINGEY, DINKEY, DINKLY, DANKLY, LANKLY, LANELY, SANELY, SAFELY, SAFETY. 

From CRIME to CUFFS in 10 steps.

CRIME, PRIME, PRIMS, PROMS, PROFS, POOFS, GOOFS, GOLFS, GULFS, GUFFS, CUFFS

POE to ECO in 13 steps. (Poe and Eco are not Scrabble words, but the connecting words are)

POE, POT, BOT, BOA, BRA, ERA, ERE, ARE, ALE, ALA, AGA, AGO, EGO, ECO

From TRIAL to GUILT in 18 steps.

TRIAL, TRIAD, TRIED, TREED, FREED, FREES, FRETS, FRATS, FLATS, PLATS, PLATE, ELATE, ELITE, ELIDE, GLIDE, GUIDE, GUILE, GUILT

From JEWEL to HEIST in 18 steps. 

JEWEL, JEBEL, REBEL, REPEL, RAPEL, RAPES, ROPES, ROSES, POSES, POSEY, MOSEY, MOSSY, MOUSY, MOUSE, HOUSE, HORSE, HORST, HOIST, HEIST

From HOLMES to MARPLE in 25 steps. 

HOLMES, HOLIES, HOLIER, HOLLER, TOLLER, TILLER, TILTER, TITTER, BITTER, BUTTER, CUTTER CURTER, CURSER, PURSER, PURGER, BURGER, BURGEE, BURGLE, BURBLE, BUBBLE, RUBBLE, RABBLE, GABBLE, GARBLE, MARBLE, MARPLE

Martin Hill Ortiz is a Professor of Pharmacology at Ponce Health Sciences University and has researched HIV for over thirty years.


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