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Friday, November 17, 2006

Step to Pest

PEST is an anagram of STEP. LIVE is an anagram of VEIL. Morph STEP into PEST by changing one letter at a time. Do the same for VEIL and LIVE. The catch is that the VEIL-LIVE morphing must be part of the STEP-PEST morphing. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once.

STEP ----> VEIL ----> LIVE ----> PEST
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6 comments:

  1. Unknown11/20/2006 9:41 AM

    One possible answer is:
    STEP STEM SEEM SEAM SEAL VEAL VEIL
    VEIN VAIN LAIN LAID LAND LANE LINE
    LIVE LIFE LIFT LEFT LEST PEST

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  2. Andy11/20/2006 12:10 PM

    interestingly, i worked this out and got as far as LAIN (using the exact same sequence as you) and then i got busy at the office and gave up on it. we all have to do work eventually!

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  3. Unknown11/20/2006 1:07 PM

    I think I've mentioned before that working on answers here can be charged under training.

    ;-)

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  4. Andy11/21/2006 1:26 PM

    wouldn't that depend on your job? i am self-employed actually, running my own biotech company.

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  5. Unknown11/21/2006 2:04 PM

    It all depends on your billing structure, I suppose. Congrats on being in charge, though. How can you afford the insurance rates, these days?

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  6. Andy11/21/2006 2:21 PM

    it's a small company and all my insurance costs are actually under $2k annually.

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