Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Tooth be Told
by Sandy Wood - August 14, 2008 - 6:30 AM

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I was experimenting with a Word Ladder recently – where one letter is changed per row, while the others stay in the same order that they were – to run from the word FLOSS to the word BRUSH. I was able to do it in six steps. Can you do better?

F L O S S
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
B R U S H

HERE is one answer.

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Comments (10)

  1. I got it in the same # of steps, but used a different word:

    FLOSS
    GLOSS
    GROSS
    GRASS
    BRASS
    BRASH
    BRUSH

    posted by Bill on 8-14-2008 at 7:41 am

  2. FLOSS
    FLOSH
    FLUSH
    BLUSH
    BRUSH

    posted by Samuel on 8-14-2008 at 8:02 am

  3. I got it in 4: FLOSS, FLASS, FLASH,

    posted by emily on 8-14-2008 at 8:19 am

  4. Floss
    ALoss
    ARoss
    ARose
    ARuse
    ARush
    Brush

    I made two works instead of one….and Ross is a name but still….

    posted by Julia on 8-14-2008 at 8:41 am

  5. in 4 –

    FLOSS
    FLOSH
    FLUSH
    BLUSH
    BRUSH

    (and flosh is a word – a type of silk – its an OK scrabble word too, with two 4 pointers in there)

    posted by Justin L on 8-14-2008 at 9:02 am

  6. Here’s one shorter as well.
    Floss
    Gloss
    Glass
    Brass
    Brash
    Brush

    posted by Chris on 8-14-2008 at 9:30 am

  7. Chris, yours doesn’t work because the step from “glass” to “brass” changes two letters at once.

    posted by Jack da Bomb on 8-14-2008 at 10:31 am

  8. What’s with flosh and flass??

    posted by Alice on 8-14-2008 at 12:20 pm

  9. reCaptcha: brass

    how fitting for the word ladder.

    posted by Kendall on 8-14-2008 at 3:47 pm

  10. I got the same ladder:

    FLOSS
    GLOSS
    GLASS
    GRASS
    BRASS
    BRASH
    BRUSH

    recaptcha: La Hillsville

    posted by Nerak on 8-14-2008 at 6:40 pm

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