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ONE ANSWER: FLOSS, GLOSS, GLASS, GRASS, BRASS, BRASH, BRUSH.
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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
FLOSS FLOSH FLUSH BLUSH BRUSH
posted by Samuel on 8-14-2008 at 8:02 am
I got it in 4: FLOSS, FLASS, FLASH,
posted by emily on 8-14-2008 at 8:19 am
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
in 4 –
(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
Here’s one shorter as well. Floss Gloss Glass Brass Brash Brush
posted by Chris on 8-14-2008 at 9:30 am
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
What’s with flosh and flass??
posted by Alice on 8-14-2008 at 12:20 pm
reCaptcha: brass
how fitting for the word ladder.
posted by Kendall on 8-14-2008 at 3:47 pm
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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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
FLOSS
FLOSH
FLUSH
BLUSH
BRUSH
posted by Samuel on 8-14-2008 at 8:02 am
I got it in 4: FLOSS, FLASS, FLASH,
posted by emily on 8-14-2008 at 8:19 am
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
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
Here’s one shorter as well.
Floss
Gloss
Glass
Brass
Brash
Brush
posted by Chris on 8-14-2008 at 9:30 am
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
What’s with flosh and flass??
posted by Alice on 8-14-2008 at 12:20 pm
reCaptcha: brass
how fitting for the word ladder.
posted by Kendall on 8-14-2008 at 3:47 pm
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