Sandy Wood
Brain Game: “Mediterranean C”
by Sandy Wood - September 16, 2008 - 6:30 AM

THE ANSWER:

DARK -> DIRK -> DIRE -> SIRE -> SIDE    (and yes, Dirk is a name, but it’s also a word for a dagger)

Found a different solution? Please feel free to add it to the comments!

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Comments (18)

  1. DARK -> DARE -> DIRE -> SIRE -> SIDE

    posted by Elphaba on 9-16-2008 at 6:40 am

  2. I got the same as elphaba.

    posted by gokarm on 9-16-2008 at 7:08 am

  3. Dark – Dank – Sank – Sane – Sine – Side

    posted by Lesley on 9-16-2008 at 8:01 am

  4. dark
    dare
    date
    sate
    site
    side

    posted by D on 9-16-2008 at 8:04 am

  5. DARK
    DARE
    DIRE
    SIRE
    SIDE

    same as Elphaba and gokarm. :)

    posted by sonora on 9-16-2008 at 8:18 am

  6. “There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it’s all dark.”

    - Roger the Hat

    posted by Sandy on 9-16-2008 at 8:31 am

  7. There are near and far sides of the moon, though. We never see the far side, but only varying slices of the near side, illuminated by the sun.

    posted by mbs on 9-16-2008 at 9:12 am

  8. DARK
    DARE
    BARE
    BADE
    BIDE
    SIDE

    Bade was a stretch, but it works.

    posted by Damirez on 9-16-2008 at 9:13 am

  9. In 5 tries, I got:

    DARK
    DIRK
    DIRE
    SIRE
    SIDE

    posted by LinuXtreme on 9-16-2008 at 10:28 am

  10. Dark
    Dare
    Dire
    Side

    I thought I was the only one who played this game. :-D

    posted by Manda on 9-16-2008 at 10:53 am

  11. Dark, dare, dire, sire, side…

    also…

    Dark, dank, dane, dine, sine, side

    posted by JenPo on 9-16-2008 at 12:11 pm

  12. Yep. I also got:
    DARK
    DARE
    DIRE
    SIRE
    SIDE

    “…and if your head explodes with dark fobodings too – I’ll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon”

    (Now I’ve gotta go listen to that album)

    posted by Nerak on 9-16-2008 at 12:22 pm

  13. Dark
    Mark
    Mare
    Mire
    Sire
    Side

    posted by Ed on 9-17-2008 at 2:58 am

  14. I also got Dark, Dare, Dire, Sire, Side.

    posted by Will on 9-17-2008 at 2:43 pm

  15. Apparently I’m the only one who chose

    DARK
    DIRK
    DIRE
    SIRE
    SIDE

    a dirk is like a dagger.

    posted by Jes on 9-17-2008 at 3:24 pm

  16. You’d think people would learn how to count. Sandy was looking for a solution in four steps (five words total with the starting word). Lesley and D and Dam irez and JenPo and Ed all proposed “solutions” that require 5 steps (6 words total).

    posted by fredly on 9-17-2008 at 10:12 pm

  17. how about this, DARK to SIDE to MOON:

    DARK
    DARE
    DIRE
    SIRE
    SIDE
    SILE
    MILE
    MILD
    MOLD
    MOOD
    MOON

    posted by George on 9-24-2008 at 12:50 pm

  18. DARK
    BARK
    BARE
    BADE
    BIDE
    SIDE

    posted by Steve on 9-30-2008 at 3:42 pm

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