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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Ring Ding Diddle
by Sandy Wood - April 8, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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I recently discovered an “add-a-letter” sequence that ran from one to eight. It came to mind that there might be a different way to present this type of puzzle, so I’m attempting something new. Enjoy!

Starting with the eight-letter word SCOTSMAN,
remove one letter and then rearrange the
existing letters to form a new seven-letter word.

Then repeat the process, removing a letter and
rearranging the others to form a new word,
until you’re down to a single letter.

Here is one SOLUTION.
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Comments (26)

  1. Here is what I had come up with…

    SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    ASCOT
    COAT
    OAT
    AT
    A

    posted by JD on 4-8-2009 at 7:41 am

  2. Oops, but I see I did not rearrange the existing letters, so a better solution is still out there…

    posted by jd on 4-8-2009 at 7:43 am

  3. scotsman
    mascots
    coasts
    tacos
    cast
    sat
    at
    a

    posted by Phill on 4-8-2009 at 8:02 am

  4. scotsman
    mascots
    coasts
    tacos
    coat
    act
    at
    a

    posted by Jon on 4-8-2009 at 8:27 am

  5. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    ATOMS
    ATOM
    MAT
    AT
    A

    posted by Kolja on 4-8-2009 at 8:28 am

  6. scotsman
    mascots
    mascot
    stoma
    moat
    mat
    at
    a

    posted by Daph on 4-8-2009 at 8:31 am

  7. I was also thinking of tacos.

    scotsman
    mascots
    coasts
    tacos
    taco
    cat
    at
    a

    posted by Shawn on 4-8-2009 at 8:44 am

  8. scotsman
    mascots
    coasts
    coats
    cast
    sac
    as
    a

    posted by Matt on 4-8-2009 at 9:00 am

  9. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    COAST
    CAST
    SAT
    AS
    A

    posted by Wilson on 4-8-2009 at 9:17 am

  10. Scotsman
    mascots
    mascot
    ascot
    scat
    at
    a

    posted by John on 4-8-2009 at 9:23 am

  11. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    COMAS
    COMA
    MOA
    AM
    A

    posted by BabyBot on 4-8-2009 at 9:26 am

  12. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    COATS
    COAT
    CAT
    AT
    A

    posted by Kevin H on 4-8-2009 at 9:46 am

  13. Scotsman
    Mascots
    Coasts
    Coats
    Cats
    Sat
    At
    A

    posted by Bri on 4-8-2009 at 10:02 am

  14. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    MOATS
    MOAT
    MAT
    AM
    A

    posted by Tdl on 4-8-2009 at 10:25 am

  15. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    TACOS
    CATS
    CAT
    AT
    A

    posted by Mike on 4-8-2009 at 10:35 am

  16. Strange… The only person that solved this the same way I did is also named John! Great Jons/Johns think alike.

    posted by Jon on 4-8-2009 at 11:21 am

  17. all the combos i thought of…

    scotsman
    mascots
    mascot/coasts
    coats/moats/tacos/casts/masts/scams/coast
    coat/moat/taco/cast/mast/scam/mass/acts/cats/
    oat/act/cat/sat/ass
    at/as
    a

    posted by Simon on 4-8-2009 at 11:35 am

  18. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    ASCOT
    SCAT
    CAT
    AT
    A

    posted by Gretchen on 4-8-2009 at 12:08 pm

  19. scotsman
    mascots
    mascot
    comas
    coma
    cam
    am
    a

    posted by Bryan on 4-8-2009 at 12:09 pm

  20. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    MASCOT
    MOATS
    MOAT
    MAT
    AT
    A

    posted by Jon on 4-8-2009 at 1:50 pm

  21. scotsman
    mascots
    stomas
    masts
    mats
    mat
    at
    a

    posted by Anita Cocktail on 4-8-2009 at 3:15 pm

  22. Scotsman
    Mascots
    Ascots
    Coats
    Scat
    Cat
    At
    A

    posted by JenPo on 4-8-2009 at 4:10 pm

  23. SCOTSMAN
    MASCOTS
    ASCOTS
    TACOS
    COST
    COT
    TO
    O

    posted by The Bears on 4-8-2009 at 7:40 pm

  24. scotsman
    mascots
    ascots
    casts
    cats
    cat
    at
    a

    posted by Dee on 4-9-2009 at 11:30 am

  25. scotsman
    mascots
    coasts
    oats
    sat
    at
    a

    posted by cha on 4-10-2009 at 12:36 pm

  26. scotsman
    mascots
    stomas
    moats
    atom
    oat
    at
    a

    posted by Nestor on 6-22-2009 at 12:02 pm

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