Changing one letter at a time to form new words, and leaving the other letters in their original position, can you convert the word SLEEP into the word DREAM? I was able to do it in six steps:
S L E E P
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D R E A M
Here is one SOLUTION.
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SLEEP
SLEEK
CLEEK
CREEK
CREAK
CREAM
DREAM
I’m pretty sure a Cleek is a kind of golf club.
posted by Shawn on 4-28-2009 at 9:26 am
Sleep
Bleep
Bleed
Breed
Bread
Dread
Dream
posted by Mikhail on 4-28-2009 at 11:32 am
SLEEP
BLEEP
BLEED
BREED
BREAD
BREAM – the fish
DREAM
I started with dream and went up. I couldn’t get it the other way.
posted by Jon on 4-28-2009 at 12:25 pm
SLEEP
BLEEP
BLEAK
BREAK
CREAK
CREAM
DREAM
posted by Gene on 4-28-2009 at 12:42 pm
Gene, careful with that BLEEP-BLEAK jump, since it changes 2 letters. There’s probably a similar way through it, though.
posted by Sandy Wood on 4-28-2009 at 1:19 pm
sleep
sheep
cheep
creek
creak
cream
dream
posted by Liz on 4-28-2009 at 8:56 pm
sleep
sheep
cheep
creep
cream
dream
posted by Amanda on 4-30-2009 at 3:48 pm