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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Body Works
by Sandy Wood - July 7, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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Brain Game regulars know we offer word ladders from time to time. In those puzzles, you begin with one word, and form new words by changing one letter per turn (and leaving all others in their original positions). When you’re done, you’ve arrived at a related word. Today’s Word Ladder works the same way – taking you from FLESH to BONES - except we’ve offered clues to each answer running down the list for one of the possible solutions. Solve the clues to help you come up with the words that will fit in the blanks. Enjoy, and good luck!

1. F L E S H
2. _ _ _ _ _: Sometimes accompanies a womanly slap
3. _ _ _ _ _: Not soph
4. _ _ _ _ _: Something done at the mouth
5. _ _ _ _ _: Thin soup
6. _ _ _ _ _: Shirley, for one
7. _ _ _ _ _: They’re made for walking
8. _ _ _ _ _: Chargers
9. _ _ _ _ _: tree trunks
10. B O N E S

Here is the SOLUTION.
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Comments (10)

  1. hmmm.. this was kind of cool… but strangely unsatisfying…

    Like Diet Mountain Dew…

    posted by Kevin on 7-7-2009 at 8:27 am

  2. …or decaf coffee, Kevin?

    posted by Sandy Wood on 7-7-2009 at 8:53 am

  3. Yes sandy… the clues were intriguing on the surface but left me feeling empty… Like hearing Megan Fox be interviewed.

    posted by Kevin on 7-7-2009 at 10:38 am

  4. Lame… Come up with a new concept for your games. We are tired of repeats.

    posted by Austin on 7-7-2009 at 11:42 am

  5. Thanks, Austin & Austin. (I presume that’s who the “we” are… the ones that are tired of repeats.) Considering I’d never done a puzzle like this before with the clues, I’m surprised.

    I’m open to suggestions for new puzzle ideas. (Saying it’s “lame” is an opinion, not a suggestion.) We’re here to have fun, y’know.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 7-7-2009 at 1:31 pm

  6. Sandy, these puzzles are always fun, IMHO!

    Having the clues, again, IMHO, changes things up a bit and allows for some more esoteric word choices. Although, I will admit, I did get hung up on Chargers, as I am not a football aficionato, but, up to that point, it was aces in my book & still is!

    Keep ‘em coming!

    posted by Carolyn on 7-7-2009 at 1:56 pm

  7. Austin, speak for yourself.

    Sandy, my favorite games you do are these word ladders, and quite frankly, I’m glad you had the clues on this one. I tried to be extra smart and do it without using the clues, but definitely had to peek…

    posted by Ophelia on 7-7-2009 at 4:33 pm

  8. I actually thoroughly enjoyed the word ladder this way. The word ladder puzzles at first I was against, mainly because I wasn’t very good at them. I’ve grown to like them a lot, and this form was very cool. Nice work!

    posted by Jua on 7-7-2009 at 5:02 pm

  9. I liked this because I actually could get it. I never have luck without the clues.

    posted by Brad on 7-7-2009 at 5:02 pm

  10. I liked this a lot! I’m not patient enough to do the regular Word Ladders, so this was nice, and not lame at all.

    posted by Jennifer on 7-7-2009 at 5:47 pm

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