Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Word Play
by Sandy Wood - October 15, 2009 - 7:30 AM

ONE SOLUTION:

WORD > FORD > FORT > PORT > POOT > PLOT > PLOY > PLAY

Did you come up with a different (or shorter) pattern? Please post it in the comments. Thanks!

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Comments (23)

  1. word > lord > load > goad > glad > clad > clay > play

    posted by Matt on 10-15-2009 at 8:57 am

  2. this was kinda hard. at one point you have to have 2 vowels at the middle.

    posted by Rolan on 10-15-2009 at 9:10 am

  3. WORD > WOOD > GOOD > GOAD > GLAD > CLAD > CLAY > PLAY

    posted by Chris V on 10-15-2009 at 9:13 am

  4. WORD
    GORD
    GOAD
    GRAD
    GRAY
    PRAY
    PLAY

    posted by David on 10-15-2009 at 9:59 am

  5. kinda long, but

    WORD
    LORD
    LOAD
    GOAD
    GLAD
    GLAM
    SLAM
    SLAY
    PLAY

    posted by Ian from Baltimore on 10-15-2009 at 10:03 am

  6. word > lord >load > goad > glad > glam > slam > slay > play

    :D

    posted by rick on 10-15-2009 at 10:26 am

  7. WORD>WORT>CORT>COOT>CLOT>PLOT>PLOY>PLAY

    posted by Jason on 10-15-2009 at 10:30 am

  8. Word -> Ward -> Wary -> Pray -> Play

    posted by andrew on 10-15-2009 at 10:42 am

  9. Close, Andrew, but the jump from WARY to PRAY changes three letters instead of one.

    And Rolan, you’re right, the jump from one vowel to two and then back to one is indeed tricky.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 10-15-2009 at 10:54 am

  10. The original answer can be shortened by one word by using “wort” – the grain mash used in making beer.

    WORD > WORT > PORT > POOT > PLOT > PLOY > PLAY

    posted by Larchie on 10-15-2009 at 10:58 am

  11. WORD
    WOAD
    GOAD
    GLAD
    CLAD
    CLAY
    PLAY

    posted by Auntie Dawn on 10-15-2009 at 11:06 am

  12. WORD
    WOAD
    TOAD
    TRAD
    TRAY
    PRAY
    PLAY

    (“Trad” as in “trad jazz”, a genre of music popular in 1950′s Britain)

    posted by Jon. on 10-15-2009 at 12:02 pm

  13. WORD
    WORT
    SORT
    SOOT
    SLOT
    SLAT
    SLAY
    PLAY

    posted by BabyBot on 10-15-2009 at 12:18 pm

  14. WORD
    CORD
    COOT
    CLOT
    CLOY
    PLOY
    PLAY

    posted by Danita on 10-15-2009 at 12:55 pm

  15. WORD
    WOAD
    GOAD
    GRAD
    GRAY
    PRAY
    PLAY

    posted by Derek on 10-15-2009 at 1:02 pm

  16. WORD
    FORD
    FORM
    FOAM
    FLAM
    FLAY
    PLAY

    posted by Liz on 10-15-2009 at 2:02 pm

  17. word
    wood
    pood
    plod
    ploy
    play

    posted by Keith on 10-15-2009 at 2:42 pm

  18. word-worm-form-foam-flam-flay-play

    posted by Cathy J on 10-15-2009 at 2:55 pm

  19. WORD
    CORD
    CORP
    COOP
    CLOP
    CLAP
    CLAY
    PLAY

    posted by C. Oh!! on 10-15-2009 at 7:35 pm

  20. word
    wood
    hood
    hoop
    poop
    plop
    ploy
    play

    posted by me on 10-15-2009 at 11:48 pm

  21. 1. Word
    2. Door
    3. Poor
    4. Pool
    5. Poly
    6. Play

    posted by VL on 11-3-2009 at 1:48 pm

  22. word>wood>wool>pool>poop>plop>ploy>play

    posted by sbc on 11-10-2009 at 5:41 pm

  23. Word
    Wort
    Port
    Pert
    Peat
    Plat
    Play

    posted by MJ on 1-18-2010 at 3:59 pm

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