Comments on: Brain Game: Autumn Foliage

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:02:48 +0000

Green
Groan
Grown
Brown

Kevin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:40:09 +0000

Here’s the first solution I came up with:

GREEN
GREED
CREED
CREW’D
CROWD
CROWN
BROWN

I didn’t know if that would fly, but around here, apparently, anything goes… *wink*

loomis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:17:45 +0000

Brown
Grown
Grewn
Green

“Grewn” is the English pronunciation of the German word for green. (Hey, if Valerie gets to have Broon, I get to have Grewn.)

Valerie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:55 +0000

Green
Greed
Breed
Bread
Broad
Brood
Broon
Brown

Definitions of Broon: 1) The colour brown; Of the colour brown 2)Newcastle Brown Ale, a well known brand of brown ale beer.

Amanda — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:22 +0000

green
greet
great
groat
groan
grown
brown

Oh it’s the same as BB’s :)

lbg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:12:43 +0000

whoops that’s wrong!

lbg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:20 +0000

GREEN
GREED
BREED
BLEED
BLEND
BLOND
BLOWN
BROWN

Bicycle Bill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:32 +0000

My error. They were counting “grown” to “brown” as step six; I was only counting the five steps in between.

But it still beats seven!!

-”BB”-

Bicycle Bill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:07 +0000

Was able to do it in five: GREEN GREET GREAT GROAT definition of 'groat' GROAN GROWN BROWN -"BB"-