Sandy Wood
Brain Game: This World or the Next
by Sandy Wood - November 12, 2009 - 7:30 AM

A SIX-STEP SOLUTION:

LIVE > HIVE > HIRE > HERE > HERD > HEAD > DEAD

Did you come up with a different series of words? Please post your solution in the comments. Thanks!

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Comments (28)
  1. Live — Line — Mine — Mind — Mend — Mead — Dead

  2. Live-Line-Lane-Land-Lend-Lead-Dead

  3. Got it exactly! YAY. :D

  4. live – love – lore – lord – load – lead – dead

  5. live – line – lane – land – lend – lead – dead

    apparently joe had the same idea, too.

  6. I got the same solution as mike, but I really like Tiffany’s solution.

  7. I have it this way
    LIVE LINE LINT LENT LEND LEAD DEAD

  8. Came up with 2 solutions, but they’re both 7 steps:

    LIVE-DIVE-DOVE-DONE-BONE-BOND-BEND-BEAD-DEAD

    LIVE-LOVE-LORE-MORE-MORN-MOAN-MEAN-MEAD-DEAD

    Oh, well…

  9. I had a similar one with zach and joe:

    Live-Line-Lint-Lent-Lend-Lead-Dead

  10. live – lire – hire – here – herd – head – dead

    live – dive – dire – dere – dern – dean – dead

  11. live-life-line-lane-lend-lead-dead

  12. Correction:
    live-life-line-lane-land-lend-lead-dead

  13. live-love-lose-loss-less-leas-lead-dead

  14. live-dive-died-deed-dead

  15. live-lime-dime-dims-dies-died-dead

  16. live-lire-lore-lord-load-road-read-dead

  17. LIVE
    FIVE
    FINE
    FIND
    RIND
    REND
    READ
    DEAD

  18. Live
    Lave
    Lane
    Land
    Lend
    Lead
    Dead

  19. Live
    Dive
    Dire
    Dirt
    Diet
    Deet
    Deed
    Dead

  20. same as joe:
    live
    line
    lane
    land
    lend
    lead
    dead

    reCap: and stuff

  21. LIVE
    WINE
    WIND
    RIND
    REND
    READ
    DEAD

  22. A lot of combinations!

    Here’s my solution:
    LIVE
    FIVE
    FIRE
    HIRE
    HERE
    HERD
    HEAD
    DEAD

  23. LIVE – LEVE – HEVE – HERE – HEAD – DEAD

  24. LIVE-DIVE-DIAE-DIAD-DEAD

  25. LIVE
    DIVE
    DIAE
    DIAD
    DEAD

  26. LIVE-LINE-LINT-DINT-DENT-DEET-DEED-DEAD

  27. LIVE – DIVE – DOVE – DONE – DOME – DAME – DATE – DEAD

  28. line-fine-find-fend-feed-deed-dead

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