Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Yolk It Up
by Sandy Wood - September 3, 2010 - 7:30 AM

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By changing one letter at a time to form different English words, and leaving all other letters in their original positions, convert LAY into EGG in the fewest steps possible. Good luck!

L A Y
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E G G

Here is a six-step SOLUTION.
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Comments (10)

  1. Took me 8 steps

    lay>lag>leg>lee>lye>eye>ere>erg>egg

    posted by Nathan on 9-3-2010 at 9:19 am

  2. Took me 8 steps too
    lay>may>man>mon>eon>ern>erg>egg

    posted by dave on 9-3-2010 at 9:35 am

  3. lay>bay>bar>ear>err>erg>egg

    posted by Molly on 9-3-2010 at 9:37 am

  4. lay
    jay
    jar
    ear
    err
    era
    erg
    egg

    posted by Auntie Dawn on 9-3-2010 at 9:57 am

  5. I did it in 6, but was then able to shorten it to 5.

    LAY
    PAY
    PAR
    EAR
    ERR
    ERG
    EGG
    –
    LAY
    LAR
    EAR
    ERR
    ERG
    EGG

    posted by Tilde on 9-3-2010 at 11:05 am

  6. What is an ERG???

    Lay
    Pay
    Pry
    Pre
    Are
    Age
    Ago
    Ego
    Egg

    posted by Bob Calhoun on 9-3-2010 at 11:37 am

  7. Bob, you could have searched for it in the time it took you to ask the question… then again, I could have answered it in the time it took me to make this reply. :)

    An erg is a unit of energy/work, used in physics.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 9-3-2010 at 12:12 pm

  8. 5 steps only needed,

    Lay,bay,bad,beg,egg

    posted by chris on 9-3-2010 at 3:32 pm

  9. @ Chris, you changed 2 letters on the word beg both before and after. Tilde, can you define “lar” for me?

    posted by Brad on 9-3-2010 at 3:45 pm

  10. I did it in 7 – well, if you count pre as a word.

    lay-pay-pry-pre-ere-erg-egg

    posted by St. James on 9-5-2010 at 12:50 am

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