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Roll of Honor Meneldil
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Well, as no-one else has even attempted this... it was probably fool-hardy for me to try. However, using some very dodgy, and some just plain illegal moves, I've done it:
ANAR
A NAN
A MAN
AMEN
OMEN
OPEN
OP-ED
APED
SPED
SEED
REED
REND
RENT
RANT
RANA

I'd like to apologise for bending the rules so disgustingly, but I felt that this game could use a kick up the rear, as it's a rather good fun. To get the game moving again, I'll post another one tomorrow, unless someone else can make some improvements on my method. []
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Roll of Honor Meneldil
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Well, I hope people are interested in playing... perhaps someone can relive the steps involved from getting from the Shire to the Last Homely House in the West? I've got it in 15, but I expect this can be improved upon.
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Glóin the Dark
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Here is a rather unsatisfactory attempt requiring seventeen moves, and using one word regarded by Dictionary.com as archaic and another regarded as obsolete.

SHIRE
SHORE
STORE
STONE
ATONE
ALONE
CLONE
CLOSE
CHOSE
CHUSE
CAUSE
PAUSE
PARSE
PURSE
CURSE
CORSE
HORSE
HOUSE
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Glóin the Dark
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Okay, this is my final offer:

SHIRE
SHORE
CHORE
CHOSE
CHUSE
CAUSE
CARSE
CORSE
HORSE
HOUSE

It has taken me a while but, given the improvement from Meneldil's target of 15, that's what I call a year well spent.
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Glóin the Dark
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Right, this is definitely the best I can do without recourse to expletives:

SHIRE
SHORE
SHOTE
SHUTE
SAUTE
SAUCE
SOUCE
SOUSE
HOUSE
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Roll of Honor Meneldil
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Surely you're not claiming that SAUTE is a word?

Methinks you're thinking of SAUTÉ, but I'm afraid that would be changing two letters.

[ 05-01-2012, 10:14 AM: Message edited by: Meneldil ]
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Glóin the Dark
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The letter-strings have to be words?

This game is even tougher than I thought...

Edit: Duh! I should have read the thread title.

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Fangorn
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Good game. Next Q pls ( Assuming Gloin's 10 attempt earlier answer was good enough?)

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Glóin the Dark
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Hello, Fangorn!

How hastily, I wonder, can you get from TREE to HERD?

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Roll of Honor Athene
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*cracks knuckles*

Right, I'm not very good at word games, but here is my stab at it:

TREE
FREE
FRET
FEET
FEED
HEED
HERD

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TREE
THEE
THEM
TEEM
TEED
HEED
HERD
Dictionary.com was a little ambiguous on 'teed' []
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Roll of Honor Athene
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Past tense of the verb "tee" as in to tee off in golf? Pretty sure that is a real word. []
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When past tense is good, I'm good. [] []
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Glóin the Dark
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Excellent entificating.

Your go, Athene!
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Fangorn
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Hrrrrrrrmmm..
Over hasty Greek Goddesses..

Here is one with a LOTR connection (not to usurp Athene's chance ofcourse)

TREE
BREE
BRED
BRAD
BEAD
HEAD
HERD

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Roll of Honor Athene
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I am much too feeble of wit to think up one of these, so do please take my go, anyone who wants it. []
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Fangorn
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This question was posted by Marcho, but wasnt answered properly - so I re-post it again :
WHITE - TOWER in 9.
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Roll of Honor Athene
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Can you confirm that the nine entries include both the starting and finishing positions - i.e., there are seven stages missing? []
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Fangorn
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1. WHITE
2. BLAH
3. BLAH
....
10. TOWER.

So, Not counting WHITE, there should 9 entries in the list, and the last in the list showing TOWER.

[ 05-30-2012, 09:49 AM: Message edited by: Fangorn ]
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Roll of Honor Athene
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[] Oh Fangorn, BLAH does not have five letters and so you are cheating.
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I understand now, will try to fire a few neurones in that direction...

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