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Choo-choo! Word trains
Superhero words!Bridge words - word pairs linked by the front and backCell phone puzzleWord ladder island (formerly dead-end)What is the Sparsest Word?Find the ascending words from the cluesSeattle AthletesVenetian word pairs (i.e., sectioned word reversals)Bike Lock Word LaddersHoliday cookies word attrition [computers welcome]From jafe to El-GuestFully-Firstable Anagram Sets
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All aboard the Word Train Express!
Engineering a word train is simple: I'll give you the locomotive (the first word) and the caboose (the last word), and I'll specify the number of boxcars (intermediate words), and then you construct the train.
Like this:
Locomotive: PORCHES
Number of boxcars: 4
Caboose: STATIONARY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
PORCHES
ORCHESTRA
ESTRANGE
STRANGEST
GESTATION
STATIONARY
And like this:
Locomotive: COLONIALIST
Number of boxcars: 5
Caboose: INGENUITY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
COLONIALIST
LISTEN
STENCH
ENCHANT
CHANTING
TINGE
INGENUITY
Note:
— Each unit must be indented from the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must extend beyond the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must overlap the previous unit by at least four letters
— Each unit must overlap the previous previous unit by at least one letter
As always, I design my puzzles in such a way that they can be solved using only well-known words, so if you find yourself conjuring up increasingly obscure words, you may be overthinking it.
See if you can construct the following four word trains:
The A Train
-----------
Locomotive: GASLIT
Number of boxcars: 7
Caboose: GINGER
The B-1 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 11
Caboose: ESSENCE
The B-2 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 12
Caboose: YESTERDAY
The C Train
-----------
Locomotive: CUBIST
Number of boxcars: 14
Caboose: GINGER
Epilogue:
Nice work, @PiIsNot3 , @cpark , and @hexomino ! People really came up with some amazingly efficient paths from locomotive to caboose!
I realize now that by giving the number of boxcars, the puzzle became over-specified. This didn't allow the puzzle solvers enough room to freely explore their own paths. I'll keep this in mind in future puzzles.
In case you're interested in seeing the trains I had in mind, see below.
@WeatherVane — I would still be curious about the solutions your computer program came up with.
The A Train:
GASLIT, SLITHER, THERE, HERETIC, RETICENT, CENTER, ENTERING, RINGING, GINGER
The B-1 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, STABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, TABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, STRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, TRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
The B-2 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTURE, TUREEN, REENLIST, ENLISTING, STINGRAY, GRAYEST, YESTERDAY
The C Train:
CUBIST, BISTRO, STROP, TROPE, ROPER, OPERATIONAL, RATIONALIST, LISTENS, TENSE, ENSEMBLE, EMBLEM, BLEMISH, MISHAP, SHAPING, PINGING, GINGER
word wordplay no-computers graph-theory
asked Apr 14 at 16:26
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All aboard the Word Train Express!
Engineering a word train is simple: I'll give you the locomotive (the first word) and the caboose (the last word), and I'll specify the number of boxcars (intermediate words), and then you construct the train.
Like this:
Locomotive: PORCHES
Number of boxcars: 4
Caboose: STATIONARY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
PORCHES
ORCHESTRA
ESTRANGE
STRANGEST
GESTATION
STATIONARY
And like this:
Locomotive: COLONIALIST
Number of boxcars: 5
Caboose: INGENUITY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
COLONIALIST
LISTEN
STENCH
ENCHANT
CHANTING
TINGE
INGENUITY
Note:
— Each unit must be indented from the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must extend beyond the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must overlap the previous unit by at least four letters
— Each unit must overlap the previous previous unit by at least one letter
As always, I design my puzzles in such a way that they can be solved using only well-known words, so if you find yourself conjuring up increasingly obscure words, you may be overthinking it.
See if you can construct the following four word trains:
The A Train
-----------
Locomotive: GASLIT
Number of boxcars: 7
Caboose: GINGER
The B-1 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 11
Caboose: ESSENCE
The B-2 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 12
Caboose: YESTERDAY
The C Train
-----------
Locomotive: CUBIST
Number of boxcars: 14
Caboose: GINGER
Epilogue:
Nice work, @PiIsNot3 , @cpark , and @hexomino ! People really came up with some amazingly efficient paths from locomotive to caboose!
I realize now that by giving the number of boxcars, the puzzle became over-specified. This didn't allow the puzzle solvers enough room to freely explore their own paths. I'll keep this in mind in future puzzles.
In case you're interested in seeing the trains I had in mind, see below.
@WeatherVane — I would still be curious about the solutions your computer program came up with.
The A Train:
GASLIT, SLITHER, THERE, HERETIC, RETICENT, CENTER, ENTERING, RINGING, GINGER
The B-1 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, STABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, TABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, STRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, TRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
The B-2 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTURE, TUREEN, REENLIST, ENLISTING, STINGRAY, GRAYEST, YESTERDAY
The C Train:
CUBIST, BISTRO, STROP, TROPE, ROPER, OPERATIONAL, RATIONALIST, LISTENS, TENSE, ENSEMBLE, EMBLEM, BLEMISH, MISHAP, SHAPING, PINGING, GINGER
word wordplay no-computers graph-theory
asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
2,2665 silver badges37 bronze badges
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This reminds me of Bridge Words! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 17:39
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@user477343 — Cool!
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– SlowMagic
Apr 14 at 18:22
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Using rot13(pbzcbhaq jbeqf) is definitely a strategy... how many can we use?
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 18:48
1
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Definition of SlowMagic: "provider of quality and creative wordplay puzzles, mostly stressing in the transformation of words." ~ Omega Krypton Dictionary. +1ed!
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– Omega Krypton
Apr 15 at 13:37
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Thank you, thank you, @OmegaKrypton ! I do stress the transformation of words, but what gets me stressed is worrying about whether I have presented everything clearly, accurately, and unambiguously. Puzzle solvers always manage to come up with something I didn't foresee!
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:19
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show 9 more comments
$begingroup$
All aboard the Word Train Express!
Engineering a word train is simple: I'll give you the locomotive (the first word) and the caboose (the last word), and I'll specify the number of boxcars (intermediate words), and then you construct the train.
Like this:
Locomotive: PORCHES
Number of boxcars: 4
Caboose: STATIONARY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
PORCHES
ORCHESTRA
ESTRANGE
STRANGEST
GESTATION
STATIONARY
And like this:
Locomotive: COLONIALIST
Number of boxcars: 5
Caboose: INGENUITY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
COLONIALIST
LISTEN
STENCH
ENCHANT
CHANTING
TINGE
INGENUITY
Note:
— Each unit must be indented from the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must extend beyond the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must overlap the previous unit by at least four letters
— Each unit must overlap the previous previous unit by at least one letter
As always, I design my puzzles in such a way that they can be solved using only well-known words, so if you find yourself conjuring up increasingly obscure words, you may be overthinking it.
See if you can construct the following four word trains:
The A Train
-----------
Locomotive: GASLIT
Number of boxcars: 7
Caboose: GINGER
The B-1 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 11
Caboose: ESSENCE
The B-2 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 12
Caboose: YESTERDAY
The C Train
-----------
Locomotive: CUBIST
Number of boxcars: 14
Caboose: GINGER
Epilogue:
Nice work, @PiIsNot3 , @cpark , and @hexomino ! People really came up with some amazingly efficient paths from locomotive to caboose!
I realize now that by giving the number of boxcars, the puzzle became over-specified. This didn't allow the puzzle solvers enough room to freely explore their own paths. I'll keep this in mind in future puzzles.
In case you're interested in seeing the trains I had in mind, see below.
@WeatherVane — I would still be curious about the solutions your computer program came up with.
The A Train:
GASLIT, SLITHER, THERE, HERETIC, RETICENT, CENTER, ENTERING, RINGING, GINGER
The B-1 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, STABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, TABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, STRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, TRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
The B-2 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTURE, TUREEN, REENLIST, ENLISTING, STINGRAY, GRAYEST, YESTERDAY
The C Train:
CUBIST, BISTRO, STROP, TROPE, ROPER, OPERATIONAL, RATIONALIST, LISTENS, TENSE, ENSEMBLE, EMBLEM, BLEMISH, MISHAP, SHAPING, PINGING, GINGER
word wordplay no-computers graph-theory
asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
2,2665 silver badges37 bronze badges
$endgroup$
All aboard the Word Train Express!
Engineering a word train is simple: I'll give you the locomotive (the first word) and the caboose (the last word), and I'll specify the number of boxcars (intermediate words), and then you construct the train.
Like this:
Locomotive: PORCHES
Number of boxcars: 4
Caboose: STATIONARY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
PORCHES
ORCHESTRA
ESTRANGE
STRANGEST
GESTATION
STATIONARY
And like this:
Locomotive: COLONIALIST
Number of boxcars: 5
Caboose: INGENUITY
-------------------------------------------
Solution:
COLONIALIST
LISTEN
STENCH
ENCHANT
CHANTING
TINGE
INGENUITY
Note:
— Each unit must be indented from the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must extend beyond the previous unit by at least one letter
— Each unit must overlap the previous unit by at least four letters
— Each unit must overlap the previous previous unit by at least one letter
As always, I design my puzzles in such a way that they can be solved using only well-known words, so if you find yourself conjuring up increasingly obscure words, you may be overthinking it.
See if you can construct the following four word trains:
The A Train
-----------
Locomotive: GASLIT
Number of boxcars: 7
Caboose: GINGER
The B-1 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 11
Caboose: ESSENCE
The B-2 Train
-------------
Locomotive: SCRAM
Number of boxcars: 12
Caboose: YESTERDAY
The C Train
-----------
Locomotive: CUBIST
Number of boxcars: 14
Caboose: GINGER
Epilogue:
Nice work, @PiIsNot3 , @cpark , and @hexomino ! People really came up with some amazingly efficient paths from locomotive to caboose!
I realize now that by giving the number of boxcars, the puzzle became over-specified. This didn't allow the puzzle solvers enough room to freely explore their own paths. I'll keep this in mind in future puzzles.
In case you're interested in seeing the trains I had in mind, see below.
@WeatherVane — I would still be curious about the solutions your computer program came up with.
The A Train:
GASLIT, SLITHER, THERE, HERETIC, RETICENT, CENTER, ENTERING, RINGING, GINGER
The B-1 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, STABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTEST, TESTABLE, TABLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, STRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
—OR—
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRAIN, TRAINED, INEDIBLE, EDIBLES, BLESS, LESSEN, ESSENCE
The B-2 Train:
SCRAM, CRAMP, RAMPANT, PANTHER, THEREFORE, REFOREST, RESTRICT, STRICTURE, TUREEN, REENLIST, ENLISTING, STINGRAY, GRAYEST, YESTERDAY
The C Train:
CUBIST, BISTRO, STROP, TROPE, ROPER, OPERATIONAL, RATIONALIST, LISTENS, TENSE, ENSEMBLE, EMBLEM, BLEMISH, MISHAP, SHAPING, PINGING, GINGER
word wordplay no-computers graph-theory
word wordplay no-computers graph-theory
asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
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asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
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edited Apr 16 at 14:20
SlowMagic
asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
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asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
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asked Apr 14 at 16:26
SlowMagicSlowMagic
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This reminds me of Bridge Words! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 17:39
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@user477343 — Cool!
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– SlowMagic
Apr 14 at 18:22
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Using rot13(pbzcbhaq jbeqf) is definitely a strategy... how many can we use?
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 18:48
1
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Definition of SlowMagic: "provider of quality and creative wordplay puzzles, mostly stressing in the transformation of words." ~ Omega Krypton Dictionary. +1ed!
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– Omega Krypton
Apr 15 at 13:37
1
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Thank you, thank you, @OmegaKrypton ! I do stress the transformation of words, but what gets me stressed is worrying about whether I have presented everything clearly, accurately, and unambiguously. Puzzle solvers always manage to come up with something I didn't foresee!
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:19
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show 9 more comments
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This reminds me of Bridge Words! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 17:39
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@user477343 — Cool!
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 14 at 18:22
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Using rot13(pbzcbhaq jbeqf) is definitely a strategy... how many can we use?
$endgroup$
– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 18:48
1
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Definition of SlowMagic: "provider of quality and creative wordplay puzzles, mostly stressing in the transformation of words." ~ Omega Krypton Dictionary. +1ed!
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Apr 15 at 13:37
1
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Thank you, thank you, @OmegaKrypton ! I do stress the transformation of words, but what gets me stressed is worrying about whether I have presented everything clearly, accurately, and unambiguously. Puzzle solvers always manage to come up with something I didn't foresee!
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:19
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This reminds me of Bridge Words! :D
$endgroup$
– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 17:39
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This reminds me of Bridge Words! :D
$endgroup$
– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 17:39
$begingroup$
@user477343 — Cool!
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 14 at 18:22
$begingroup$
@user477343 — Cool!
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 14 at 18:22
$begingroup$
Using rot13(pbzcbhaq jbeqf) is definitely a strategy... how many can we use?
$endgroup$
– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 18:48
$begingroup$
Using rot13(pbzcbhaq jbeqf) is definitely a strategy... how many can we use?
$endgroup$
– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 18:48
1
1
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Definition of SlowMagic: "provider of quality and creative wordplay puzzles, mostly stressing in the transformation of words." ~ Omega Krypton Dictionary. +1ed!
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– Omega Krypton
Apr 15 at 13:37
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Definition of SlowMagic: "provider of quality and creative wordplay puzzles, mostly stressing in the transformation of words." ~ Omega Krypton Dictionary. +1ed!
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Apr 15 at 13:37
1
1
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Thank you, thank you, @OmegaKrypton ! I do stress the transformation of words, but what gets me stressed is worrying about whether I have presented everything clearly, accurately, and unambiguously. Puzzle solvers always manage to come up with something I didn't foresee!
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:19
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Thank you, thank you, @OmegaKrypton ! I do stress the transformation of words, but what gets me stressed is worrying about whether I have presented everything clearly, accurately, and unambiguously. Puzzle solvers always manage to come up with something I didn't foresee!
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:19
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The B-2 Train (10 boxcars)
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREIN
REINSURE
INSURES
SUREST
RESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
The C Train (7 boxcars)
CUBIST
BISTRO
STROLL
ROLLOVER
LOVERS
OVERSLEEP
SLEEPING
PINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 15 at 1:37
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
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– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
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I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
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– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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The A-Train
GASLIT
SLITHER
THERE
HEREIN
REINVEST
INVESTOR
STORING
RINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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Here's my answer for b1:
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
answered Apr 15 at 22:22
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I previously refrained from posting this computer solution because of the "no-computers" tag.
But now an answer has been accepted and @SlowMagic invited me to post. I found a lot of similar variants to the answers, but here are the shortest boxcar solutions I found:
GASLIT (7 5) GINGER
GASLIT
SLITHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTING
STINGING
GINGER
SCRAM (11 9) ESSENCE
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
SCRAM (12 7) YESTERDAY
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPART
PARTING
TINGES
INGESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
CUBIST (14 6) GINGER
CUBIST
BISTABLE
TABLES
BLESS
LESSENS
SENSING
SINGING
GINGER
I didn't find any solutions to the B-2 Train until I added REENLIST and GRAYEST to my dictionary. On the other hand, I didn't want to use a more exhaustive dictionary because it contains too many words I am not familiar with.
answered Apr 16 at 17:47
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Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
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The B-2 Train (10 boxcars)
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREIN
REINSURE
INSURES
SUREST
RESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
The C Train (7 boxcars)
CUBIST
BISTRO
STROLL
ROLLOVER
LOVERS
OVERSLEEP
SLEEPING
PINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 15 at 1:37
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
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– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
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I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
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– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:18
add a comment |
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Partial
The B-2 Train (10 boxcars)
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREIN
REINSURE
INSURES
SUREST
RESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
The C Train (7 boxcars)
CUBIST
BISTRO
STROLL
ROLLOVER
LOVERS
OVERSLEEP
SLEEPING
PINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 15 at 1:37
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
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– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
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I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
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– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:18
add a comment |
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Partial
The B-2 Train (10 boxcars)
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREIN
REINSURE
INSURES
SUREST
RESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
The C Train (7 boxcars)
CUBIST
BISTRO
STROLL
ROLLOVER
LOVERS
OVERSLEEP
SLEEPING
PINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 15 at 1:37
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
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Partial
The B-2 Train (10 boxcars)
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREIN
REINSURE
INSURES
SUREST
RESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
The C Train (7 boxcars)
CUBIST
BISTRO
STROLL
ROLLOVER
LOVERS
OVERSLEEP
SLEEPING
PINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 15 at 1:37
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edited Apr 15 at 2:28
answered Apr 15 at 1:37
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answered Apr 15 at 1:37
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
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– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
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I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
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– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:18
add a comment |
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
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– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
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I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:18
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
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– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
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These are using the wrong number of boxcars though ...?
$endgroup$
– Rubio♦
Apr 15 at 4:53
$begingroup$
I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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I hope it's OK - the last one I did, I managed to find significantly shorter solutions than the author intended, and they were accepted, so I assumed for this one it'd be the same
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
Apr 15 at 8:03
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:18
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Clever and elegant solutions! But now you've made me realize that I put myself into quandary. I should have stated explicitly whether the number of boxcars was meant as a requirement or just a suggestion. (And that also points out the difficulty with creating these types of word chain problems — everyone is working from a different definition of what qualifies as a word. So I have to be pretty permissive.)
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:18
add a comment |
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The A-Train
GASLIT
SLITHER
THERE
HEREIN
REINVEST
INVESTOR
STORING
RINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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The A-Train
GASLIT
SLITHER
THERE
HEREIN
REINVEST
INVESTOR
STORING
RINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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The A-Train
GASLIT
SLITHER
THERE
HEREIN
REINVEST
INVESTOR
STORING
RINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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The A-Train
GASLIT
SLITHER
THERE
HEREIN
REINVEST
INVESTOR
STORING
RINGING
GINGER
answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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answered Apr 14 at 17:22
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Here's my answer for b1:
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
answered Apr 15 at 22:22
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Here's my answer for b1:
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
answered Apr 15 at 22:22
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Here's my answer for b1:
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
answered Apr 15 at 22:22
cparkcpark
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Here's my answer for b1:
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
answered Apr 15 at 22:22
cparkcpark
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edited Apr 16 at 0:45
answered Apr 15 at 22:22
cparkcpark
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answered Apr 15 at 22:22
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answered Apr 15 at 22:22
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I previously refrained from posting this computer solution because of the "no-computers" tag.
But now an answer has been accepted and @SlowMagic invited me to post. I found a lot of similar variants to the answers, but here are the shortest boxcar solutions I found:
GASLIT (7 5) GINGER
GASLIT
SLITHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTING
STINGING
GINGER
SCRAM (11 9) ESSENCE
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
SCRAM (12 7) YESTERDAY
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPART
PARTING
TINGES
INGESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
CUBIST (14 6) GINGER
CUBIST
BISTABLE
TABLES
BLESS
LESSENS
SENSING
SINGING
GINGER
I didn't find any solutions to the B-2 Train until I added REENLIST and GRAYEST to my dictionary. On the other hand, I didn't want to use a more exhaustive dictionary because it contains too many words I am not familiar with.
answered Apr 16 at 17:47
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Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
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– SlowMagic
Apr 17 at 14:26
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I previously refrained from posting this computer solution because of the "no-computers" tag.
But now an answer has been accepted and @SlowMagic invited me to post. I found a lot of similar variants to the answers, but here are the shortest boxcar solutions I found:
GASLIT (7 5) GINGER
GASLIT
SLITHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTING
STINGING
GINGER
SCRAM (11 9) ESSENCE
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
SCRAM (12 7) YESTERDAY
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPART
PARTING
TINGES
INGESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
CUBIST (14 6) GINGER
CUBIST
BISTABLE
TABLES
BLESS
LESSENS
SENSING
SINGING
GINGER
I didn't find any solutions to the B-2 Train until I added REENLIST and GRAYEST to my dictionary. On the other hand, I didn't want to use a more exhaustive dictionary because it contains too many words I am not familiar with.
answered Apr 16 at 17:47
Weather VaneWeather Vane
5,3361 gold badge3 silver badges23 bronze badges
$endgroup$
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Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 17 at 14:26
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I previously refrained from posting this computer solution because of the "no-computers" tag.
But now an answer has been accepted and @SlowMagic invited me to post. I found a lot of similar variants to the answers, but here are the shortest boxcar solutions I found:
GASLIT (7 5) GINGER
GASLIT
SLITHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTING
STINGING
GINGER
SCRAM (11 9) ESSENCE
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
SCRAM (12 7) YESTERDAY
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPART
PARTING
TINGES
INGESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
CUBIST (14 6) GINGER
CUBIST
BISTABLE
TABLES
BLESS
LESSENS
SENSING
SINGING
GINGER
I didn't find any solutions to the B-2 Train until I added REENLIST and GRAYEST to my dictionary. On the other hand, I didn't want to use a more exhaustive dictionary because it contains too many words I am not familiar with.
answered Apr 16 at 17:47
Weather VaneWeather Vane
5,3361 gold badge3 silver badges23 bronze badges
$endgroup$
I previously refrained from posting this computer solution because of the "no-computers" tag.
But now an answer has been accepted and @SlowMagic invited me to post. I found a lot of similar variants to the answers, but here are the shortest boxcar solutions I found:
GASLIT (7 5) GINGER
GASLIT
SLITHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTING
STINGING
GINGER
SCRAM (11 9) ESSENCE
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPANT
PANTHER
THEREFORE
REFOREST
RESTART
STARTLE
ARTLESS
LESSEN
ESSENCE
SCRAM (12 7) YESTERDAY
SCRAM
CRAMP
RAMPART
PARTING
TINGES
INGESTING
STINGRAY
GRAYEST
YESTERDAY
CUBIST (14 6) GINGER
CUBIST
BISTABLE
TABLES
BLESS
LESSENS
SENSING
SINGING
GINGER
I didn't find any solutions to the B-2 Train until I added REENLIST and GRAYEST to my dictionary. On the other hand, I didn't want to use a more exhaustive dictionary because it contains too many words I am not familiar with.
answered Apr 16 at 17:47
Weather VaneWeather Vane
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edited Apr 16 at 19:13
answered Apr 16 at 17:47
Weather VaneWeather Vane
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answered Apr 16 at 17:47
Weather VaneWeather Vane
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answered Apr 16 at 17:47
Weather VaneWeather Vane
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Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 17 at 14:26
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 17 at 14:26
$begingroup$
Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 17 at 14:26
$begingroup$
Excellent! Thank you for sharing! You must have written a very fine breadth-first search algorithm to come up with such highly efficient solutions. BTW, I also made special consideration for REENLIST. I seem to remember it being spelled with a hyphen... Or maybe that's just another example of the Mandela effect...
$endgroup$
– SlowMagic
Apr 17 at 14:26
add a comment |
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This reminds me of Bridge Words! :D
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 17:39
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@user477343 — Cool!
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– SlowMagic
Apr 14 at 18:22
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Using rot13(pbzcbhaq jbeqf) is definitely a strategy... how many can we use?
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– Mr Pie
Apr 14 at 18:48
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Definition of SlowMagic: "provider of quality and creative wordplay puzzles, mostly stressing in the transformation of words." ~ Omega Krypton Dictionary. +1ed!
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– Omega Krypton
Apr 15 at 13:37
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Thank you, thank you, @OmegaKrypton ! I do stress the transformation of words, but what gets me stressed is worrying about whether I have presented everything clearly, accurately, and unambiguously. Puzzle solvers always manage to come up with something I didn't foresee!
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– SlowMagic
Apr 15 at 14:19