Here in the US, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It's a holiday still blissfully untouched by obligatory gifts or greeting cards, but is focused almost exclusively around family and food. The jury's out on which gets more love, but some of the best loved foods are pies (undoubtedly more than turkey)!
Can you show your love of pies by making a word ladder from LOVE to PIES?
Quick refresher: a word ladder is a series of words, starting from one word and ending with another, where each subsequent word is a one-letter change from the previous word (without rearranging the letters). And, of course, each step is a valid English word. For instance, you can change CAT to DOG like this: CAT => COT => DOT => DOG.
Ready for the answer?
Can you show your love of pies by making a word ladder from LOVE to PIES?
Quick refresher: a word ladder is a series of words, starting from one word and ending with another, where each subsequent word is a one-letter change from the previous word (without rearranging the letters). And, of course, each step is a valid English word. For instance, you can change CAT to DOG like this: CAT => COT => DOT => DOG.
Ready for the answer?
Mmmm... pies...
There are several ways to get there (English has a ton of four-letter words). The shortest I've found has 5 steps; here are a few:
- LOVE => LIVE => LINE => PINE => PINS => PIES
- LOVE => LONE => LINE => PINE => PINS => PIES
- LOVE => LOPE => LOPS => POPS => PIPS => PIES
- LOVE => LOPE => POPE => POPS => PIPS => PIES
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