A Non-Math Puzzle

[sinjun]

Make your way from TALK to BORE in only four steps, changing one letter at a time to make a good English word at each step.

TALK
----
----
----
BORE

Comments

[wibbble]

TALK
TALE
BALE
BARE
BORE

And I'm usually terrible at those things, too.

[insaint.livejournal.com]

TALK
BALK
BARK
BARE
BORE

[damara.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[damara.livejournal.com]

Yep, I think that counts as a second way!

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

*grins* Go me.

[morgie.livejournal.com]

TALK
TALE
BALE
BARE
BORE

[damara.livejournal.com]

*beams*

Yay you! Well done!

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[morgie.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Woulda just been easier to look at the answers. Bah.

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[wibbble]

I started that way, but I wasn't sure if 'balk' was a word, and was too lazy to look it up. ;o)

And for a 3rd way...

[wolfcat.livejournal.com]

talk

tale
tare (definition: the seed of a vetch)
tore

bore

Also known as a 4-day long training seminar you don't want to attend.

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

*snickers* It's frequently used in the books I'm reading right now.

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

I did, however, have to look up 'bale'. ;)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[damara.livejournal.com]

Show off. ;)

Yes, that is in fact a third way.

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[wolfcat.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Well, you know... How could I resist when it was so appropriate to my week?

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[insaint.livejournal.com]

A bored show-off is a dangerous show-off. =)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[damara.livejournal.com]

I thought it was appropriate too, actually. :)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[insaint.livejournal.com]

Come on, you gotta post more puzzles. ;)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[damara.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow. ;)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[insaint.livejournal.com]

Aww. Promise? ;)

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[myrynvalona.livejournal.com]

*grin* Bale is easy. It's a bundled up unit of goods made easier to move around by it having been bundled up. *has fed out waaaaay too many bales of hay* ;)

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

Yep. But see, my brain had things confused... what I had in my head was 'hales of bay'. :)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[damara.livejournal.com]

Depends on if I have time. :)

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[damara.livejournal.com]

Now see, even I've fed out at least one bale of hay, and I'm a city kid. ;)

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[damara.livejournal.com]

*dies*

Good to know I'm contagiuos!

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

Good to know it's all your fault!

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

Mm. I haven't. I once tried to feed some tree leaves to a ram when I was 7. Got my ass kicked by said ram... =)

[proudsky.livejournal.com]

TALK
BALK
BALE
BARE
BORE

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

Did you cheat? ;)

Re: And for a 3rd way...

[wolfcat.livejournal.com]

Go figure!

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[proudsky.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Actually, no. I do see yours is similiar to mine tho....

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[insaint.livejournal.com]

*grins* Yours is like wibbble's and mine blended together. :)

[eustacio.livejournal.com]

TALK
BALK
BALE
BARE
BORE

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[eustacio.livejournal.com]

This is what sucks about getting up later in the day. Everyone else beats me to the answers (unless Dara wants to start getting up around 3 am her time and posting these puzzles...). @#;+P

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[proudsky.livejournal.com]

*smirks*

A Generation AlwiX-er?

[damara.livejournal.com]

Good job!

[damara.livejournal.com]

*grins* Yay!

[fugemoses.livejournal.com]

Uhm...For the record Bole is a word. It means tree trunk. Check it out!

TALK
TALE
BALE
BOLE
BORE

[damara.livejournal.com]

yup, I think that works too.

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

TALK
BALK
BARK
BARE
BORE

Did that...in about 20-25 seconds.

[damara.livejournal.com]

*grins* Well done!

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

And I didn't look first, either. ;-) I saw that there were 38 comments and went straight to post the reply.