[itachi-san]

Turn the word SHARK into the word TIGER by changing one letter at a time. Each word must be a valid English word. Oh and the catch... there are some evolutionary stops along the way that you must pass through, namely: VIPER and RAVEN.

Basically, fill in the 3 gaps: SHARK --- VIPER --- RAVEN --- TIGER

[Guest]

Shark

Shank

[Guest]

I've got a link from shark to viper in (I think) 12 steps:

shark

share

stare

stars

sears

seals

sells

sills

pills

piles

piler

viler

viper

Someone can probably find a shorter way...

[Guest]

Okay, I think I have an answer for the whole thing now:

shark

share

stare

stars

sears

seals

sells

sills

pills

piles

piler

viler

viper

viper

riper

ripen

riven

raven

raven

raver

river

diver

dimer

timer

tiger

So that's 12 steps from shark to viper, 4 steps from viper to raven and 6 steps from raven to tiger.

[Guest]

viper

pride

dried

tried

triad

train

trine

raven

im lost

no way, im pathetic

gratz Dawh

Edited June 12, 2008 by plortylox

[Guest]

Okay, I think I have an answer for the whole thing now:

shark

share

stare

stars

sears

seals

sells

sills

pills

piles

piler

viler

viper

viper

riper

ripen

riven

raven

raven

raver

river

diver

dimer

timer

tiger

So that's 12 steps from shark to viper, 4 steps from viper to raven and 6 steps from raven to tiger.

first time for that word, had to look it up - good one!

[Guest]

I've got a link from shark to viper in (I think) 12 steps:

shark

share

stare

stars

sears

seals

sells

sills

pills

piles

piler

viler

viper

Someone can probably find a shorter way...

...riper

raper

raver

raven

raver (again)

saver

paver

pager

...damn it lol

[Guest]

You can make it shorter if you change it to....

Okay, I think I have an answer for the whole thing now:

shark

*stark*

stars

sears

seals

sells

sills

pills * also throughout

piles * down

piler * here you could have variants ( fills, files, filer; tills, tiles, tiler...etc)

viler

viper

viper

riper

ripen

riven

raven

raven

raver

river

diver

dimer

timer

tiger

So that's 12 steps from shark to viper, 4 steps from viper to raven and 6 steps from raven to tiger.

Other than that I can't see any better way really