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Instructions for Doublets

This game was invented by C. L. Dodgson (1832-1898), who (using the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) also wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The aim of the game is to get from a given initial word to a given final word by changing only one letter per line. Note that every line must be a valid word. Sometimes there are several possibilities (see example).

Example: get from WELL to TAKE

First Possibility

  1. WELL
  2. TELL
  3. TALL
  4. TALE
  5. TAKE

Second Possibility

  1. WELL
  2. WALL
  3. TALL
  4. TALE
  5. TAKE

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