A NEW PUZZLE.
Students at the Boston Institute of Technology have designed a rival to the Gem puzzle, wbich is begging to exci'e considerable interest. Given two words of sn equal number of letters, the prov blem is to change one to the other by altering one letter al alimc of the first so as to make a legitimate English word, continuing the alterations until the desired result is obtained. The conditions are tbat only one letter shall be altered to form each new word, and lhat none bui words which can bo found in English dictionaries shall be used. Here are some examples of the change : — East to West.— East, vast, vest, West. Boot to Shoe. — Boot, soot, shot, Shoe. Dog to Cat. — Dog, dig, pig, fig, fit, fut, Cat. Milk to Hash. — Milk, mile, male, mate, hate, bath, Hash. Road to Rail. — Road, rood, root, coot, coat, coal, Coil, toil, tail, Rail. Soap' to Fish.—S oup, soul, soil, foil, fowl, fool, foot, coot, oost, cast, fast, fist, Pish. The game is becoming quite popular in railroad offices, as well as in family circles and at firesides, md seems to furnish in< strucliou with amusement.
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 20 October 1880, Page 2
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196A NEW PUZZLE. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 20 October 1880, Page 2
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