Darn it, mhendo beat me timewise and linewise.
I’m afraid that Nightwatch Trailer’s EURO —> BUCK stumped me, so i went with Kat’s TUNE —> Play.
TUNE
tone
tore
tort
fort
foot
soot
slot
plot
ploy
PLAY
SALT —> LICK
(I’m spending way too much time on this thread, when i should be working)
SALT
Malt
Mart
Mark
Bark
Balk
Back
Sack
Sick
LICK
GRAB --> BAGS
That one looks easy, at least.
GRAB
Gray
Bray
Bras
Baas
BAGS
MOON -> STAR
MOON
moan
mean
meat
seat
sear
STAR
FOOT —> BALL
FOOT
Boot
Bolt
Boll
BALL
Show -> Tell
OXEN
oven
over
aver
ater
atar
star
sear
rear
roar
soar
soak
sock
sack
pack
pace
pase
case
cake
take
toke
YOKE
SHOW
shaw
chaw
craw
crap
trap
tram
team
teal
TELL
PUTZ → KOOK
PUTZ
puts
pats
pate
pace
pack
back
bock
book
KOOK
WINK - > NODS
WINK
wins
pins
pans
pads
pods
NODS
HELL --> DAMN
HELL
tell
tall
tale
tame
dame
DAMN
COIN --> BILL
COIN
coil
boil
bail
ball
BILL
FOIL --> WRAP
Nice job on OXEN — YOKE, Lib. I was lying in bed last night thinking about this one, and was actually able to work out a solution of my own:
OXEN
oven
even
ever
ewer
ewes
eyes
eyed
dyed
died
dies
does
dons
done
gone
gore
pore
poke
YOKE
FOIL
coil
cool
coop
clop
clap
crap
WRAP
oops -
FOAL - > BABY
FOAL
fall
ball
bale
babe
BABY
CANE —> ABLE
That may be impossible. I’m having trouble thinking of a step from ABLE, but i have faith that if it can be done, the Dopers will do it.
Just wanted to add that i have been able to find a solution, although one of the words doesn’t appear in Merriam-Webster online. It is, however, in the OED.
Best i could do, i’m afraid.
I’ll leave it open a while longer, and then post my solution.
There’s a slipup there, which I’ve bolded. Ttry this, with my addition bolded:
FOAL
foil
boil
boll
ball
bale
babe
BABY
CANE → ABLE has me stumped, though.
Hold off, mhendo. I’m working on it … at least, working on a way to do it without proper nouns. In between moments of work on … well, work.
Okay, had to use one obsolete-style word :
Able -> Ably -> Abay* -> Away ->Awry -> Airy -> Airs -> Aids -> Bids -> Bide -> Bade -> Bane -> Cane
Whew.
KNEE -> LEGS