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Jul. 21st, 2011 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianOh also, on the plane they had not only a crossword in the magazine but also some sudoku thing and a MENSA quiz deal. The questions were either trivial (one-dimensional logic puzzle) or uninteresting, except for one: Change SLOW to FAST one letter at a time, in seven steps, using only "good English words." (Seven seemed to mean SLOW, 123456, FAST.) I did it in six and was VERY SMUG.
SLOW
1 SLOT
2 SOOT
3 MOOT
4 MOST
5 MAST
6 FAST
Their inferior solution used both "SLAW" and "FEST", which I had rejected as dodgy.
SLOW
1 SLAW
2 FLAW
3 FLAT
4 FEAT
5 FELT
6 FEST
7 FAST
They did use a word with two different vowels rather than a double-vowel, though. I kind of got attached to the double-vowel in my mind and didn't consider those. But I think clinging to the initial letter screwed them up worse.
SLOW
1 SLOT
2 SOOT
3 MOOT
4 MOST
5 MAST
6 FAST
Their inferior solution used both "SLAW" and "FEST", which I had rejected as dodgy.
SLOW
1 SLAW
2 FLAW
3 FLAT
4 FEAT
5 FELT
6 FEST
7 FAST
They did use a word with two different vowels rather than a double-vowel, though. I kind of got attached to the double-vowel in my mind and didn't consider those. But I think clinging to the initial letter screwed them up worse.
