Word Ladders
United States GA-ME
by Amy Rockwell

Here are the rules for playing the United States GA-ME:
(1) You must change one word into another by using the states' abbreviations listed in the box below.
(2) Each starting word and ending word is made up of two postal abbreviations.
(3) Your goal is to begin with the starting word and replace one abbreviation per step with another on the list, until you end up with the second word.
(4) Each successive step must spell a word.

For example, you could move from MIME to WAIL as follows:
MI-ME, LA-ME, LA-ND, WA-ND, WA-IL.

AK     AL     AR     AZ   CA     CO     CT     DE   FL     GA

HI     IA     ID     IL   IN     KS     KY     LA   MA     MD

ME     MI     MN     MO   MS     MT     NC     ND   NE     NH

NJ     NM     NV     NY   OH     OK     OR     PA   RI     SC

SD     TN     TX     UT   VA     VT     WA     WI   WV     WY

#1 Change MIND to GAME

#2 Change CANE to PAIN

#3 Change COLA to WINE

#4 Change WANE to GAIN

#5 Change WIND to VANE

#6 Change MEAL to RIND

#7 Change MICA to LAVA

#8 Change DEMO to MADE

#9 Change ARMS to WIDE

#10 Change MAID to COOK

#11 Change PACT to DEAL

#12 Change MOOR to LAND

#13 Change MEMO to MAIL

#14 Change WAND to SCAR

#15 Change DEWY to ARID

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher