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Word Ladder - From FAKE to PULLED
The end of the school year is at hand, so this is going to be our last puzzle of the summer. I'll grade all solutions at the end of the summer.

Start with a word that means FAKE and change one letter at a time to get words that mean:

ABOVE AND BEYOND
SKELETON
CONTAINERS
FIGHTER
ARBOR
PINNACLE
PULLED


Problem Moderated by: Douglas
Solution
The words are:

BOGUS
BONUS
BONES
BOXES
BOXER
BOWER
TOWER
TOWED


Problem Solvers Points
10 ungraded solutions.


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