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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Poor to Rich

What is the minimum amount of logical and meaningful steps would you need to change

POOR to RICH

Assuming you change one step at a time and make meaningful state at every step.

Everybody wants to listen to a story of a poor man who became a millionaire

Labels: bcreative, wordfun

14 Comments:

mmlauser said...: Assuming it means a meaningful word at each step, this is what I came up with:

Poor
Door
Doer
Does
Roes
Ross
Rose
Rode
Ride
Rice
Rich; February 19, 2008 10:04 AM
mmlauser said...: However, if you don't want a name (Ross), try this:

Poor
Door
Doer
Does
Doss
Dose
Rose
Rode
Ride
Rice
Rich; February 19, 2008 10:08 AM
Anonymous said...: rich to poor; February 19, 2008 10:43 AM
HWDIV said...: ross is a word... means a rough surface. and I had it in mine too, but its just a mix of both of yours

poor
door
doer
doss
ross
rose
rode
ride
rice
rich; February 19, 2008 12:24 PM
HWDIV said...: I forgot to put does in there. whoops; February 19, 2008 12:26 PM
Rob said...: POOR - LACKING WEALTH
PIOR - WORSE (IN SEVEN LANGUAGES)
PIOT - MAGPIE
PICT - ANCIENT PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITIAN
PICE - BRONZE COIN OF BRITISH INDIA
RICE - A GRAIN
RICH - HAVING WEALTH; February 19, 2008 4:36 PM
wash yur grimy paws said...: first flip poor around. then switch the last three letters to ich and wahlah! rich!! $$ no im just kidding. first: find a job. second: work at he job. third: earn money. fourth: save the money. fifth: become "rich". sixth: be smart with your money.

wash yur grimy paws.; February 19, 2008 5:30 PM
seedy said...: Pior may exist in 7 languages, Rob, but English doesn't seem to be one of them. here's a solution in seven steps, using common English words:
POOR
POOL
POLL
PILL
PILE
RILE
RICE
RICH; February 19, 2008 10:57 PM
mmlauser said...: If that's seven steps, seedy, then so is this:

Poor
Pool
Poll
Roll
Role
Rile
Rice
Rich

I would call it eight steps, though.; February 20, 2008 8:25 AM
Rob said...: Logical and Meaningful steps do not mean that only English words are allowed. Pior is logical and meaningful in seven different languages.; February 20, 2008 4:10 PM
Anonymous said...: POOR POOH had no money.
POSH and PISH he said.
i WISH i could WISK myself away.
Perhaps if i take a RISK i'll be
RICH!

lol

Mitch; February 26, 2008 12:29 AM
Anonymous said...: above, nice one! haha!; February 27, 2008 12:04 PM
Fardin said...: Mitch is a genius; February 28, 2008 2:45 PM
Anonymous said...: ROB - guy four posts up
RWB - Russian for "pancake" (rare Siberian dialect)
TWB - ancient Sumerian, scientists haven't found out what it means, yet
TWT - strange clicking sound some tribe in Africa uses
TWIT - guy four posts up; March 10, 2008 4:18 PM