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The Substitute Teacher

Doublets
A.K.A. Word Transformation Puzzles

3 Letter Puzzles with 2 Links



Puzzles
BAD Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow DOG
BOY Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow LAD
BUS Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow CAR
HAT Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow VAN
MOB Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow HIT
SUN Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow RAY
TUG Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow ___ Right Arrow WAR


Solutions
BAD Right Arrow BAG Right Arrow BOG Right Arrow DOG
BOY Right Arrow BAY Right Arrow LAY Right Arrow LAD
BUS Right Arrow BUR Right Arrow BAR Right Arrow CAR
HAT Right Arrow CAT Right Arrow CAN Right Arrow VAN
MOB Right Arrow HOB Right Arrow HOT Right Arrow HIT
SUN Right Arrow RUN Right Arrow RAN Right Arrow RAY
TUG Right Arrow TAG Right Arrow WAG Right Arrow WAR


I have found that students enjoy working on these "Doublets" as a class exercise. I put the two words on top of each other on the board with blank lines (indicating the links) in between them. The rules for these puzzles are that you may change only one letter at a time, keeping the remaining letters in their original position. All of the "Link Words" must be real words that are found in a standard dictionary.

The students will find new solutions, and possibly shorter solutions. Feel free to e-mail me with the shorter solutions, and I would be happy to add them to these pages.