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Take a letter. Add one more letter. Then add another
letter. At every stage the letters must form a normal word (no acronyms, slang or proper
names). Example:
A
AT
CAT
COAT
ACTOR
FACTOR
FACTORY
You may be able to extend the above example even further. Otherwise see
if you can beat the seven stages illustrated with an example of your own.
I
IS
SIP
SPIT
TRIPS
STRIPE
TIPPERS
STRIPPER
STROPPIER
PROPERTIES
PROPRIETIES
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A
AS
SAT
SALT
ALERT
RENTAL
ANTLERS
ENTRAILS
INSTALLER
REINSTALLS
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I
IS
SIR
SIRE
CRIES
CERISE
SINCERE
INCREASE
INCREASED
DECREASING
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A
AT
TEA
GATE
STAGE
AGENTS
STRANGE
STRANGER
GREATNESS
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I
IT
TIE
CITE
TRICE
EROTIC
COTERIE
ESOTERIC
ESOTERICA
CATEGORIES
CATEGORISED
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I
IN
GIN
GRIN
GRAIN
DARING
READING
READINGS
SPREADING
PERSUADING
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I
IN
GIN
SING
GRINS
SPRING
PARSING
PHRASING
RESHAPING
REPHRASING
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A
PA
PAT
RAPT
TAPER
ENTRAP
PAINTER
TAPERING
PARENTING
PATTERNING
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A
MA
ARM
MART
TRAMS
MASTER
STEAMER
EMIRATES
EMIGRATES
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N
NO
NOD
NODE
DECON
CONNED
CONDEMN
CONDEMNS
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I
IT
LIT
TILE
STILE
SILENT
LINNETS
SENTINEL
SENTINELS
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R
OR
ROE
ROPE
TROPE
PORTER
REPORTS
SPORTIER
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