MIT Word Weapons
Check out this word game invented by a couple of students at MIT. The object is to use six different “weapons” in order to change one word into a different word. If you can use a weapon to change the word, you have “defeated” that word. Try to see what words you can change! The weapons are as follows:
Name: Word Sword How to use: Prefix S to the beginning of the word. Example: “Craps” becomes “scraps”.
Name: Blue Shift How to use: Shift all “colors” (ROYGBIV) one space in the direction of violet on the spectrum. Example: “Bio” becomes “ivy”.
Name: DNA Destroyer How to use: Remove all DNA bases (ACGT). Example: “Stagecraft” becomes “serf”.
Name: Telegraph Switch How to use: In Morse code, replace dots with dashes and vice versa. Example: “Minus” (– .. -. ..- …) becomes “imago” (.. — .- –. —).
Name: Odds Finder How to use: Extract only the letters in odd position in the word. Example: “Blackberry” becomes “baker”.
Name: Alpha Decay How to use: Reduce the atomic number of all chemical symbols by 2. Example: “Bebop” (BeBOP) becomes “Helical” (HeLiCAl).
Which words have you defeated? Let me know in the comments!