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Puzzle 35.  DOUBLET

DOUBLET is a word game invented by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland.  He is also a mathematician whose real name is Charles L. Dodgson.  The object of the game is to change a word into another word by successively changing only one letter at the time to form a intermediate valid word. For example, the following process changes the word BUS to HAT:

B U S
B U T
B A T
H A T

Using similar process, change the word

G I V E

TO

T A K E

This puzzle is INTERACTIVE in Java-enabled browsers.  

Start the puzzle by clicking on the first row of the upper array.  Form a new word by selecting a letter on the lower alphabet array, followed by clicking on the a cell on the upper array. 

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I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.

                            Descartes

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