Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine the 10 original words?
rbr tim sag tel lig ent
hea dli ble whi htn fer
car age esc ing ind wat
til hai ush dif eta new
rlw all erf ope ent ght
Hints
The first letters of the words are: T, T, H, D, W, L, H, W, C, N.
Answers
tel + esc + ope = telescope
tim + eta + ble = timetable
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
dif + fer + ent = different
wat + erf + all = waterfall
lig + htn + ing = lightning
hea + dli + ght = headlight
whi + rlw + ind = whirlwind
car + til + age = cartilage
new + sag + ent = newsagent
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Puzzle 2
Starting with COLD, change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a common word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
