Word Transformation Riddle / Puzzle - Quite Challenging!

peach
reach
react
nectar

That took about 30 seconds.

Why can't you just go straight from bored to board (e->a)?

WRONG


INCORRECT.

from react > nectar??? you changed 2 things!!!


INCORRECT. ^also changing two things!

THINK:
you can only change 1 letter OR DELETE / ADD 1 letter.

(or as in the literal or as in ONE CHOICE.)

I added an n. That's one change. What is the other change?

Bored to board is also one change (e to a).

You see, I did THINK (and observe). Your example includes borea to boar. A natural conclusion to draw is that in addition to change/delete/add, rearrangements are allowed at no cost.

EXPLAIN

oh dear lord
oh wow i'm so sorry XD the example was faulty. (the example was posted by a friend, i never really examined it....)

the fault is that rearrangements are NOT ALLOWED. that should have been made clear... sorry!

heres a fixed example (i'm doing this off the top of my head)

bored > board

bored
bore
bare
bar
bear
beard
board

^there. that one works... XD neway now try to solve it! (i apologize!!!)

No problem. That does increase the difficulty!

Do you know the solution? I tried working backwards from nectar. All I can get is:
nectar -> nectary -> sectary -> sectuary

I assume proper nouns are not allowed.

peach
beach
bleach
bleah
leah
lear
tear
tar
star
sitar
setar
setor
sector
rector
rectore
rectare
nectar

Challenge me to any of these if you doubt me. Took 2 minutes.

Sigh...


^ 2 changes. (remove e and change r to n)

Oh well, i actually do not have a solution, it was something i got on a nother puzzle site! time to send a ranting flame-mail to the owner of that site!!! Fun!!!! i'm great at these!

Neway, thx for trying... closest so far was nectary, but sectuary is where i dont think you can get much farther... lol but i got what i wanted out of this topic!

Neway during the process of this experiment i found that

"YOU CANT GET OUT OF DEBT!!!"

try it!

debt > deb? det? deet? dest? dubt? DEBUT - but where to then :wink: ? fun stuff!

Neway farewell!

RE:
Debt
Debit
Demit
Remit
Refit


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OK, please provide sources for:
bleah
leah
lear
setar
setor
rectore
rectare

I'm sorry.

rectare
nectare
nectar

there.

bleah-- onomotopoea (sp?); type of computer virus
lear-- to watch; that which is tragic (based off of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of King Lear)
setar-- Iranian instrument
setor-- three-dimensional solid model representation of macromolecules
rectore-- type of building
rectare-- measurement

I'll assume you want this:
nectare-- a database protocol

What dictionary are you using?

partially Oxford, partially my engineering textbook

wow
alright well that'll do XD

been searching for a definition of nectare for a while... oh well its the best answer we have so far XD

How about....

Peach
Each - Drop P
Reach - Add R,
Race - Drop H, shuffle
Trace - Add T
Nectar - Add N, shuffle

If im not mistaken, a SITAR is an iranian instrument, please provide a definition for SETAR.

The only thing I found for setar were acronyms:

SETAR Self-Exciting Threshold Autoregressive (financial dynamics)
SETAR Sequential Electronic Timer and Recorder
SETAR Senior Engineering Technology Assessment Review

The word has to be a word by itself