Move a letter
One letter moves from the first word into the second. Both new words must be real, and the other letters stay in the same order.
What the question looks like
stone pat
How Thena would solve it
Take each letter out of the first word and see whether a word is left.
stone → tone stone → sone
stone → stne stone → stoe
Only taking out s leaves a word. Now put s into pat.
past spat pats
Past is a word, so s moves: stone and pat become tone and past.
Answer: s
The usual mistakes
Moving a letter that leaves no word
Check the first word still makes a word without it.
Changing the order of the other letters
Only the moved letter changes place.
Checking one word only
Both new words must be real.
Try ten
Ten move a letter questions
A new set every time, marked when you finish.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
Questions parents ask
How do you answer Move a letter questions?
Take each letter out of the first word in turn and see whether a word is left. For any that leave a word, try putting the letter into the second word. Both new words must be real.
More in letters in words
- Insert a letterOne letter that ends one word and starts the next.
- Change one letterA word ladder, one letter at a time.
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