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Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
finger[---]toe   copy[---]walk    don[---]hole    out[---]trot  every[---]dream
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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Strong is to weak as

   hot is to ?

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At a picnic recently, I noticed that:

Charles liked biscuits, but didn't like custard.
Mary liked quiche, but didn't like marshmallows.
Brian liked apples, but didn't like biscuits.
James liked chocolate, but didn't like jelly.
Did David like doughnuts?

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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?

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