MUTATIS - Challenge No. 2

INTRODUCTION:

Note: You may skip this introduction if you are already familiar with the rules.

Mutatis is a word-chain exercise game. Given the first and last word in the chain, you are challenged to fill in "mutant" words according to the following rules:

1. From the second word, each word comprises the letters of the word that
   precedes it except for one letter that is changed. The order of the letters
   may also be changed.

2. You may fill in only standard English words and loanwords (words "borrowed"
   from other languages that have become standard usage). Slang or colloquial
   words as well as proper nouns (that require capitalization, such as names of people,
   places, nations, languages etc.) are not allowed.

Example:

Given the words start and begin, the following chain demonstrates a possible solution to the exercise:

start>trait>train>grain>reign>begin

NOW FOR YOUR WEEKLY EXERCISES

Given the following head and tail word couples, fill in the missing words to obtain appropriate Mutatis word-chains according to the rules described above.

1. noon > … > dusk.  

2. dusk > … > noon.  Don't use any of the words that you used in exercise 1!

3. black > … > white.  

4. white > … > black.  Don't use any of the words that you used in exercise 3!

5. atomic > … > energy.  

6. energy> … > atomic.  Don't use any of the words that you used in exercise 5!

   

   Printable Mutatis- ex. 1-2
   

   

   Printable Mutatis- ex. 3-4

   

   Printable Mutatis- ex. 5-6

    
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Solution

SOLUTION OF LAST WEEK'S CHALLENGE

Answer to exercise 1:

begin>tinge>tiger>great>tears>start

Answer to exercise 2:

photos>camera

photos>smooth>motors>tumors>muster>master>creams>camera

camera>photos

Answer to exercise 3:

camera>scream>smears>stares>stores>shorts>shoots>photos

BY THE WAY

If you wonder why I chose the name Mutatis for this game, it is short for the Latin expression  Mutatis Mutandis which approximately means "changed as was necessary". It also appears to hint that the game entails the evolution of one given word into another through "mutant" words.