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Nose to Chin		  
Q Lewis Carroll figured out how to change the wordnoseto the word chin in six moves by changing only one letter at a time. Each time you change a letter, you get an English word. Here we give you the words for Moves 2 and 3. You have to figure out the words for Moves 1, 4, and 5.

  N O S E
Move 1 _ _ _ _
Move 2 C O T E
Move 3 C O R E
Move 4 _ _ _ _
Move 5 _ _ _ _
Move 6 C H I N


 
A NOSE
NOTE
COTE
CORE
CORN
COIN
CHIN