Word Puzzle (from NPR Weekend Puzzle)

(Source from NPR Sunday Puzzle aired on April 12^th, 2020)



Here’s a fun word ladder with sort of an Easter egg theme. The object is to convert CHICK all the way to HATCH, changing one letter at a time, making a new word each step of the way. I'll give you clues for the steps. You tell me the words.



Starting with CHICK, change one letter in it to make ...

   

   

   1.   The sound of a camera. Then change one letter in that to make ...

   2.   A timepiece [etc.]

   3.   Unit of a city street

   4.   Opposite of white

   5.   Devoid of writing or marks

   6.   Long, flat piece of lumber

   7.   Carpenter's tool

   8.   Locale

   9.   Informal word of parting

   10.               A juicy fruit

   11.               Locale for a summer getaway

   12.               Seat for a pianist

   13.               Group, as of flowers

   14.               Drink served in a big bowl

   15.               Tiny amount, as of salt

   16.               Throw

   17.               What a pirate might have over one eye

   18.               What chicks do

Answer Keys

1. Click

2. clock

3. block

4. black

5. blank

6. plank

7. plane

8. place

9. peace

10.peach

11. beach

12. bench

13. bunch

14. punch

15. pinch

16. pitch

17. patch

18. hatch