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This is yet a fairyly ordinary word ladder on the chessboard.

Sequence:

PAWN > KNIGHT > ROOK > QUEEN > KING

Rules:

Each step you can do ONE of the following:

1) Add a letter

2) Remove a letter

3) Change a letter

4) Introducing the Fairy Chess - ANAGRAM:

Shuffle the whole word into another legitimate word, e.g. SHOP > POSH

Note:

1) only words in Wiktionary with an “English” entry are allowed. No “Old English”, “Middle English”,…

2) For fun and simplicity, QU can be counted as one letter.

3) Bishop is not here for a reason. It is a dead end. Please tell me if it is not. Thanks!

Have fun!

P.S. Sorry if you guys think that Wiktionary is too broad. I will try to improve on this aspect from the next puzzle on.

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    $\begingroup$ Wiktionary is a somewhat questionable source for thre reasons: it contains words that don't actually exist in the English language. $\endgroup$
    – Bass
    Jun 13, 2019 at 15:46
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    $\begingroup$ @Bass thanks for your opinion. in my honest opinion, when you don't know a word it doesn't mean it isn't a word. that was also the moment when I learnt that thre was a word. btw, OneIsNot3 and PiIsNot3 as well :) $\endgroup$
    – Omega Krypton
    Jun 13, 2019 at 16:02
  • $\begingroup$ Is the bishop left out intentionally? :) $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Jun 13, 2019 at 16:06
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    $\begingroup$ @OmegaKrypton, as you may find out by checking any dictionary (and I'm somewhat confident about this, because I checked pretty much every single one), "thre" is, indeed, not a word. $\endgroup$
    – Bass
    Jun 13, 2019 at 17:47
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    $\begingroup$ "Thre" was used as a spelling of "three" through the 1500s, straddling the cusp between Middle and Modern English. It appears in two dictionaries that I could find: Wiktionary, as cited above, and the OED, among usage examples for the word "a" oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/1 $\endgroup$
    – Ryan Veeder
    Jun 13, 2019 at 23:59

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22 Steps using Knight -> Rook and Queen -> King from jafe's answer

PAWN tawn tain thin thing night KNIGHT night thing thin thon toon took ROOK koro kero kern keen QUEEN keen ken kin KING

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    $\begingroup$ nice find! i'll accept your answer now $\endgroup$
    – Omega Krypton
    Jun 14, 2019 at 12:37
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25 steps

PAWN pain pin tin thin thing night KNIGHT night thing thin thon toon took ROOK took toon ton ten teen QUEEN keen ken kin KING

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  • $\begingroup$ i have a case with 25 ;) see if you can beat me :) $\endgroup$
    – Omega Krypton
    Jun 13, 2019 at 16:06
  • $\begingroup$ @OmegaKrypton Hmm...! $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Jun 13, 2019 at 16:09
  • $\begingroup$ sorry I mean 26... +1 btw! $\endgroup$
    – Omega Krypton
    Jun 13, 2019 at 16:17
  • $\begingroup$ @OmegaKrypton Probably not. Knowledge of chess doesn't really help in solving this. $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Jun 14, 2019 at 4:39
  • $\begingroup$ @jafe rot13(Vs "gnva" vf nyybjrq, naq vg vf znexrq jvgu "Ratyvfu" va Jvxgvbanel, lbh pbhyq punatr "cva gva" gb "gnva" fnivat n jbeq.) $\endgroup$
    – Bananenkopp
    Jun 14, 2019 at 12:40

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