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This is a visual derivation of Lewis Carroll's Syzygies word game, in which one word is changed to another in steps.  Each step sees a portion of the preceding word 'drop' into the next word. Note from the example that the common part of successive words can be the head, tail or guts of each word.

Example: MAN slips on ICE...

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|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|M|A|N|<|<|<|<|<|<|1
|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|P|E|R|M|A|N|E|N|T|<|<|<|2
|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|E|N|T|I|C|E|3
|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|I|C|E|4
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Fill in the blanks such that each line contains a word.  Where possible, dropped
letters are indicated in the channels.

On an ACRE of land you RELY.

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|>|A|C|R|E|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|1
|_|A|C|R|E|_|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|2
|>|>|C|R|E|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|<|<|<|<|<|<|<|3
|>|>|>|>|>|>|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|<|<|<|<|<|<|4
|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|R|E|L|Y|<|<|<|<|<|<|5
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NB. ALL LETTERS of a word need not adhere to the laws of gravity and flow into available channels (though I think I will change to the Heads and Tails version of Syzygy so that this will be the case in the beta version of Channels.)

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