About Word Ladder
A word ladder turns one word into another one letter at a time, and every step has to be a real word. COLD becomes WARM like this: COLD, CORD, WORD, WORM, WARM. Lewis Carroll invented the puzzle in 1879 and called it Doublets.
There is a new puzzle every day at midnight in three sizes: Easy (3-letter words), Medium (4 letters) and Hard (5 letters). Par is the fewest steps it can be done in. Solve the daily puzzle to build your streak, then share your result without giving the answer away.
Stuck? A hint fills in the next step, Undo lets you try another way, and Practice gives you as many extra puzzles as you like. Your streak and progress are saved on this device.
Best for ages 8+
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