Enter a start word and an end word of the same length to find the shortest ladder between them.
A word ladder turns one word into another by changing a single letter at each step, and every step must be a real word: COLD → CORD → WORD → WARD → WARM. Lewis Carroll invented the puzzle in 1877 and called it Doublets.
It searches for the shortest possible ladder using everyday words first, so the steps read naturally. If no ladder exists with common words, it tries the full dictionary.
Each step changes exactly one letter without adding or removing any, so the length never changes.
Yes, for the words tried. Common words are tried first, so occasionally a slightly shorter ladder through rare words exists.
Solvers and word lists for every kind of letter puzzle. New tools are added regularly.
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