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A little daily wordplay

Ladder.

Two words.
One letter at a time.

Find your way from the first word to the last. Take a detour. Change your mind. See how few moves you need.

How to play

  1. Change one letter each move.
  2. Every step must be a real four-letter word.
  3. Reach the target in as few moves as you can.

No timer. No attempt limit. Undo whenever you need, until you solve it.

See an example & word rules

HEAD → HEAL → TEAL → TELL → TALL → TAIL.

Letters stay in their positions. Common plurals and verb forms count; proper names, hyphens and abbreviations don't. We use a fixed English dictionary, so some uncommon words and spelling variants may not be accepted.

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