· Word Ladder
Choose your edition
Three ladders a day, one per edition — and another one whenever you like. There is nothing to lose and no clock running down; the only measure is the rungs you took, and the par beside them.
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Enter your date of birth to read today's edition.
How to play
- Two words, top and bottom. Get from one to the other by changing one letter at a time. Every rung has to be a word.
- One letter a rung. Tap a box, type a letter, press Enter. Undo is free and so is starting over.
- Par is printed at the end. The fewest rungs that will do it, beside the number you took — and the shortest route, like the next day's answers.
- Nothing to lose. No limit, no lives, no clock running down. A rung we cannot vouch for costs you nothing but the moment.