Stat Mania · Games
Word Ladder
Change one word into another, one letter at a time — can you match the computer's shortest path?
Start
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Target
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How to Play
- Turn the start word into the target word, changing exactly one letter at each step.
- Every step along the way must itself be a real word of the same length.
- You can't repeat a word you've already used in the chain.
- Computer's Best is the shortest possible chain length, found by the computer via breadth-first search — try to match or beat it.
- Stuck? Hint suggests one valid next word (cheap, but it counts against your final rating). Give Up reveals a full shortest path.
- In 2 Player mode, pass the device back and forth: the same start/target is shared, each player builds their own chain, and whoever reaches the target first in fewer moves wins.