One letter at a time
Word
Ladder
Build a chain of real words from the start to the target without changing more than one letter.
StartLEAD
→TargetGOLD
Your ladder
Accepted words
Local by
design.
Change exactly one letter per step. Every step must be an accepted English word of the same length. Undo removes your latest step. A hint reveals one shortest-path next word and adds one to the visible hint count.
This game uses a small, curated local word list built for these 22 puzzles—not a complete English dictionary. A familiar word may be rejected if it is outside that included list. No word or input is sent to an external dictionary service.