Word Ladder

A Word Ladder, also known as Word Golf, Doublets, and Word-Links is a word game invented by Lewis Carroll. It starts with two words and to solve it you should find a chain of common words; change just one letter on each line to go from the top word to the bottom word. You should not change the order of the letters.

Example:

• SNAP
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• SHOT

Answer:

• SNAP
• SLAP
• SLOP
• SLOT
• SHOT

It is clear that there can be more than one answer for each puzzle.

Now, try to solve the following Word Ladder in one minute!

• DEAD
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• LIVE

Answer:

DEAD
LEAD
LOAD
LORD
LORE
LOVE
LIVE