Word Ladders

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
• ----
• ----
• ----
• SHOT

Answer:

• SNAP
• SLAP
• SLOP
• SLOT
• SHOT

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

In this first exercise with word ladders, there is no time limit so take your time and relax!

Word Ladder 1:

• MORE
• ----
• ----
• ----
• LESS

Word Ladder 2:

• TEARS
• -----
• -----
• -----
• -----
• -----
• SMILE

Word Ladder 3:

• FLUTE
• -----
• -----
• -----
• -----
• -----
• -----
• -----
• CELLO

Word Ladder 4:

 

• EASY
• ----
• ----
• ----
• ----
• ----
• ----
• HARD

Word Ladder 5:

• WORDS
• -----
• -----
• -----
• BOOKS

 

Answer:

Word Ladder 1

• MORE
• LORE
• LOSE
• LOSS
• LESS

Word Ladder 2

• TEARS
• SEARS
• STARS
• STARE
• STALE
• STILE
• SMILE

Word Ladder 3

• FLUTE
• FLITE
• FLITS
• FLATS
• FEATS
• FELTS
• FELLS
• CELLS
• CELLO

Word Ladder 4

• EASY
• EASE
• CASE
• CANE
• WANE
• WAND
• WARD
• HARD

Word Ladder 5

• WORDS
• CORDS
• CORKS
• COOKS
• BOOKS