Word Climb
A word ladder puzzle game: climb from one word to another by changing one letter at a time.
Play today's Daily → Get it on Google PlayHow to play
You start at the bottom word and the goal is at the top. Change one letter, make a real word, and keep going until you reach the goal.
COLD → CORD → WORD → WARD → WARM
Every puzzle has a par, the fewest moves it can be done in, so you always know how close you got.
A new word ladder every day
The Daily is the same puzzle for everybody. Play it here in your browser, no sign-up, then share how you did without spoiling the answer.
The app
Word Climb on Android has the Daily plus 700 puzzles from easy 3-letter words up to 7-letter ones, Classic, Timed and Survival modes, and 20 color themes. It's free with ads, and works offline.
Printable word ladders
Want some on paper? Here are 30 free printable word ladder puzzles, easy to hard, with an answer key. Free to use in classrooms.
Stuck on a ladder of your own? The word ladder solver finds the shortest climb between any two words.
Where word ladders come from
Lewis Carroll came up with them in 1877 and called them Doublets. Word Climb is my take on them. You can try his original challenges, like Drive PIG into STY.