Word ladder solver

Type a start word and a goal word with the same number of letters. The solver finds the shortest climb, changing one letter at a time, where every step is a real word.

Works with 3 to 7 letter words, using the same dictionary as the Word Climb game.

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How word ladders work

A word ladder starts at one word and ends at another. Each step changes exactly one letter, and every step has to be a real word: COLD → CORD → WORD → WARD → WARM. Lewis Carroll invented them in 1877 and called them Doublets. The fewest steps a ladder can be done in is called par.