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My tough take on Word Ladder
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Graham Smith
2022-04-15 13:53:22 UTC
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A bit over a year ago, I introduced Ladderet to this group - my novel variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. The puzzle is now on Twitter and Facebook. It’s entirely free. I publish one puzzle every weekday. I’ve clocked up ten weeks now.

Wordle was the stimulus for this venture. Ladderet also uses 5-letter words and it is meant to be solved in a similar amount of time.

On Twitter, I tweet the puzzle under the username @PuzzleSmith.
On Facebook, I have a page for the puzzle. Search for ‘LadderetPuzzle’ to find it.

Ladderet is different from a standard word ladder in three respects:
1. The words are 5 letters long.
2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be changed.

An example puzzle:
RACKS
* * * * *
* * * * *
BRAIN

Solution (there is only ever one - using commonplace words):
RACKS
BASKS
BASIN
BRAIN

Here is puzzle #45:
TWIST
* * * * *
* * * * *
WATCH

The solution is on Twitter and Facebook.
henh...@gmail.com
2022-05-22 20:06:39 UTC
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(ONE --> TWO)

1-letter change: one owe .......... ???

2-letter change one toe two
______________________

are 4-letter (word) versions too easy ?

(EASY --> HARD) easy - hazy - hard

eggs -> emus

(eggs --> BIRD) ( eggs (bigs?) bags (bard) ... )

eggs - bags - bids - bird

______________________

The original Doublet was called [Word Golf] by Nabokov.

i'd call this [Word-Hop] because advancing 2-at-a-time is like Hopping (with both feet) instead of walking


verb hops, hopping or hopped (intr) === to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot (intr)
(esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps


For animals, we say they hop when they jump with two feet or all of their feet at one time. Think of how a bunny rabbit moves: The animal is hopping.


Can you hop on two feet? ------ A hop is a light and small jump, usually on the same place but not always. A hop is performed by leaping off the ground with the body totally in the air, defying gravity for a while, usually done with only one leg especially for humans. In animals such as rabbits or kangaroos, they can use both their feet to hop.
Post by Graham Smith
A bit over a year ago, I introduced Ladderet to this group - my novel variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. The puzzle is now on Twitter and Facebook. It’s entirely free. I publish one puzzle every weekday. I’ve clocked up ten weeks now.
Wordle was the stimulus for this venture. Ladderet also uses 5-letter words and it is meant to be solved in a similar amount of time.
On Facebook, I have a page for the puzzle. Search for ‘LadderetPuzzle’ to find it.
1. The words are 5 letters long.
2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be changed.
RACKS
* * * * *
* * * * *
BRAIN
RACKS
BASKS
BASIN
BRAIN
TWIST
* * * * *
* * * * *
WATCH
The solution is on Twitter and Facebook.
HenHanna
2024-05-04 08:17:52 UTC
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Post by ***@gmail.com
(ONE --> TWO)
1-letter change: one owe .......... ???
2-letter change one toe two
______________________
are 4-letter (word) versions too easy ?
(EASY --> HARD) easy - hazy - hard
eggs -> emus
(eggs --> BIRD) ( eggs (bigs?) bags (bard) ... )
eggs - bags - bids - bird
______________________
The original Doublet was called [Word Golf] by Nabokov.
i'd call this [Word-Hop] because advancing 2-at-a-time is like
Hopping (with both feet) instead of walking
Post by ***@gmail.com
verb hops, hopping or hopped (intr) === to make a jump
forwards or upwards, esp on one foot (intr)
Post by ***@gmail.com
(esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps
For animals, we say they hop when they jump with two feet or all of their
feet at one time. Think of how a bunny rabbit moves: The animal is
hopping.
Post by ***@gmail.com
Can you hop on two feet? ------ A hop is a light and small jump,
usually on the same place but not always. A hop is performed by leaping off
the ground with the body totally in the air, defying gravity for a while,
usually done with only one leg especially for humans. In animals such as
rabbits or kangaroos, they can use both their feet to hop.
Post by ***@gmail.com
Post by Graham Smith
A bit over a year ago, I introduced Ladderet to this group - my novel
variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. The puzzle is now on Twitter
and Facebook. It’s entirely free. I publish one puzzle every weekday. I’ve
clocked up ten weeks now.
Post by ***@gmail.com
Post by Graham Smith
Wordle was the stimulus for this venture. Ladderet also uses 5-letter
words and it is meant to be solved in a similar amount of time.
Post by ***@gmail.com
Post by Graham Smith
On Facebook, I have a page for the puzzle. Search for ‘LadderetPuzzle’ to find it.
1. The words are 5 letters long.
2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be changed.
RACKS
* * * * *
* * * * *
BRAIN
RACKS
BASKS
BASIN
BRAIN
TWIST
* * * * *
* * * * *
WATCH
The solution is on Twitter and Facebook.
nice.

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