THE WORD LADDER SOLVER

A little help finding your way.

Two words. One shortest route. Enter any two valid four-letter words and we'll connect them, one small change at a time.

FOUR LETTERS · ONE SHARED DICTIONARY

This tool reveals a solution. Save it for after your daily game if you'd like to keep the challenge.

Every step checked.

  1. 1

    Pick your starting point

    Use the word from your puzzle, or any four-letter word in our dictionary.

  2. 2

    Choose a destination

    FEET is ready to go, but you can replace it with another four-letter word.

  3. 3

    Follow the fewest steps

    A breadth-first search checks the word graph one layer at a time, so the route it finds is genuinely shortest for this dictionary.

TRY A CLASSIC

COLD → WARM
A familiar pair that usually takes more than simply replacing the letters in order.

Why a detour can help ↗

Some words live in separate parts of the dictionary. If there is no connecting route, the solver will tell you.