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Letter Hop

daily word ladder · new puzzle every day · free

Letter Hop is a daily word ladder. You start on one four-letter word and have to reach another, changing exactly one letter at a time, and every rung along the way has to be a real word.

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How to play

  1. Look at the start word and the goal word.
  2. Change one letter to make a new real word.
  3. Keep going until you land on the goal.
  4. Take as many steps as you need — a solve is a solve.
One good tipWork backwards from the goal as well as forwards. Meeting in the middle is usually easier than pushing all the way from one end.

Questions

Is Letter Hop free?

Yes. A new ladder every day, no account required.

How many steps am I allowed?

As many as you like. There is no step limit and no score — finishing is the whole goal.

What is a word ladder?

A puzzle invented by Lewis Carroll: you turn one word into another by changing a single letter at a time, and every intermediate step has to be a real word.

The rest of nom.quest

nom.quest is a small collection of tiny daily puzzles — one fresh puzzle in each game, every day, free and with no account needed.