Puzzle #4

Turn one five-letter word into another, changing one letter at a time. Every rung must be a real word.

Take as long as you need. Finish within 5 minutes to earn the Broke 5 badge. Fastest time tops the leaderboard.

⚔️ Hard mode: no undo, no hints, par or bust

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How to play

Start at the top word, finish at the bottom word.
Each move changes exactly one letter and must make a real English word.
Type the whole next word - the fifth letter submits it automatically. Wrong word? It shakes; just Backspace and fix it.
Par is the best route using common words only, so you can always get there with vocabulary you know. Shortest is the shortest possible route once obscure words are allowed - we'll show you both at the end.

Example: COLD → CORD → CARD → WARD → WARM

Yesterday's ladder

TOKEN → BASED

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42solved

6par

EmmaP fastest in 33.0s · 5 steps

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