Lewis Carroll came up with the idea of word ladders.
There is only one RULE for Word Ladders:
Change ONLY one letter at a time and form a new word at each step.
Some of the following word ladders (#7 - #11) are from Lewis Carroll.
#1 Change LOOP to POOL
LOOP
LOOT
TOOT
TOOL
POOL
#2 Change FIND to LOSE
FIND
FINE
LINE
LIVE
LOVE
LOSE
#3 Change MAN to NUT
MAN
MAT
MET
NET
NUT
#4 Change LOVE to HATE
LOVE
LIVE
GIVE
GAVE
LATE
HATE
#5 Change WARM to COLD
WARM
WORM
WORD
CORD
COLD
#6 Change LARGE to SMALL
LARGE
SARGE
SERGE
VERGE
VERSE
TERSE
TEASE
CEASE
CHASE
CHOSE
CHORE
SHORE
SHARE
SHALE
SHALL
SMALL
#7 Change BLACK to WHITE
BLACK
CLACK
CRACK
TRACK
TRICK
TRICE
TRITE
WRITE
WHITE
Richard Wyatt sent in a shorter solution:
BLACK
BLANK
CLANK
CLINK
CHINK
CHINE
WHINE
WHITE
#8 Change WHEAT to BREAD
WHEAT
CHEAT
CHEAP
CHEEP
CREEP
CREED
BREED
BREAD
Stan Wagon, a professor at Macalester College
sent in a shorter solution:
WHEAT
CHEAT
CLEAT
BLEAT
BLEAK
BREAK
BREAD
#9 Change TEARS to SMILE
TEARS
SEARS
STARS
STARE
STALE
STILE
SMILE
#10 Change PITCH to TENTS
PITCH
PINCH
WINCH
WENCH
TENCH
TENTH
TENTS
#11 Change FLOUR to BREAD
FLOUR
FLOOR
FLOOD
BLOOD
BROOD
BROAD
BREAD
#12 Change APE to MAN
APE APE
APT ARE
OPT ERE
OAT ERR
MAT EAR
MAN MAR
MAN
#13 Change SOAPS to FAQIH
SOAPS
SOUPS
COUPS
COMPS
COMBS
COMBO
COMPO
COMPT
COMET
COMES
COXES
COXEY
COZEY
COZEN
COVEN
COVED
CAVED
CAVEL
JAVEL
JAVER
JAGER
WAGER
WAKER
FAKER
FAKIR
FAQIR
FAQIH
Thanks to Roger Robison of San Antonio, TX for finding the error in #2 FIND to LOSE.
Thanks to Richard Wyatt for sending in a shorter solution for #7 BLACK to WHITE.