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.