The classic word puzzle

handcrafted by Jeremiah Puddelbee

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Change one word into another, one letter at a time, always forming a new word

The puzzle may be either British or US English

British and US English are not mixed in the same puzzle

Words may be proper nouns or colloquialisms.

Only abbreviations which read as a word are used, ie
acronyms, eg SEATO for South East Asia Treaty Organisation.

short form words, eg CHIMP for chimpanzee.

Also known as a laddergram or doublet the English language word ladder was supposedly invented as a game by mathematician CL Dodgson on 25 December 1877

He first published puzzles under his better known pseudonym in Vanity Fair in March 1879

PUZZLE			DOWNLOAD
471: OPENS to CLOSE		472: BONDI to BEACH	Solutions 471 - 472
473: RUBIO to RABID to WORLD		474: BANAL to VAPID	Solutions 471 - 472
475: STORE to SHOPS	476: HOUND to BITCH	477: HURTS to WOUND	Solutions 475 - 477
478: DOUGH to CRUST		479: BAKER to CAKES to TARTS to BREAD	Solutions 478 - 479
480: STOCK to SHARE	481: GAINS to ZILCH	482: BROKE to SKINT	Solutions 480 - 482
483: STONE to HENGE		484: MOORS to WINDY	Solutions 483 - 484
485: DOWNS to SOUTH	486: SUNNY to RAINY	487: MISTY to FOGGY	Solutions 485 - 487
488: GEESE to SWANS		489: DUCKS to QUACK	Solutions 488 - 489
490: ANGRY to LIVID		491: SCAMS to TRICK	Solutions 490 - 491
492: QUICK to READY		493: STIFF to RIGID	Solutions 492 - 493
494: RELAX to SLEEP		495: TIRED to RESTS	Solutions 494 - 495
496: PEACE to QUIET		497: AWAKE to DOZES	Solutions 496 - 497
498: FAULT to FIXED		499: STICK to BATON	Solutions 498 - 499
500: GOONS to AGENT	501: EARLS to COURT	502: BARON to LORDS	Solutions 500 - 502
503: KINGS to QUEEN		504: SAINT to CROSS	Solutions 503 - 504
505: BOOZE to HOOCH		506: WINES to PLONK	Solutions 505 - 506
507: BEERS to LAGER	508: APPLE to CIDER	509: PEARS to PERRY	Solutions 507 - 509
510: BURPS to BELCH		511: RETCH to VOMIT	Solutions 510 - 511
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	512: Turn WASTE into TRASH in 11 steps or less.		Solutions 512 - 514
	513: Grow the SLIME into MOULD in 11 steps or less.
	514: Get the CREEP to CRAWL in 7 steps or less.

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The author makes no claim to ownership of the concept and style of the Word Ladder puzzle. Fair use of any puzzle set by the author is allowed with attribution to the author’s pseudonym “Jeremiah Puddelbee”, and includes the inclusion of the puzzles in any print or online publication in which they do not contribute a significant portion of derived revenue through sales, advertising or marketing activities.