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
402: GIFTS to GIVEN	403: COSTS to SHARE	404: POUND to EUROS	Solutions 402 - 404
405: WEEPS to LAUGH	406: FROWN to SMILE	407: JOKES to GAMES	Solutions 405 - 407
408: MOODY to HAPPY	409: SCOWL to GRINS	410: JOKER to JESTS	Solutions 408 - 410
	411: QUEEN to TRUMP to CARDS to HANDS		Solution 411
412: MOTOR to DRIVE		413: STEAM to SAILS	Solutions 412 - 413
414: POWER to SOLAR	415: DRILL to FRACK	416: FILTH to WATER	Solutions 414 - 416
417: BIGOT to JUDGE		418: COURT to FARCE	Solutions 417 - 418
419: DIRTY to CLEAN		420: MUCKY to SHINY	Solutions 419 - 420
421: GRAIN to SPELT		422: WHEAT to DURUM	Solutions 421 - 422
423: SAJID to LEAVE	424: RISHI to QUITS	425: TRUSS to CRASS	Solutions 423 - 425
426: NOISE to QUIET	427: KNOCK to THUMP	428: SMASH to CRASH	Solutions 426 - 428
429: CUBIT to HANDS		430: GROAT to PENCE	Solutions 429 - 430
431: QUART to PINTS	432: CHAIN to YARDS to MILES		Solutions 431 - 432
433: BORIS to RISHI	434: BORIS to PENNY	435: BORIS to TRUSS	Solutions 433 - 435
436: FAITH to DOUBT		437: FALSE to TRUTH	Solutions 436 - 437
438: ROUND to ABOUT		439: LIGHT to GREEN	Solutions 438 - 439
440: BRAKE to CRASH		441: BREAK to SMASH	Solutions 440 - 441
442: CRASS to WRONG	443: ELITE to CRUDE	444: START to ABORT	Solutions 442 - 444
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	445: Change from WHEAT to MAIZE in 19 steps or less.		Solutions 445 - 446
	446: Turn a BRUSH into a BROOM in 11 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.