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
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
445: WHEAT to MAIZE		446: BRUSH to BROOM	Solutions 445 - 446
447: FUMES to SMOKE to FLAME		448: STORM to FLOOD	Solutions 447 - 448
449: OATHS to SWEAR		450: GIRLS to WOMEN	Solutions 449 - 450
451: TRUMP to VANCE		452: MONEY to SPEND	Solutions 451 - 452
453: PATEL to FIRED	454: BONDI to COURT	455: SHARK to WHALE	Solutions 451 - 452
456: BOBBY to SHOTS	457: MUMPS to POLIO	458: TASTE to SMELL	Solutions 456 - 458
459: VIOLA to PANSY	460: DAISY to PEONY	461: STALK to STEMS	Solutions 459 - 461
462: STAMP to FRANK	463: PRINT to WRITE	464: FOLDS to PAPER	Solutions 462 - 464
465: UNDER to ABOVE		466: WORLD to ROUND	Solutions 465 - 466
467: WORLD to GLOBE		468: CANAL to RIVER	Solutions 467 - 468
469: EARTH to PLUTO		470: TEETH to CLAWS	Solutions 469 - 470
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
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	480: Exchange STOCK for a SHARE in 4 steps or less.		Solutions 480 - 482
	481: Get the GAINS to be ZILCH in 13 steps or less.
	482: Change BROKE to still be SKINT in 9 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.