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  • My tough take on Word Ladder

    From Graham Smith@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 1 06:28:31 2021
    Ladderet is a novel variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. There are three differences:
    1. The words are 5 letters long.
    2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
    3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be replaced.

    An example:

    RACKS
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    BRAIN

    Every puzzle has a single solution - using commonplace words. For this example it is:

    RACKS
    BASKS
    BASIN
    BRAIN

    Try this one:

    SWEET
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    FEAST

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  • From Ilan Mayer@21:1/5 to Graham Smith on Fri Jan 1 10:33:34 2021
    On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 9:28:33 AM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
    Ladderet is a novel variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. There are three differences:
    1. The words are 5 letters long.
    2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
    3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be replaced.

    An example:

    RACKS
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    BRAIN

    Every puzzle has a single solution - using commonplace words. For this example it is:

    RACKS
    BASKS
    BASIN
    BRAIN

    Try this one:

    SWEET
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    FEAST

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    SWEET
    DWELT
    DEALT
    FEAST



    Please reply to ilanlmayer at gmail dot com

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  • From Graham Smith@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 15 06:53:22 2022
    A bit over a year ago, I introduced Ladderet to this group - my novel variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. The puzzle is now on Twitter and Facebook. It’s entirely free. I publish one puzzle every weekday. I’ve clocked up ten weeks now.

    Wordle was the stimulus for this venture. Ladderet also uses 5-letter words and it is meant to be solved in a similar amount of time.

    On Twitter, I tweet the puzzle under the username @PuzzleSmith.
    On Facebook, I have a page for the puzzle. Search for ‘LadderetPuzzle’ to find it.

    Ladderet is different from a standard word ladder in three respects:
    1. The words are 5 letters long.
    2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
    3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be changed.

    An example puzzle:
    RACKS
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    BRAIN

    Solution (there is only ever one - using commonplace words):
    RACKS
    BASKS
    BASIN
    BRAIN

    Here is puzzle #45:
    TWIST
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    WATCH

    The solution is on Twitter and Facebook.

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  • From henhanna@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Graham Smith on Sun May 22 13:06:39 2022
    (ONE --> TWO)

    1-letter change: one owe .......... ???

    2-letter change one toe two
    ______________________

    are 4-letter (word) versions too easy ?

    (EASY --> HARD) easy - hazy - hard

    eggs -> emus

    (eggs --> BIRD) ( eggs (bigs?) bags (bard) ... )

    eggs - bags - bids - bird

    ______________________

    The original Doublet was called [Word Golf] by Nabokov.

    i'd call this [Word-Hop] because advancing 2-at-a-time is like Hopping (with both feet) instead of walking


    verb hops, hopping or hopped (intr) === to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot (intr)
    (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps


    For animals, we say they hop when they jump with two feet or all of their feet at one time. Think of how a bunny rabbit moves: The animal is hopping.


    Can you hop on two feet? ------ A hop is a light and small jump, usually on the same place but not always. A hop is performed by leaping off the ground with the body totally in the air, defying gravity for a while, usually done with only one leg
    especially for humans. In animals such as rabbits or kangaroos, they can use both their feet to hop.


    On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 6:53:23 AM UTC-7, Graham Smith wrote:
    A bit over a year ago, I introduced Ladderet to this group - my novel variant of the standard Word Ladder puzzle. The puzzle is now on Twitter and Facebook. It’s entirely free. I publish one puzzle every weekday. I’ve clocked up ten weeks now.

    Wordle was the stimulus for this venture. Ladderet also uses 5-letter words and it is meant to be solved in a similar amount of time.

    On Twitter, I tweet the puzzle under the username @PuzzleSmith.
    On Facebook, I have a page for the puzzle. Search for ‘LadderetPuzzle’ to find it.

    Ladderet is different from a standard word ladder in three respects:
    1. The words are 5 letters long.
    2. There are just two intermediate rungs on the ladder.
    3. On each step, EXACTLY 2 letters must be changed.

    An example puzzle:
    RACKS
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    BRAIN

    Solution (there is only ever one - using commonplace words):
    RACKS
    BASKS
    BASIN
    BRAIN

    Here is puzzle #45:
    TWIST
    * * * * *
    * * * * *
    WATCH

    The solution is on Twitter and Facebook.

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