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3-Letter Word Ladder Worksheet: Challenge

Change one letter at a time to climb from the top word to the bottom one. Each blank line is one new word.

  1. Puzzle 1 · 4 steps

    AID

    PAN

  2. Puzzle 2 · 4 steps

    EYE

    GET

  3. Puzzle 3 · 4 steps

    FEW

    CON

  4. Puzzle 4 · 4 steps

    GUY

    DOC

  5. Puzzle 5 · 4 steps

    LOT

    BYE

  6. Puzzle 6 · 4 steps

    OWN

    ART

  7. Puzzle 7 · 4 steps

    RAN

    INN

  8. Puzzle 8 · 4 steps

    RUN

    COP

  9. Puzzle 9 · 5 steps

    FIG

    ODD

  10. Puzzle 10 · 5 steps

    SEE

    AND

Answer key

Other ladders of the same length may also work.

  1. AID → BID → BAD → BAN → PAN
  2. EYE → BYE → BEE → BET → GET
  3. FEW → NEW → NOW → COW → CON
  4. GUY → GUT → GOT → DOT → DOC
  5. LOT → LET → BET → BEE → BYE
  6. OWN → OWE → ORE → ARE → ART
  7. RAN → CAN → CON → ION → INN
  8. RUN → RAN → CAN → CAP → COP
  9. FIG → BIG → BID → AID → ADD → ODD
  10. SEE → BEE → BED → BID → AID → AND

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Puzzle words chosen with wordfreq (CC-BY-SA 4.0) word frequencies. Every answer is a shortest ladder: no ladder through any SCOWL word is shorter.