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3-Letter Word Ladder Worksheet: Easy

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 · 2 steps

    FEE

    NEW

  2. Puzzle 2 · 2 steps

    MEN

    GET

  3. Puzzle 3 · 2 steps

    NOW

    WON

  4. Puzzle 4 · 2 steps

    SHY

    SAD

  5. Puzzle 5 · 3 steps

    BUY

    EAT

  6. Puzzle 6 · 3 steps

    BYE

    BUG

  7. Puzzle 7 · 3 steps

    CON

    HIP

  8. Puzzle 8 · 3 steps

    RAT

    TON

  9. Puzzle 9 · 3 steps

    ROB

    RAY

  10. Puzzle 10 · 3 steps

    YET

    PAN

Answer key

Other ladders of the same length may also work.

  1. FEE → FEW → NEW
  2. MEN → MET → GET
  3. NOW → WOW → WON
  4. SHY → SAY → SAD
  5. BUY → BAY → BAT → EAT
  6. BYE → BEE → BEG → BUG
  7. CON → COP → HOP → HIP
  8. RAT → RAN → TAN → TON
  9. ROB → ROW → RAW → RAY
  10. YET → PET → PAT → PAN

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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.