4-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 · 3 steps

    POLL

    GOLD

  2. Puzzle 2 · 3 steps

    RIFT

    LINE

  3. Puzzle 3 · 3 steps

    VETS

    SINS

  4. Puzzle 4 · 4 steps

    COOK

    RODE

  5. Puzzle 5 · 4 steps

    DIRT

    RACE

  6. Puzzle 6 · 4 steps

    HELM

    HARE

  7. Puzzle 7 · 4 steps

    KNEW

    SHOP

  8. Puzzle 8 · 4 steps

    KNOW

    FLAW

  9. Puzzle 9 · 4 steps

    PAGE

    NICE

  10. Puzzle 10 · 4 steps

    TONS

    LIED

Answer key

Other ladders of the same length may also work.

  1. POLL → TOLL → TOLD → GOLD
  2. RIFT → LIFT → LIFE → LINE
  3. VETS → SETS → SITS → SINS
  4. COOK → CORK → CORE → CODE → RODE
  5. DIRT → DART → DARE → RARE → RACE
  6. HELM → HELD → HERD → HARD → HARE
  7. KNEW → KNOW → SNOW → SHOW → SHOP
  8. KNOW → SNOW → SLOW → FLOW → FLAW
  9. PAGE → PACE → RACE → RICE → NICE
  10. TONS → TOES → TIES → LIES → LIED

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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.