In a word ladder puzzle, the object is to get from one word to another by changing one letter at a time to create a new word without changing the order of the letters. For example, to get from warm to ...

In a previous post, I dealt with word ladders, the puzzle genre invented by Lewis Carroll. As you might recall, you are given two words, with steps in between, as in a ladder. For example, there are ...

On-air challenge: Today I've brought a word ladder with sort of an Easter egg theme. The object is to convert CHICK to HATCH, changing one letter at a time, making a new word each step of the way.

A word puzzle comprises a series of letters arranged randomly on a grid. The reader's task is to locate the word in the grid by trying to match the letters in a meaningful combination either ...

Word puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles consisting of random letters arranged in a grid have taken the web by storm. The goal of a ...

This week's challenge: The challenge is to create the shortest possible word ladder connecting LARGE to SMALL, changing one letter at a time, making a common, uncapitalized word each step of the way.