Make your own word ladder
Pick a start word and a goal word — any two 4-letter words — and Poople turns them into a puzzle: it checks a ladder exists, works out par (the shortest route through everyday words) and gives you the same hints, undo and scoring as the daily game. COLD to WARM, LOVE to HATE, your name to your friend's: if it connects, you can play it.
Share it
Every custom ladder has its own link. Send it to a friend and they play exactly the same puzzle; the share text shows how close each step got, without giving the words away.
Ideas to try
- COLD → WARM, the puzzle-book classic.
- HEAD → TAIL, Lewis Carroll's first Doublet.
- LOVE → HATE, shorter than you'd hope.
- FISH → BIRD, for a longer climb.
Just want the answer? The word ladder solver shows every shortest route.