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Rungwick

A word ladder: change one letter at a time, every rung a real word, and reach the goal word on par.

Platform
Browser
Genre
Educational
Availability
Available now
Price
Free

About this title

About this title

Rungwick key art
Rungwick is a word ladder puzzle. Turn the start word into the goal word by changing one letter at a time, and every step must be a real English word from the game's own list of about 1500 common 4-letter and 400 common 3-letter words. Each of the 24 levels, from short 3-letter ladders to 8-step 4-letter ones, has a par computed by breadth-first search, so every ladder is proven solvable. Finish on par for three stars; hints show which letter to change next but cost a star, and undo is free. A new daily ladder appears every day. It plays in the browser with a keyboard, mouse or touch.

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