Wordstep Letter Ladder

Climb the ladder, one letter at a time. Wordstep is a classic word-ladder puzzle: change one letter, form a new real word, and step your way from a start word up to the target — CAT to DOG, COLD to WARM, GRADE to TRACK. Every step must be a genuine word that differs from the last by exactly one letter. Wander off the fastest path and the ladder will still let you climb it, as long as every rung is a real word. HOW IT WORKS Tap a tile on your current word to select it, tap a letter on the on-screen keyboard to swap it in, then tap Step. If the new word is valid, it becomes the newest rung on your ladder and your path grows beneath you. Reach the target word and the ladder is climbed. A par indicator always shows the fewest steps a puzzle can be solved in, so you can chase a tighter path on your next attempt. FIVE WAYS TO CLIMB • Puzzles — a hand-picked collection of ladders sorted by difficulty, from quick three-letter warm-ups to five-letter climbs with several steps. • Daily — one shared ladder every day, the same for every player, locked once you've climbed it so the challenge stays fair. • Play — unlimited free climbing with a fresh ladder whenever you want more practice. • Stats — track rounds played, win rate, current and best streaks, and how many curated puzzles you've solved. • Guide & Awards — a plain-language walkthrough of the rules plus a set of awards that unlock as you climb. WHY WORDSTEP • A genuinely different word game — not another guess-the-word grid. • Hundreds of common English words back every puzzle, so the live validator always recognizes a real word the moment you type it. • Clean ink-and-paper visuals with a hand-drawn on-screen keyboard. • Gentle haptic feedback on every valid step, invalid attempt, and solve — no sound, ever. • Completely offline. No ads, no accounts, no trackers, no internet permission of any kind. Your streaks and solved puzzles live only on your device. Whether you have thirty seconds for today's ladder or thirty minutes to work through the whole puzzle collection, Wordstep is a quiet, focused way to play with words.