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Test your word skills with the 5-Letter Word Ladder Quiz. Challenge yourself to find the next word with just one letter change.

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Yes. Most quizzes allow common abbreviations, alternate spellings, and short forms. Try typing just the first few letters — if it matches, it will autofill.

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5-Letter Word Ladder

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Begin by entering any acceptable 5-letter English word (based on the current official Scrabble word list). Then, type in successive five-letter words such that only one letter position has changed from the previous word. Example: you can use the following order of words: dunks -> bunks -> banks -> bands. In each successive word, four of the letters from the previous word are exactly the same and in the same positions, and one letter is changing.

Enter any five-letter word to begin.

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