Word Ladder Cache Builder
Make your own word ladder puzzle cache with a sharable play link.
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Free, just a username and passphrase, no email. Caches you build show up in My Caches so you can reopen and edit them without hunting for the edit link, and watch plays and wins. The same account syncs My Puzzle Texts across devices and manages your short links.
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Caches you build here are saved to your account, so you can reopen and edit them in My Caches without the edit link.
A word ladder climbs from one word to another by changing exactly one letter at a time, and every rung along the way has to be a real word. You pick the start word, the end word and how many moves a player gets. When they arrive, your final coordinates or keyword are revealed. The answer stays on the server, so nothing is hidden in the page for a player to peek at.
Save this link now. Without the key you cannot edit or delete this puzzle (only the site admin can reset it).
Your puzzle
Shown to players as a link to your cache page.
Only the site admin can see this, in case they need to reach you about your cache. Never shown to players.
Four-letter ladders use a 2,398 word list, five-letter ladders an 11,695 word one.
Give players a little room above par. Running out of moves just restarts the climb.
On solve, reveal
Shown only after a player reaches your end word. Reveal either the final coordinates or a keyword, not both.
Where can I host an image for free?
Paste a direct https:// link to an image. Free image hosts that give a direct link include
ImgBB,
postimages.org, and
Cloudinary.
A geocaching.com image link works too. The link must start with https://.
Keep your cache in play to keep it live. Share the play link so people visit it; unused caches are cleaned up over time.