WORD LADDERS

Word ladders are a type of word game invented by Lewis Carroll (who wrote Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland). In a word ladder, you start with one word, and change it
to another word letter by letter. In each step, you must form another word to get to
the solution. Don’t worry, we’ll give you clues along the way!

FARM to FOOD in five steps.

FARM

1. not too hot

2. small wiggly creatures that help with composting

3. these make up sentences

4. material that comes from trees, found beneath the bark

5. fuel for the body

ANSWERS: FARM > WARM > WORM > WORD > WOOD > FOOD

COWS to MILK in six steps.

COWS

1. kinds of fish with flaky white flesh, found in the Atlantic (plural)

a system of words, letters, figures, or other symbols substituted

2. for other words, letters, etc., especially for the purposes of secrecy

3. a way or manner in which something occurs or is done;

my favorite _____ of travel is by train

4. animal that tunnels in the earth

5. a measurement of distance

6. helps to build strong bones

ANSWERS: COWS > CODS > CODE > MODE > MOLE > MILE > MILK
WORD LADDERS
Word ladders are a type of word game invented by Lewis Carroll (who wrote Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland). In a word ladder, you start with one word, and change it
to another word letter by letter. In each step, you must form another word to get to
the solution. Don’t worry, we’ll give you clues along the way!

SOIL to CROP in four steps.

SOIL

1. to wrap something in equally sized circles

2. not quite cold, not warm

3. a place where chickens live

4. rows of plants

ANSWERS: SOIL>COIL>COOL>COOP>CROP

HIVES to HONEY in 8 steps.

HIVES
1. female spouses (plural)

2. disturbances on the surface of a body water, as the sea

or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell

3.
he doesn’t spend his money he __________ it

4. my grandfather loves to find deals at garage or yard ________

5. the bottoms of shoes

6. swiss cheese has many openings or ___________

7. sharpens; makes more acute or effective

8. sweetener made by bees

ANSWERS: HIVES > WIVES > WAVES > SAVES > SALES > SOLES > HOLES > HONES > HONEY
WORD LADDERS
Word ladders are a type of word game invented by Lewis Carroll (who wrote Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland). In a word ladder, you start with one word, and change it
to another word letter by letter. In each step, you must form another word to get to the
solution. Don’t worry, we’ll give you clues along the way!

CLEAN to WATER in 20 steps.

CLEAN
1. special shoes that a baseball player wears

2. to play or win unfairly

3. a box where a pirate might hide a treasure

4. a game with knights, kings, queens, bishops, pawns and rooks

5. grinds or crushes with the teeth

a slang words for types of foods; also used as a verb “He really
6.
_______ down at the dinner table.”
7. makes a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, as with an ax
leather leggings, worn over trousers, especially by cowboys, as
8. protection against burs, rope burns, etc., while on horseback

9. real-time conversations that take place between people on

the internet
10. types of winter outerwear

11. expenditures of time, money, energy

strong pieces of wood or metal used as a vertical support
12. or a point of attachment, such as in a fence

13. a photographer makes her subject find good ______

14. he is a terrible sport and is furious every time he ______ a game

feelings of affection; “Mrs. Smith truly _____ her job as a
15. kindergarten teacher.”

16. plural of life

17. organ located in the abdominal cavity; filters blood coming

from the digestive tract
18. metric unit for measurement of liquids
19. not now, but _______ LIVER > LITER > LATER > WATER
POSES > LOSES > LOVES > LIVES >

20. humans cannot live wihout it

CHATS > COATS > COSTS > POSTS >
> CHOWS > CHOPS > CHAPS >
CHEAT > CHEST > CHESS > CHEWS
ANSWERS: CLEAN > CLEAT >