PERFORMANCE
Baseline: buildingClean baseline + repeatability
Solved—
Par matches—
Median extra—
Median solve—
Weak queue0
Assist uses0
Complete three Clean runs on the same setup to see repeatability.
V0.295 · WORD LADDER DEEP AUTHORITY
Word Ladder Find a valid route. Then prove how efficient it was.
Transform one five-letter word into another by changing exactly one letter per rung. Every puzzle ships with a graph-verified par against the same 8,636-word validation lexicon.
Run0 / 1Clean
Quick 1Mixed atlas · exact par
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Ready. Start the run, then build a valid one-letter route.
PACE COACH · ASSISTED
—What the graph says from this rung
Shortest left—
Legal neighbors—
Shortest-preserving—
Shortest routes—
Opening live graph guidance marks the current run Assisted. Post-game analysis is safe because the puzzle is already over.
RUN COMPLETE
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LOCAL HISTORY
Recent runs
POST-GAME ROUTE EVIDENCE
Safe after completionYour route versus exact shortest distance
Finish a ladder to see every rung’s exact remaining distance, detours and one verified shortest route.
ROUTE LAB · 192 VERIFIED DRILLS
0/0Which next word preserves a shortest route?
Route Lab is separate from full-run Clean records.
DAILY ARCHIVE
Archive runs stay separate from Today’s 6Last 30 Daily ladders
Daily
A date-stable pair from the 2,048-pair Atlas. The linear 2,048-day cycle does not repeat a pair index within a normal calendar year.
Quick 1
One ladder for clean baseline and par chasing.
Deep 3
Three back-to-back endpoint pairs give more stable route evidence than a single lucky solve.
Sprint 180s
Solve as many ladders as possible in three minutes. Time adds pressure; par and validity rules do not change.
Weak Review
Pairs with detours, hints, reveals or skips enter a local queue. Three Clean near-par solves retire them.
Integrity
Live Hint or Pace Coach means Assisted. Restoring an interrupted run means Review. Post-game graph evidence is safe.
Exact graph evidence, not a global ranking claim
Par, shortest paths and Route Lab truth come from the bundled 8,636-word graph and 2,048-pair Atlas. We do not claim that every bridge word is equally common, or that local scores represent a population percentile.