Branching Ladder

Grow one tree from the start word to all three targets, in any order. Each new word must be a real word, one letter different from something already on your tree. Fewest rungs wins — so find the trunk they share.

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Play any released Branching Ladder. Future puzzles stay hidden until their date.

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From TREE

Targets

Standard mode Reach the targets in any order.

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Par tree

Your tree remains above. This is one optimal solution at rungs.

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Shared trunk—

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The highlighted letter is the one that changed from the word above it.

The green path is the shared trunk; the outlined word is its first fork.

Select any leaf word marked × to prune it without disturbing other branches.

Solving the three ladders one at a time works, but costs more rungs than sharing a trunk does.