You solve
Word Ladders by changing one letter in the first word to form a new word and then change one letter in that new word to form another new word and keep repeating the process until you spell the final target word
The number of letter-change moves it took me follows each
Word Ladder pair
...I'll bet some of you can build a [i]Word Ladders[/i in less moves
Example: To change Mice into Rats I made 4 moves...
mi
Ce -
1-> mi
Te -
2-> m
Ate -
3-> mat
S -
4->
Rats
= 1. ball game 3
= 2. long time 4
3. flat tire 6
= 4. golf club 8
5. over here 9
= 6. black board 9