Raddle is a word transformation game from The Mystery League, the puzzle outfit of Sandy Weisz. Each day's puzzle runs from a start word to an end word, and every rung in between is a change of some kind: an anagram, a swapped letter, a word that pairs with the last one. The catch is that the clues come shuffled, so you have to find the one that fits the current word before stepping forward, working down or switching to solve upward. Each ladder carries a theme, with a short note about it.
Clued word chains come first, since they share Raddle's habit of solving each step from a hint, starting with one built on themed chains. Then come ladders that reveal a theme or reuse letters in new ways, and plain one-letter ladders, including one you can attack from either end, as Raddle allows. A few clue-solving word puzzles close the list.
The closest in spirit: each word becomes the next by way of a clue, and the chains are themed, one recently running under the title WITCHCRAFT. Competitive and casual modes let you choose how much pressure you want.
A ladder that saves its theme for the end: change one letter per rung with no clues to guide you, and once every step is filled the hidden connection between them appears, a reverse of Raddle's clue-first approach.
A chain of five clued answers in which the final letter of one begins the next, so as in Raddle every solve leans on the one before, and the finished list gets inked at the end.
Every answer is the previous one's letters plus one more, reshuffled, which echoes Raddle's anagram rungs. The main ladder runs eight steps, and a five-step version suits a shorter session.
Two words are given, and you find a path from one to the other through a series of small changes, with past puzzles saved to replay, as Raddle keeps an archive of its own.
A classic one-letter ladder with a Raddle-like freedom: you may build from the bottom word or the top one toward a par score, undoing moves as needed and asking for the next word if stuck.
Its ladders join two five-letter words, and every move alters a letter and lets you reorder the others, mixing swaps with anagrams much as Raddle's rungs do. The harder setting caps the ladder at four words.
Pairs like COLD and WARM are joined by changing a letter per step, and a short path is the goal. Hints and practice ladders help, though there are no clues, so the challenge is vocabulary rather than wordplay.
The plain form of the puzzle: a start word, a target word and one changed letter at a time, and every rung must be a valid word. Ladders of four, five and six letters set the difficulty, a pared-back warm-up for Raddle.
Plays with letter swaps in a different way: two words from a set exchange one letter, and the result reveals a hidden phrase or name. There are four to find, and hints are optional, a fit for Raddle's playful transformations.
Crossword-style clues produce answers whose numbered letters fill a grid, and the grid gradually reads as a trivia fact, so many small solves build toward a hidden whole, as Raddle's rungs do.
Each Raddle starts at one word and ends at another, and every rung between them is a transformation, such as an anagram or a changed letter. The clues for those steps arrive in random order, so you pick the clue that fits the current word and use it to work out the next one. A tutorial walks first-time players through it.
Yes. Raddle lets you switch direction and solve upward from the end word, which helps when the clues near the top are giving you trouble. DailyFunGames Word Ladder offers a similar choice, letting you build from either end, though its rungs change a single letter rather than following clues.
Raddle comes from The Mystery League, Sandy Weisz's puzzle outfit, and each puzzle is numbered and themed, with a short note about the theme alongside the ladder. Past puzzles sit in an archive, so you can work back through earlier themes once the day's ladder is done.
