Rung by Rung
A word-ladder run: climb from the start word to the target, one letter at a time. Three ladders per run.
WORD or step WORD or play WORD - add WORD as the next rung. It must differ from the top rung by exactly one letter and be in the word list.status - reprint the full game state. help or moves - show this.skip - abandon this ladder (scores 0) and move to the next one. restart - start the whole run over.Scoring: each ladder scores 1000 points minus 100 per step over par (floor 100). Skipped or unsolved ladders score 0. Run total is the sum; higher is better.