An original or primal word; a proto-word.

plural of word ladder

A kind of puzzle in which one word must be transformed into another specified word of the same length by changing one letter at a time, each step yielding a valid intermediate word, as in lead → load → goad → gold.

word ladder puzzles generally

The key word in a sentence.

plural of loaded word

An oral art form, usually consisting of performance poetry, although sometimes overlapping with storytelling or rap. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spoken, word.

(linguistics) pseudoword

(linguistics) of or pertaining to word formation; morphological

(humorous) tax or taxes, treated as if it were taboo. / (euphemistic) The word tranny, regarded as offensive and taboo.