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.

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.

(euphemistic) The word rape, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word. / (euphemistic) The word retard, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.

(euphemistic) The word vagina. / (humorous) Any word beginning with v that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.