Rung (Mind Loft)

Rung is the word ladder on Mind Loft, a free site of daily browser games. The puzzle goes back to Lewis Carroll: two words of the same length, and a chain between them where each step changes a single letter and every rung is a word in its own right. Rung always uses five-letter words. On 22 October 2026 the climb ran from BRIDE to REACH.

Every ladder is generated by machine and solved exactly, then checked by a second search written separately, so the perfect figure is the true shortest route. Par sits a little above it and is what a clean climb usually comes in at. On most days there is only one shortest ladder, so matching perfect means finding that exact chain. That day, par was 14 and perfect was 10.

You type each new word and press Climb. There is no undo, only a restart, and a Hint button and Give up option sit under the board. The header counts your rungs and time, and the empty rungs between you and the goal show how far perfect still is. It plays the same way on a phone, with the ladder filling the screen.

Weekday ladders run 10 to 12 rungs, and Sunday climbs go a good deal further. A new ladder goes up at midnight US Eastern Time. It suits players of Weaver or other daily word ladders who want a scored target to aim for.