How to play Feetle Word Game
Feetle Word Game is a free daily word ladder: change one letter at a time and turn today's four-letter word into FEET. The puzzle board is at the top of this page; today's start word, hints, and full answer archive follow.
- Start with today's word. Every day has one start word and everyone gets the same puzzle (OLEO → FEET).
- Change one letter. Each new word must be exactly one letter different from the one before — change one letter and keep the other three in place.
- Reach FEET. Use real four-letter words and finish on FEET. Fewer steps is better; par is the shortest possible route.
Example: SEED → FEED → FEET. One letter changes per step, and lime tiles already match FEET.
The rules in full
- Four letters. Every guess is exactly four letters long.
- Real words only. Feetle uses a bundled dictionary of 2552 common English four-letter words.
- One letter changes. Each new word must differ from the previous one in exactly one position; letters cannot be added, removed, or reordered.
- Par is the shortest route. Your score is steps and par; the difference is your extra steps.
- A new puzzle daily. The next start word goes live at 08:00 UTC.
Today's puzzle — Feetle #21: OLEO → FEET
Today's start word is OLEO. The shortest possible route takes 7 steps. Play it in the board above — the hints below update every day.
Par is the shortest route to FEET. Beat it and brag.
Feetle hints for #21
- Hint 1 — a letter you will need. The second word on a shortest route starts with O.
- Hint 2 — a word halfway there. After a few moves you can be on SLID.
- Hint 3 — the last move. The final move is FEED → FEET.
Hints do not change your score, but in-game hints are flagged in your shared result.
Show today's Feetle #21 answer
A shortest route from OLEO to FEET in 7 steps:
OLEO → OLIO → OLID → SLID → SLED → SEED → FEED → FEET
What is a word ladder?
A word ladder turns one word into another by changing a single letter at each step. Every rung must be a real word.
Lewis Carroll invented the puzzle in 1877 and called it Doublets. His best-known example runs HEAD, HEAL, TEAL, TELL, TALL, TAIL: five moves, each one letter apart, every word real.
The rules are simple: one letter per step, real words only, shortest route wins. Detours are often part of the shortest path, because moving away from the target can unlock a letter you need later.
Word ladder, word chain, Doublets
It has also been sold as word golf, laddergrams, and word chains. Daily versions fix the length at four letters so a puzzle takes a minute or two.
How Feetle uses it
Feetle fixes the target at FEET and changes the start word every day at 08:00 UTC, so everyone solves the same ladder with the same par. The archive below keeps every route published so far.
Feetle tips and strategy
- Work backwards from FEET. Every solution ends one letter away from FEET. Words like FEED, FEEL, MEET, and FELT are common final moves.
- Accept short detours. The shortest route sometimes steps away from FEET to unlock a letter, so do not reject a word for having few correct letters.
- Keep the double E in mind. FEET has two Es. Words such as SEED, FEEL, MEET, and BEEF keep you close to the shape of the target.
- Undo instead of restarting. A wrong turn is cheap: Undo removes the last word and leaves the rest of your ladder intact.
- Spend hints wisely. Each puzzle allows two in-game hints: the first gives the opening letter of the next shortest-path word, the second reveals that word.
- Think one move ahead. Before you submit, ask which words your new word can reach. Common patterns leave more exits than one-off oddities.
Yesterday's answer — Feetle #20: PANS → FEET
Nov 6, 2026 · shortest route: 6 steps
PANS → PENS → PEAS → SEAS → SEAT → FEAT → FEET
All Feetle answers
Every published Feetle, newest first, with the shortest route. This list grows by one every day at 08:00 UTC.
- #20 · Nov 6, 2026 · PANS → FEET6 steps · PANS → PENS → PEAS → SEAS → SEAT → FEAT → FEET
- #19 · Nov 5, 2026 · VEIN → FEET6 steps · VEIN → VEIL → VEAL → MEAL → MEAT → MEET → FEET
- #18 · Nov 4, 2026 · CLUE → FEET5 steps · CLUE → FLUE → FLEE → FREE → FRET → FEET
- #17 · Nov 3, 2026 · SLOP → FEET5 steps · SLOP → SLAP → FLAP → FLAT → FEAT → FEET
- #16 · Nov 2, 2026 · COPS → FEET6 steps · COPS → CODS → BODS → BEDS → BEES → FEES → FEET
- #15 · Nov 1, 2026 · POSH → FEET6 steps · POSH → POST → PEST → BEST → BEAT → FEAT → FEET
- #14 · Oct 31, 2026 · PUNT → FEET6 steps · PUNT → RUNT → RENT → BENT → BEAT → FEAT → FEET
- #13 · Oct 30, 2026 · KNAR → FEET7 steps · KNAR → KNAP → SNAP → SWAP → SWAT → SEAT → FEAT → FEET
- #12 · Oct 29, 2026 · EARL → FEET6 steps · EARL → MARL → MALL → FALL → FELL → FELT → FEET
- #11 · Oct 28, 2026 · BONE → FEET5 steps · BONE → BOND → BEND → FEND → FEED → FEET
- #10 · Oct 27, 2026 · TOPI → FEET7 steps · TOPI → TOPE → TOLE → TOLL → TELL → FELL → FELT → FEET
- #9 · Oct 26, 2026 · HERO → FEET4 steps · HERO → HERD → HEED → FEED → FEET
- #8 · Oct 25, 2026 · MEMO → FEET7 steps · MEMO → MEME → HEME → HEMP → HEAP → HEAT → FEAT → FEET
- #7 · Oct 24, 2026 · SOAR → FEET5 steps · SOAR → BOAR → BOAT → BEAT → FEAT → FEET
- #6 · Oct 23, 2026 · NARD → FEET4 steps · NARD → NERD → NEED → FEED → FEET
- #5 · Oct 22, 2026 · BLAH → FEET5 steps · BLAH → BLAG → FLAG → FLAT → FEAT → FEET
- #4 · Oct 21, 2026 · JAIL → FEET5 steps · JAIL → FAIL → FALL → FELL → FELT → FEET
- #3 · Oct 20, 2026 · JIGS → FEET6 steps · JIGS → FIGS → FILS → FILL → FELL → FELT → FEET
- #2 · Oct 19, 2026 · WIPE → FEET6 steps · WIPE → WILE → WILL → WELL → FELL → FELT → FEET
- #1 · Oct 18, 2026 · LAST → FEET5 steps · LAST → LEST → BEST → BEAT → FEAT → FEET
Feetle vs Wordle vs Poople
All three are short daily word games with different goals. Facts only.
| Feature | Wordle | Poople | Feetle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goal | Guess a hidden five-letter word | Turn a four-letter word into POOP | Turn a four-letter word into FEET |
| Each move | Guess a whole word | Change one letter | Change one letter |
| Steps | Six guesses | Fewer steps is better | As many as needed; fewer is better |
| Reset | Daily at local midnight | Once a day | Daily at 08:00 UTC |
| Account | Not required | Not required | Not required |
| Price | Free | Free | Free |
| Extras | Color clues, stats, streak, share | Stats, streak, spoiler-free share, archive | In-game hints, undo, stats, streak, share, full answer archive |
Play today's Feetle
Today's ladder starts at OLEO with par 7. A new word every day at 08:00 UTC — free, and your streak stays in your browser.