ruby ladder3.rb 

 What word to start with? store

 Candidates for store: ["score", "shore", "snore", "spore", "stare", "stoke", "stole", "stork", "storm", "story", "stove", "swore"]
 Word picked score
 Candidates for score: ["scare", "scope", "scorn", "shore", "snore", "spore", "swore"]
 Word picked scorn
 Candidates for scorn: ["acorn", "shorn", "sworn"]
 Word picked acorn
 Candidates for acorn: ["adorn"]
 Word picked adorn
 Candidates for adorn: ["adore"]
 Word picked adore
 Candidates for adore: ["adobe", "afore"]
 Word picked afore
 Candidates for afore: ["afire"]
 Word picked afire
 Ladder:
 1. store
 2. score
 3. scorn
 4. acorn
 5. adorn
 6. adore
 7. afore
 8. afire

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ruby ladder3.rb 

 What word to start with? store

 Candidates for store: ["score", "shore", "snore", "spore", "stare", "stoke", "stole", "stork", "storm", "story", "stove", "swore"]
 Word picked storm
Candidates for storm: ["stork", "story"]
Word picked stork
Candidates for stork: ["stark", "stock", "story"]
Word picked stark
Candidates for stark: ["shark", "snark", "spark", "stack", "stalk", "stare", "stars", "start"]
Word picked shark
Candidates for shark: ["shack", "shard", "share", "sharp", "shirk", "snark", "spark"]
Word picked share
Candidates for share: ["scare", "shade", "shake", "shale", "shame", "shape", "shard", "sharp", "shave", "shire", "shore", "snare", "spare", "stare"]
Word picked snare
Candidates for snare: ["scare", "snake", "snark", "snarl", "snore", "spare", "stare"]
Word picked scare
Candidates for scare: ["scale", "scarf", "scars", "scary", "score", "spare", "stare"]
Word picked spare
Candidates for spare: ["space", "spark", "spate", "spire", "spore", "stare"]
Word picked stare
Candidates for stare: ["stage", "stake", "stale", "stars", "start", "state", "stave"]
Word picked stars
Candidates for stars: ["scars", "soars", "stabs", "stags", "start", "stays", "stirs"]
Word picked stabs
Candidates for stabs: ["stags", "stays", "stubs"]
Word picked stags
Candidates for stags: ["stage", "stays"]
Word picked stage
Candidates for stage: ["stake", "stale", "state", "stave"]
Word picked stake
Candidates for stake: ["shake", "snake", "stale", "state", "stave", "stoke"]
Word picked snake
Candidates for snake: ["shake"]
Word picked shake
Candidates for shake: ["shade", "shaky", "shale", "shame", "shape", "shave"]
Word picked shaky
Candidates for shaky: ["shady"]
Word picked shady
Candidates for shady: ["shade"]
Word picked shade
 Candidates for shade: ["shale", "shame", "shape", "shave"]
 Word picked shale
 Candidates for shale: ["scale", "shall", "shame", "shape", "shave", "stale", "whale"]
 Word picked scale
 Candidates for scale: ["scald", "scalp", "scaly", "stale"]
 Word picked scald
 Candidates for scald: ["scalp", "scaly", "scold"]
 Word picked scalp
 Candidates for scalp: ["scaly"]
 Word picked scaly
 Candidates for scaly: ["scary", "sealy"]
 Word picked sealy
 Candidates for sealy: ["mealy", "seals", "seamy"]
 Word picked mealy
 Ladder:
 1. store
 2. storm
 3. stork
 4. stark
 5. shark
 6. share
 7. snare
 8. scare
 9. spare
 10. stare
 11. stars
 12. stabs
 13. stags
 14. stage
 15. stake
 16. snake
 17. shake
 18. shaky
 19. shady
 20. shade
 21. shale
 22. scale
 23. scald
 24. scalp
 25. scaly
 26. sealy
 27. mealy

 Success