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Word Ladder (BFS)

Problem

Length of the shortest transformation sequence from beginWord to endWord, changing one letter at a time within a word list.

Example

hit -> cog via [hot,dot,dog,lot,log,cog] -> 5

Constraints

  • 1 ≤ wordList ≤ 5000

Approach

BFS over the word graph. Reported Box onsite question.

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