All Shortest Word Transformation Sequences
Asked at Tesla · Coding Questions · Difficulty: Hard · Last asked Aug 21, 2025
You are given a start word, a target word and a list of allowed words. A transformation changes exactly one letter at a time, and every word you reach must be in the list. Return every shortest sequence of words that leads from the start word to the target word.
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