Word Evolver

Word Evolver is a daily word guessing game. Your task is to find a secret word by evolving words in the right direction.

A word can be evolved into another word by exchanging, inserting or removing a single letter.

"WORD" evolves into "WORK" by exchanging "D" with "K".
"WORD" evolves into "WORLD" by inserting the letter "L"
"WORK" evolves into "WOK" by removing the letter "R"

You can get from "WOKE" to "RING" in just 5 steps:

"WOKE" -> "WOK" -> "WON" -> "WIN" -> "WING" -> "RING"

Whenever you enter your guess, Word Evolver will tell you the number of steps it takes to reach the secret word. Small numbers are good, large numbers not so. By careful inspection of these hints you will be able to find the secret word.

If this gets too easy for you, go expert and beat the time limit.