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A transformation sequence from word beginWord
to word endWord
using a dictionary wordList
is a sequence of words beginWord -> s1 -> s2 -> ... -> sk
such that:
- Every adjacent pair of words differs by a single letter.
- Every
si
for 1 <= i <= k
is in wordList
. Note that beginWord
does not need to be in wordList
.
sk == endWord
Given two words, beginWord
and endWord
, and a dictionary wordList
, return all the shortest transformation sequences from beginWord
to endWord
, or an empty list if no such sequence exists. Each sequence should be returned as a list of the words [beginWord, s1, s2, ..., sk]
.
Example 1:
Input: beginWord = "hit", endWord = "cog", wordList = ["hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"]
Output: [["hit","hot","dot","dog","cog"],["hit","hot","lot","log","cog"]]
Explanation: There are 2 shortest transformation sequences:
"hit" -> "hot" -> "dot" -> "dog" -> "cog"
"hit" -> "hot" -> "lot" -> "log" -> "cog"
Example 2:
Input: beginWord = "hit", endWord = "cog", wordList = ["hot","dot","dog","lot","log"]
Output: []
Explanation: The endWord "cog" is not in wordList, therefore there is no valid transformation sequence.
Constraints:
1 <= beginWord.length <= 10
endWord.length == beginWord.length
1 <= wordList.length <= 5000
wordList[i].length == beginWord.length
beginWord
, endWord
, and wordList[i]
consist of lowercase English letters.
beginWord != endWord
- All the words in
wordList
are unique.
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