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DSA Python 2025 – Word Ladder II | All Shortest Paths Using BFS | Leetcode 126 – Part 130 [Hindi]

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πŸš€ Welcome to Part 130 of Code & Debug’s DSA Python Course 2025!

In this lecture, we tackle Leetcode 126: Word Ladder II, where we’re asked to return all shortest transformation sequences from beginWord to endWord by changing one character at a time. This is an extension of the Word Ladder problem, requiring careful use of level-wise BFS and path tracking.

πŸ“š What you’ll learn in this video:
βœ… Modeling the word transformation as a graph
βœ… Generating all valid sequences using BFS with queue of lists
βœ… Tracking each word only once per level to ensure shortest paths
βœ… Smart pruning with wordSet and chosen_words
βœ… Time & space complexity analysis

πŸ’‘ Why is this important?
This problem tests your ability to not just find one shortest path, but enumerate all shortest paths in a graph-like structure β€” making it highly relevant for interview rounds at top tech companies.

πŸ‘‰ Practice the problem on Leetcode:
πŸ”— https://leetcode.com/problems/word-ladder-ii/

πŸ‘‰ Refer to the article for better understanding:
πŸ”— https://codeanddebug.in/blog/word-ladder-ii-leetcode-126/

πŸ‘‰ πŸ“„ Access the full YouTube DSA Playlist Sheet (All Questions in Order):
πŸ”— https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AWE15Fy3wD2iqu2vjK_R7cCiuvSsjYQclcdZmHpF66o/edit?usp=sharing

πŸ‘‰ Enroll in this FREE DSA Python course here:
πŸ”— https://codeanddebug.in/course/master-dsa-with-leetcode

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πŸ”— https://codeanddebug.in/course/zero-to-hero-python-dsa

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