diff --git a/MinimumCostsForTickets.swift b/MinimumCostsForTickets.swift
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+//
+//  MinimumCostsForTickets.swift
+//  DSA-Practice
+//
+//  Created by Paridhi Malviya on 2/23/26.
+//
+
+class MinimumCostsForTickets {
+    
+    init() {
+        //        let minCost = mincostTickets([1,4,6,7,8,20], [2,7,15])
+        //        print("minCost \(minCost)")
+        
+        let minCost = mincostTicketsUsingRecursion([1,4,6,7,8,20], [2,7,15])
+        print("minCost \(minCost)")
+        
+    }
+    
+    func mincostTicketsUsingRecursion(_ days: [Int], _ costs: [Int]) -> Int {
+        var memo = Array(repeating: -1, count: days.count)
+        return helperUsingRecursion(days, costs, passes: [1, 7, 30], pivot: days.count - 1, memo: &memo)
+    }
+    
+    func helperUsingRecursion(_ days: [Int], _ costs: [Int], passes: [Int], pivot: Int, memo: inout [Int]) -> Int {
+        //base
+        if (pivot < 0) {
+            return 0
+        }
+        if (memo[pivot] != -1) {
+            return memo[pivot]
+        }
+        //logic
+        for i in stride(from: pivot, through: 0, by: -1) {
+            
+            //loop through all passes. check boundary conditions,  take the cost. costs[passDay] + cost for j - 1 index in day
+            //loop through the typesofpassea.
+            
+            for (index, passDay) in passes.enumerated() {
+                //1, 7 30
+                var j = i
+                
+                while (j >= 0 && days[i] - days[j] + 1 <= passDay) {
+                    j -= 1
+                }
+                var costForPassDay = costs[index]
+                if (j >= 0) {
+                    costForPassDay = costs[index] + helperUsingRecursion(days, costs, passes: passes, pivot: j, memo: &memo)
+                }
+                if (memo[i] < 0) {
+                    memo[i] = costForPassDay
+                } else {
+                    memo[i] = min(memo[i], costForPassDay)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return memo[pivot]
+    }
+    
+    
+    
+    //MARK: Tabulation
+    func mincostTickets(_ days: [Int], _ costs: [Int]) -> Int {
+        
+        return helper(days, costs, passes: [1, 7, 30])
+    }
+    
+    func helper(_ days: [Int], _ costs: [Int], passes: [Int]) -> Int {
+        
+        var dp = Array(repeating: 0, count: days.count)
+        var minPass = Int.max
+        for cost in costs {
+            minPass = min(minPass, cost)
+        }
+        dp[0] = minPass
+        for i in 1..<days.count {
+            //days ...
+            var minCost = Int.max
+            for (index, passDay) in passes.enumerated() {
+                var j = i
+                while (j >= 0 && days[i] - days[j] + 1 <= passDay) {
+                    j -= 1
+                }
+                
+                var costForThisPass = costs[index]
+                if (j >= 0) {
+                    costForThisPass = costForThisPass + dp[j]
+                }
+                minCost = min(minCost, costForThisPass)
+            }
+            
+            dp[i] = minCost
+        }
+        return dp[days.count - 1]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/WordLadder.swift b/WordLadder.swift
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+//
+//  WordLadder.swift
+//  DSA-Practice
+//
+//  Created by Paridhi Malviya on 2/22/26.
+//
+
+class WordLadder {
+    
+    class QueueUsingLinkedList<T> {
+        
+        private class LinkedListNode<T> {
+            var value: T
+            var next: LinkedListNode<T>?
+            init(value: T) {
+                self.value = value
+            }
+        }
+        
+        private var front: LinkedListNode<T>?
+        private var rear: LinkedListNode<T>?
+        private var count = 0
+        
+        func enqueue(value: T) {
+            let newNode = LinkedListNode(value: value)
+            if (front == nil) {
+                front = newNode
+                rear = newNode
+            } else {
+                rear?.next = newNode
+                rear = newNode
+            }
+            count += 1
+        }
+        
+        func dequeue() -> T? {
+            if (front == nil) {
+                return nil
+            }
+            let value = front?.value
+            front = front?.next
+            if (front == nil) {
+                rear = nil
+            }
+            count -= 1
+            return value
+        }
+        
+        var isEmpty: Bool {
+            return count == 0
+        }
+        
+        var size: Int {
+            return count
+        }
+    }
+    
+    init() {
+        let length = ladderLength("hit", "cog", ["hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"])
+        print("length  \(length)")
+    }
+    
+    func ladderLength(_ beginWord: String, _ endWord: String, _ wordList: [String]) -> Int {
+        
+        if (beginWord == endWord) {
+            return 0
+        }
+        let aToZ = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+        
+        var queue = QueueUsingLinkedList<String>()
+        queue.enqueue(value: beginWord)
+        var level = 1
+        var visitedStrSet = Set<String>()
+        visitedStrSet.insert(beginWord)
+        
+        while (!queue.isEmpty) {
+            let size  = queue.size
+            for s in 0..<size {
+                let currStr = queue.dequeue()
+                
+                if let currStr = currStr {
+                    var currArray: [Character] = Array(currStr)
+                    for i in 0..<currArray.count {
+                        var intermediateCurrArray = currArray
+                        for char in aToZ  {
+                            intermediateCurrArray[i] = char
+                            let currChangedStr = String(intermediateCurrArray)
+                            if (wordList.contains(currChangedStr)) {
+                                if (currChangedStr == endWord) {
+                                    return level + 1
+                                }
+                                if (!visitedStrSet.contains(currChangedStr)) {
+                                    queue.enqueue(value: currChangedStr)
+                                    visitedStrSet.insert(currChangedStr)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            level += 1
+        }
+        return 0
+        
+    }
+}