Took me a couple tries to understand how to play - think the instructions would really benefit from an illustrated example. As a visual learner I think I would have understood it a lot quicker just seeing an example.
I like the general format of having to get from 1 word to another. My issue with the current setup is that it doesn't really feel like I am building up to something. Since I just need the last letter of my last word to match the first letter of the solution, I could theoretically often get it in 1 go so I found myself entering whatever at the start and only caring / planning for success on my last word.
Hope you make something of it, I still play wordle daily and am always happy to see a new word game!