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Par uses everyday words only; the shortest route allows obscure ones. Tap a word for its meaning.
Fastest players
- 1vonunov12.0s4 steps
- 2PeteS19.3s4 steps
- 3Tanya19.6s4 steps
- 4Jord41120.7s4 steps
- 5Kat25.7s4 steps
- 6Deep28.0s4 steps
- 7Lisa30.1s4 steps
- 8Stevie31.2s4 steps
- 9G R Abbit32.5s4 steps
- 10Dave ⚔️33.0s5 steps
Fastest guest: 2:03.7 in 4 steps (unranked)
27 played · 25 finished · ⚔️ solved in hard mode
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About this ladder
- The detour
- WIRES and LENDS differ in only 4 places, but par is 5. One move has to go sideways - changing a letter that was already right, or changing the same letter twice - before the ladder can finish.
- The wide rung
- The par route passes through FINES, where 25 different single-letter changes all make real words - more than at any other rung on this ladder. Most of them lead nowhere useful.
- The shortcut
- Par is 5 using everyday words, but there is a 4-move route if you allow obscure ones. It goes through LENES, which sits outside the everyday word list par is measured against.
- The verdict
- A standard ladder: some real choices along the way, nothing exotic in the vocabulary. Par time was 1:20.