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Par uses everyday words only. Tap a word for its meaning.
Fastest players
- 1EmmaP28.1s6 steps
- 2EleanoraB40.0s6 steps
- 3Dave40.6s6 steps
- 4Tanya1:14.56 steps
- 5Nigel2:06.16 steps
- 6Kerry2:23.96 steps
- 7Alex4:16.76 steps
Fastest guest: 25.1s in 6 steps (unranked)
131 played · 43 finished · ⚔️ solved in hard mode
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About this ladder
- The detour
- ALONG and THESE differ in every place, but par is 6. 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 CLONE, where 8 different single-letter changes all make real words - more than at any other rung on this ladder. Most of them lead nowhere useful.
- The verdict
- A standard ladder: some real choices along the way, nothing exotic in the vocabulary. Par time was 2:00.