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Par uses everyday words only. Tap a word for its meaning.
Fastest players
- 1Jord41111.8s4 steps
- 2SusieP30.8s4 steps
- 3EmmaP44.8s4 steps
- 4CB1:07.86 steps
- 5Lisa1:09.94 steps
- 6Dave1:37.24 steps
- 7Elisa1:50.74 steps
- 8JanE1:58.64 steps
- 9Manda1:58.94 steps
- 10PeteS2:07.14 steps
Fastest guest: 54.2s in 4 steps (unranked)
21 played · 16 finished · ⚔️ solved in hard mode
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About this ladder
- The detour
- METAL and CORAL differ in only 3 places, but par is 4. 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 MORAL, where 12 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
- We rate this one gentle: few forks, little backtracking and everyday vocabulary throughout. Par time was 1:00.