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Par uses everyday words only. Tap a word for its meaning.
Fastest players
- 1Jord41126.9s5 steps
- 2Stevie52.9s6 steps
- 3Binks050453.7s5 steps
- 4SusieP1:09.45 steps
- 5JanE1:09.85 steps
- 6Tanya1:11.65 steps
- 7Elisa1:11.76 steps
- 8Jesique1:20.75 steps
- 9EmmaP1:49.05 steps
- 10Dave2:27.65 steps
Fastest guest: 2:30.0 in 5 steps (unranked)
19 played · 15 finished · ⚔️ solved in hard mode
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About this ladder
- The detour
- EARLY and BACKS 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 BARKS, where 20 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 1:15.