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Par uses everyday words only. Tap a word for its meaning.
Fastest players
- 1G R Abbit20.2s5 steps
- 2Elisa38.8s5 steps
- 3Binks050441.9s5 steps
- 4David53.3s5 steps
- 5Jesique56.9s5 steps
- 6Stevie1:10.45 steps
- 7Dave1:11.75 steps
- 8Tanya1:26.66 steps
- 9Nigel1:43.45 steps
- 10Susan1:55.65 steps
Fastest guest: 23.8s in 5 steps (unranked)
17 played · 15 finished · ⚔️ solved in hard mode
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About this ladder
- The detour
- THYME and CLOSE 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 CHOSE, where 6 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 1:10.